Ramon Power Y Giralt: Puerto Rican

Spanish Explorer Juan Ponce De Leon Dept: Hundreds of Puerto Ricans cheered as Spanish navy officers wearing white uniforms and bearing swords walked past the crowd holding a large wooden box that contained the bones of Ramon Power y Giralt, according to Calgary Herald. Spain paid to transport Power's body across the Atlantic Ocean on a 29-day trip aboard one of the largest tall ships in the world so he could be buried in the Cathedral of San Juan, where the body of Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon also is buried and SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The 200-year-old remains of a Puerto Rican hero arrived on the island Saturday after an exhaustive quest to identify his body and bring it home. Power fought for administrative and economic reforms in Puerto Rico during Spanish rule, and oversaw abolition of a law that gave Spain absolute power over Puerto Rican laws and officials. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.