In tribute to the robbers and bandits of the University of Puerto Rico:
"Again and again we had used all the peaceful weapons in our arsenal - speeches, arguments, rallies, strikes, peaceful disobedience - all to no avail, what we did was encontrarnas with an iron hand. A freedom fighter learns the hard way that is the oppressor who defines the nature of the struggle, the oppressed often has no recourse but to use methods of the oppressor. At one point, one can only fight fire with fire. "
-Nelson Mandela. The long road to freedom.
I submit El Yunque symbol of the struggle of the university because, according to oral history of peoples who share this mountain and Luquillo, Fajardo, Rio Grande, Ceiba and Naguabo, the Taino Indians of the area never surrendered or were captured, directed by the English Cacique Loquillo called (hence comes the name of the town and the mountains) for his guerrilla tactics were never defeated and attacking and then disappeared. That strain of Eastern Tainos there was nothing meek or submissive and ferocity had for many years rejected any attempt by the Carib Indians Bieques to conquer. The legends claim that these Taino, brave and intelligent warriors, continued to live in the Sierra de Luquillo and El Yunque, were joining the Maroons and feral to found in the Mixing of races which is an original point of the race in Puerto Rico. ..
-Robert 'pachi' ortiz feliciano
on the anvil. The Taino Indians thought the cloudy peaks of the Sierra de Luquillo Yuquiyú lived, the god of good, that protected them. They called this mountain, Yuquan which means sacred, or white land because their peaks were covered with clouds. When the English arrived confused the name and called him Yunque. The traces of the Taino in the forests are evident in the presence of the petroglyphs on the rocks of the rivers. Its unique beauty attracted the English and in 1876 King Alfonso XII designated 12,000 acres of the Sierra de Luquillo and Reserve, making the anvil in one of the oldest reserves in the Western Hemisphere.
Algo de las leyendas originales del valor místico de El Yunque ha trascendido como parte de la cultura popular ya que para los indios, Yuquiyú nos defendía de los ataques de su hermano malvado el dios Juracán y esa batalla se libraba en El Yunque. Muchas personas mantienen la idea de que El Yunque por su elevación sirve de muralla contra la mayoría de los ciclones tropicales que ingresan a las Antillas.
El Bosque Nacional del Caribe conocido como el Yunque, is located in the Sierra de Luquillo at 40 kms., East southeast of San Juan. Comprises approximately 28 acres. Elevations range from 100 to 1.075 meters above sea level.
Eleven of the rivers in Puerto Rico born here. Among them we can mention, to the north the Rio Grande de Loiza, the Holy Spirit, River Mameyes y el Sabana, hacia el este el Río Fajardo y hacia el sur el Río Blanco. Se estima que el 20% de la población de la isla dependen del agua del bosque para usos domésticos. Está localizado en el este de la Isla con una cobertura de 28,000 cuerdas (11,500 hectáreas).
Se han observado 240 especies de árboles nativos de los cuales 26 are endemic, or found only in El Yunque. In addition, there have been 47 introduced species, 88 species of rare trees, 50 species of native orchids and over 150 species of ferns. As the terrain and rainfall varies in the forest, flora and fauna has characteristics that vary with elevation. The Forest can be divided into four forest types: Forest Tabonuco Forest, Palo Colorado, Sierra Palm forest and dwarf forest or cloud forest.
thon Among the important birds are in danger of extinction El Yunque is home to the Iguaca, Taino Indian name put the Puerto Rican parrot, Amazona vittata. Originally located throughout the island today is restricted to the Caribbean National Forest in the areas of Forest, Palo Colorado, Sierra Palm and Tabonuco.
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