What is Puerto Rican Culture?

Puerto Rico, a small but beautiful island in the Caribbean that is know for it's warm weather, beautiful beaches and great food. It sounds like paradise really and to some maybe it is but for the people that live here that are aware of some of the issues here in the island, they know that we Puerto Ricans have some work to put in especially because of the economic struggle. Puerto Rico suffers from a political perspective in which we are in a constant tug of war between 2 parties that do not have the best interest of the working class people. Every 4 years we have a different party take over this country promising change and a better future but honestly it all really stays the same, all that happens is that people wake up in fear not knowing if they'll have a stable long term job or if they're going to get screwed over by one the political powers. That being said, the rest of the worlds perspective on Puerto Rico is really is a rather gloomy one. Us Puerto Ricans are perceived to be loud people that live in a third world country when in reality it isn't that bad at all. Puerto Rico produces a great amount of talented people that are known world wide whether it's in music, dancing, sports, art, etc... We celebrate every event and we mourn every death, almost like a family, it's a united sort of feeling to be Puerto Rican, people remember events that basically paralyzed the island like every time we had a PPV boxing match with Miguel Cotto or Felix "Tito" Trinidad representing us worldwide, e every victory was a celebration and every loss left a sour taste in your mouth that felt like it lasted forever. It's this deep sense of pride while at the same time managing to stay humble that created these down to earth people that I wish would represent "boricuas" but sadly we are often over looked as a doomed country with an incredible dept  and violent worldwide news. But for me as a person that has lived all 19 years of my life on this island that has some of the good and some of the bad that occurs here, I see hope in a new generation of kids that are smarter that are  working with these awful resources that thy are given and are creating amazing things and reaching new heights that we have never seen before, I think that Puerto Rico has a bright future if we have the right leaders leading the way and if all our talents does not decide to abandon ship to leave for the U.S.A or any other parts of the world that they feel provides them with a better future.