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| | Puerto Ricans follow the Magi who followed a star : The Morning Call Online |
 | | After the United States invaded Puerto Rico in 1898, it became a means of maintaining local traditions in the face of U.S. attempts to Americanize the population. |
 | | Today, the Three Kings of Juana Diaz have become island ambassadors, traveling to New York, the Dominican Republic and, in 2000, to Cuba. |
 | | This year, they set out last week from Juana Diaz in a raucous caravan that has alighted on the four directions -- Mayaguez in the west, Aguadilla in the north, the neighboring U.S. Virgin Island of St. Croix in the east and, on Monday, Ponce in the south. |
| www.mcall.com /news/nationworld/puertorico/all-magi0106,0,7056400.story?coll=all-newspuertorico-hed (875 words) |
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