The first pontoon toll bridge built across the harbor in Willemstad in 1888 was free to people who did not have shoes. Today it is free to everyone.
1839. Eugenio Maria de Hostos y Bonilla was born in Mayaguez on January 11, 1839. He excelled outstandingly as philosopher, pedagogue, writer, sociologist, journalist and staunch advocate of his homeland’s independence.
The first pontoon toll bridge built across the harbor in Willemstad in 1888 was free to people who did not have shoes. Today it is free to everyone.