One night it was Ricky Martin, the heartthrob Puerto Rican singer whose charitable foundation has been active in the relief effort.
They included social security measures and nationalization of banks and are widely seen as having given Costa Rican democracy a firm foundation.
In one of the most passionate speeches of the night, Congressman Luis Gutierrez, of Illinois, denounced Donald Trump's bigotry and spoke of how the example of hard work of his Puerto Rican parents gave him the foundation to pursue a seat in Congress.
On our way out of town, we saw people congregating around the Tau Center, a school serving Loíza's at-risk youth, which opened in 2014 with the support of the Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin and his charity foundation.
But since last October when Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla designated the project one "of national importance," promoting its ability to fight poverty and create jobs, the government has moved quickly to conduct preliminary impact studies and lay a foundation for permitting.
Several others are Puerto Rican.
(Insert Puerto Rican slur).
