2022_in_Puerto_Rico
2022 in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico-related events during the year of 2022
See also: 2022 in the Caribbean and 2022 in the United States
Events in the year 2022 in Puerto Rico.
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- President: Joe Biden (D)
- Governor: Pedro Pierluisi (D)
- Resident Commissioner: Jenniffer González
January to April
- January 18 – A federal judge signs a plan to restructure Puerto Rico's economy, allowing it to start repaying debt to creditors and lifting it out of bankruptcy.[1]
- March 15 – Puerto Rican government-debt crisis: Puerto Rico exits out of bankruptcy after completing the largest public debt restructuring in U.S. history.[2]
- April 7 – Around two million people in Puerto Rico are left without electricity after a fire occurs at one of the island's largest power plants.
- May 12 – Eleven people die and thirty-one others are rescued after a boat capsizes off the coast of Puerto Rico near Desecheo Island.[3]
- May 22 – Five people are shot dead at a public housing complex in Caimito, San Juan.[4]
- July 1 – Puerto Rico reports its first case of monkeypox.[5]
- September 18 – Hurricane Fiona makes landfall in Puerto Rico causing the entire island to lose power. The U.S. National Hurricane Center warns of "life-threatening flash flooding" on the island amid "historic" rainfall.[6]
- January 4 – Julio Ferrer, 68, Olympic sprinter (1976)[7]
- January 18 – Tito Matos, 53, requinto player[8]
- January 26 – Juan Báez, 86, Olympic basketball player (1960, 1964)[9]
- February 3 – Dean Zayas, 83, actor, director, and playwright[10]
- February 9 –
- Luz Odilia Font, 92, actress[11]
- Juan R. Melecio Machuca, 87, lawyer, director of the Office of Legislative Services (1981–1988)[12]
- April 16 – Mariano Ortiz, 77, Olympic basketball player (1968, 1972, 1976)[13]
- May 13 – Carlos Ortiz, 85, Hall of Fame boxer, world super lightweight (1959–1960) and WBA/WBC lightweight champion (1962–1965, 1965–1968)[14]
- July 1 – Joe Hatton, 74, Olympic basketball player (1968, 1972)[15]
- July 5 – José Vicente, 100, Olympic pole vaulter (1948, 1952)[16]
- July 17 – Héctor Tricoche, 66, salsa singer-songwriter[17]
- August 18 – Milt Ramírez, 72, baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics)[18]
- "Judge signs plan, resolves Puerto Rico bankruptcy battle". AP NEWS. 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- "Puerto Rico formally exits bankruptcy following largest public debt restructuring". www.nbcnews.com. Associated Press. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- "11 dead, 31 rescued after boat capsizes near Puerto Rico". AP NEWS. 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- "5 shot to death at public housing complex in Puerto Rico". AP NEWS. 2022-05-23. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- "The Bahamas confirms first case of monkeypox | Loop Caribbean News". Loop News. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- "Hurricane Fiona rips through powerless Puerto Rico". AP NEWS. 2022-09-18. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- "Olympedia – Julio Ferrer". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- "Héctor "Tito" Matos, a master and custodian of Puerto Rican plena, has died at 53". WBGO. 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- "Muere Johnny Báez, exjugador puertorriqueño del Real Madrid". MARCA (in Spanish). 2022-01-26. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- "Muere Dean Zayas, reconocido actor y director de teatro de Puerto Rico". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- "Fallece la actriz y animadora Luz Odilea Font". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 2022-02-09. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- "Fallece Juan R. Melecio, expresidente de la CEE". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 2022-02-09. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- "Olympedia – Mariano Ortiz". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- "Fallece Carlos Ortiz, considerado uno de los mejores boxeadores boricuas de la historia". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- "Olympedia – Joe Hatton". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- "Olympedia – José Vicente". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- PR • •, Por TELEMUNDO (18 July 2022). "Fallece el cantante de salsa, Héctor Tricoche". Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- NotiCel. "Fallece el expelotero Milton Ramírez". www.noticel.com. Retrieved 2022-09-24.