2022 in Puerto Rico
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Events in the year 2022 in Puerto Rico.
- President: Joe Biden (D)
- Governor: Pedro Pierluisi (D)
- Resident Commissioner: Jenniffer González
Events
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]
