2022 in Puerto Rico

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See also:	History of Puerto Rico; Historical outline of Puerto Rico; List of years in Puerto Rico; 2022 in the United States;

Events in the year 2022 in Puerto Rico.

Incumbents

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]

Deaths

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]

References

^ "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.

[1] "Judge signs plan, resolves Puerto Rico bankruptcy battle". AP NEWS. 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

[2] "Puerto Rico formally exits bankruptcy following largest public debt restructuring". www.nbcnews.com. Associated Press. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

[3] "11 dead, 31 rescued after boat capsizes near Puerto Rico". AP NEWS. 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

[4] "5 shot to death at public housing complex in Puerto Rico". AP NEWS. 2022-05-23. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

[5] "The Bahamas confirms first case of monkeypox | Loop Caribbean News". Loop News. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

[6] "Hurricane Fiona rips through powerless Puerto Rico". AP NEWS. 2022-09-18. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

[7] "Olympedia – Julio Ferrer". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

[8] "Héctor "Tito" Matos, a master and custodian of Puerto Rican plena, has died at 53". WBGO. 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

[9] "Muere Johnny Báez, exjugador puertorriqueño del Real Madrid". MARCA (in Spanish). 2022-01-26. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

[10] "Muere Dean Zayas, reconocido actor y director de teatro de Puerto Rico". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

[11] "Fallece la actriz y animadora Luz Odilea Font". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 2022-02-09. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

[12] "Fallece Juan R. Melecio, expresidente de la CEE". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 2022-02-09. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

[13] "Olympedia – Mariano Ortiz". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

[14] "Fallece Carlos Ortiz, considerado uno de los mejores boxeadores boricuas de la historia". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

[15] "Olympedia – Joe Hatton". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

[16] "Olympedia – José Vicente". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

[17] PR • •, Por TELEMUNDO (18 July 2022). "Fallece el cantante de salsa, Héctor Tricoche". Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-24.

[18] NotiCel. "Fallece el expelotero Milton Ramírez". www.noticel.com. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

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v t e Years in Puerto Rico
19th century	Pre-1868 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
20th century	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

v t e 2022 in North America
Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

Incumbents

Events

January to April

Deaths

See also

References