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2022 in the Caribbean
and
2022 in the United States
Events in the year
2022 in
Puerto Rico
.
←
2021
2020
2019
2022
in
Puerto Rico
→
2023
2024
2025
Decades:
2000s
2010s
2020s
See also:
History of Puerto Rico
Historical outline of Puerto Rico
List of years in Puerto Rico
2022 in the United States
This is a
dynamic list
and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by
adding missing items
with
reliable sources
.
Contents
1
Incumbents
2
Events
2.1
January to April
3
Deaths
4
See also
5
References
Incumbents
edit
President:
Joe Biden
(
D
)
Governor
:
Pedro Pierluisi
(
D
)
Resident Commissioner
:
Jenniffer González
Events
edit
January to April
edit
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
edit
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
]
See also
edit
2022 in Central America
2022 Atlantic hurricane season
2020s
References
edit
^
"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
.
