2021 in Puerto Rico

Events in the year 2021 in Puerto Rico.

Incumbents President: Donald Trump (R) (until January 20), Joe Biden (D) (starting January 20) Governor: Wanda Vázquez Garced (R) (until January 2), Pedro Pierluisi (D) (starting January 2) Resident Commissioner: Jenniffer González

Events January to April January 2 – Pedro Pierluisi, 61, is sworn in as the new governor. January 5 – President Donald Trump announces $3.7 billion to rebuild water infrastructure. The grant covers 90% of the estimated costs of the water and wastewater improvement projects. January 24 – Governor Pedro Pierluisi declares a state of emergency over gender violence. The island saw 62 cases of femicide in 2020 and violence against members of the LGBTQ community. February 1 – President Joe Biden signs an order providing $6.2 billion to Puerto Rico for disaster mitigation. February 2 – The Health Department announces that for the next 28 days the COVID-19 vaccine will be exclusively for adults 65 years of age and older. February 23 – Governor Pedro Pierluisi rejects a proposed debt settlement because of concerns about the effect on the territory′s pension system. February 24 – A box containing 31 doses of COVID-19 vaccine is found on a street in Morovis. The vaccines had spoiled. Puerto Rico has reported at least 91,834 cases and 2,007 deaths from the virus. March 12 – San Juan′s San José Church prepares for reopening after being closed in 1996 for restoration and repairs. The second-oldest church on the island, which was built in 1532 near the ocean on top of a Taíno settlement at the highest point of Old San Juan, was originally a Dominican convent where Bartolomé de las Casas lived. March 23 – The United States Department of Education releases $912 million in federal funds that had been held up by the Trump administration. March – 27 schools reopen for in-person classes after being shut for year due to the Covid-19 pandemic . April 13 – Puerto Rican military veterans are onored on the first annual National Day of Borinqueneers.

Deaths January 15 – Elizam Escobar, 72, art theorist, poet, and political activist, cancer.Elizam Escobar dies from cancer February 16 – Ángel Mangual, 73, baseball player (Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates), World Series champion (1972, 1973, 1974).Former Oakland A’s World Series hero dies at 73 February 18 – Juan Pizarro, 84, baseball player, (Milwaukee Braves, Chicago White Sox), cancer.Fallece Terín Pizarro, legendario lanzador puertorriqueño February 26 – Ferdinand Vega, 84, Olympic archer (1972).Fallece primer atleta que representó a Puerto Rico en tiro con arco en las Olimpiadas March 11 – Orlando Llenza, 90, military officer.Fallece exayudante general de la Guardia Nacional March 15 – Albert Rodriguez, 58, comedic actor.El Remix se despide con dolor de Albert Rodríguez

2021 in Puerto Rico

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