2022 in Puerto Rico

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. March 15 – Puerto Rican government-debt crisis: Puerto Rico exits out of bankruptcy after completing the largest public debt restructuring in U.S. history. 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. May 22 – Five people are shot dead at a public housing complex in Caimito, San Juan. July 1 – Puerto Rico reports its first case of monkeypox. 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.

Deaths

January 4 – Julio Ferrer, 68, Olympic sprinter (1976) January 18 – Tito Matos, 53, requinto player January 26 – Juan Báez, 86, Olympic basketball player (1960, 1964) February 3 – Dean Zayas, 83, actor, director, and playwright February 9 – Luz Odilia Font, 92, actress Juan R. Melecio Machuca, 87, lawyer, director of the Office of Legislative Services (1981–1988) April 16 – Mariano Ortiz, 77, Olympic basketball player (1968, 1972, 1976) May 13 – Carlos Ortiz, 85, Hall of Fame boxer, world super lightweight (1959–1960) and WBA/WBC lightweight champion (1962–1965, 1965–1968) July 1 – Joe Hatton, 74, Olympic basketball player (1968, 1972) July 5 – José Vicente, 100, Olympic pole vaulter (1948, 1952) July 17 – Héctor Tricoche, 66, salsa singer-songwriter August 18 – Milt Ramírez, 72, baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics)

2022 in Puerto Rico

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