2021 in Puerto Rico

See also: 2021 in the Caribbean and 2021 in the United States

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* 2000s
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* History of Puerto Rico
* Historical outline of Puerto Rico
* List of years in Puerto Rico
* 2021 in the United States

2021 in the United States

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Events in the year 2021 in Puerto Rico.

## Incumbents

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* 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

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### January to April

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* January 2 – Pedro Pierluisi, 61, is sworn in as the new governor.[1]
* 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.[2]
* 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.[3]
* February 1 – President Joe Biden signs an order providing $6.2 billion to Puerto Rico for disaster mitigation.[4]
* 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.[5]
* February 23 – Governor Pedro Pierluisi rejects a proposed debt settlement because of concerns about the effect on the territory′s pension system.[6]
* 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.[7]
* 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.[8]
* March 23 – The United States Department of Education releases $912 million in federal funds that had been held up by the Trump administration.[9]
* March – 27 schools reopen for in-person classes after being shut for year due to the Covid-19 pandemic .[10]
* April 13 – Puerto Rican military veterans are onored on the first annual National Day of Borinqueneers.[11]

## Deaths

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* January 15 – Elizam Escobar, 72, art theorist, poet, and political activist, cancer.[12]
* February 16 – Ángel Mangual, 73, baseball player (Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates), World Series champion (1972, 1973, 1974).[13]
* February 18 – Juan Pizarro, 84, baseball player, (Milwaukee Braves, Chicago White Sox), cancer.[14]
* February 26 – Ferdinand Vega, 84, Olympic archer (1972).[15]
* March 11 – Orlando Llenza, 90, military officer.[16]
* March 15 – Albert Rodriguez, 58, comedic actor.[17]

## See also

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* 2021 in United States politics and government
* 2021 in Central America
* 2021 Atlantic hurricane season
* 2020s

## References

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1. ^ "New governor sworn in as a wary Puerto Rico demands changes". AP NEWS. January 2, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
2. ^ "Trump administration announces $3.7 billion for Puerto Rico". news.yahoo.com. Yahoo News. AP. January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
3. ^ Abdalla, Jihan (February 18, 2021). "Puerto Rico issues LGBTQ emergency declaration amid violence". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
4. ^ Oliver Velez, Denise (February 2, 2021). "President Biden is keeping the promise he made to Puerto Rico. Thank you Joe!". Daily Kos. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
5. ^ "Puerto Rico ordena vacunar solo a mayores de 65 ante escasez de dosis". CNN (in Spanish). February 3, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
6. ^ "Puerto Rico rejects key deal with creditors to reduce debt". AP NEWS. February 23, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
7. ^ "Officials investigate box of Covid-19 vaccines found on a Puerto Rico street". NBC News. February 24, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
8. ^ "Puerto Rico to reopen historic church after long restoration". AP NEWS. March 12, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
9. ^ Acevedo, Nicole (March 23, 2021). "Puerto Rico gets over $900M in education funds previously restricted by Trump admin". NBC News. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
10. ^ "Reanudan las clases presenciales en 27 escuelas" [In person classes begin in 27 schools]. El Vocero. May 14, 2021. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
11. ^ Novak, Steve (April 14, 2021). "On 1st National Borinqueneers Day, Bethlehem breaks ground on Puerto Rican veterans memorial". lehighvalleylive. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
12. ^ Elizam Escobar dies from cancer
13. ^ Former Oakland A’s World Series hero dies at 73
14. ^ Fallece Terín Pizarro, legendario lanzador puertorriqueño (in Spanish)
15. ^ Fallece primer atleta que representó a Puerto Rico en tiro con arco en las Olimpiadas (in Spanish)
16. ^ Fallece exayudante general de la Guardia Nacional (in Spanish)
17. ^ El Remix se despide con dolor de Albert Rodríguez (in Spanish)

## External links

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* U.S. can break free of its dependence on China by rebuilding Puerto Rico’s pharmaceutical industry (Opinion by Carlos Roa, Miami Herald, Jan. 4, 2021)
* Don’t pretend statehood for Puerto Rico is the only choice. It’s not. Let all voices be heard (Opinion by Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá, The Miami Herald, February 1, 2021)

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Years in Puerto Rico

19th century|

* 1868
* 1869
* 1870
* 1871
* 1872
* 1873
* 1874
* 1875
* 1876
* 1877
* 1878
* 1879
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* 1881
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* 1883
* 1884
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* 1888
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* 1898
* 1899
* 1900

20th century|

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21st century|

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2021 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

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2021 in the Caribbean

* British West Indies
* Danish West Indies
* Dutch Caribbean
* Caribbean Netherlands
* Netherlands Antilles
* French West Indies
* West Indies Federation

West
Indies|

| Antilles|

| Greater
Antilles|

* Cayman Islands
* Cuba
* Jamaica
* Navassa Island
* Puerto Rico

| Hispaniola|

* Dominican Republic
* Haiti

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Lesser
Antilles|

| Leeward
Islands|

* Anguilla
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Guadeloupe
* La Désirade
* Les Saintes
* Marie-Galante
* Montserrat
* Saba^*
* Saint Barthélemy
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Sint Eustatius^*

| Saint Martin^|

* Collectivity of Saint Martin
* Sint Maarten

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Virgin Islands|

* British Virgin Islands
* U.S. Virgin Islands

Southern
Caribbean|

| Leeward
Antilles|

* Insular Venezuela
* Federal Dependencies
* Nueva Esparta

| ABC islands|

* Aruba
* Bonaire*
* Curaçao

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Windward
Islands|

* Dominica
* Grenada
* Carriacou and Petite Martinique
* Martinique
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

*  Barbados†
* Trinidad and Tobago†

Lucayan
Archipelago|

* Bahamas
* Turks and Caicos Islands

Caribbean
Sea|

* Aves Island
* San Andrés and Providencia
* Bajo Nuevo Bank~
* Serranilla Bank~

Caribbean
continental
zone|

* Quintana Roo
* Cozumel

| Central America|

* Belize
* Honduras
* Bay Islands
* Izabal
* Limón
* Corn Islands
* North Caribbean Coast
* South Caribbean Coast
* Panama

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South America|

* Colombian Caribbean
* Venezuelan Caribbean

Wider
groupings
may include:|

* Bermuda#
* Costa Rica
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Nicaragua

| Yucatán Peninsula|

* Campeche
* Petén
* Yucatán

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The Guianas|

* Amapá
* French Guiana
* Venezuelan Guayana
* Guyana
* Guayana Esequibaǂ
* Tigri Areaǂ
* Suriname

N.B.: Territories in italics are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies.

^These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which *the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.

†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.

ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ~Disputed territories administered by Colombia.

#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.
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