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Puerto Rico's indigent population has relied exclusively on the local government for their healthcare needs since the start of the island's commonwealth status. The government maintained several hospitals, emergency centers, and free clinics , including the Rio Piedras Medical Center ( Centro Médico in Spanish) which is considered the largest ...
The Puerto Rico Department of Health (PRDOH) (Spanish: Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico) is one of the Cabinet-level agencies directly created by Article 4, Section 6 of the Constitution of Puerto Rico. It is headed by a Secretary of Health, appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico and requiring the advice and consent of the Senate of ...
Perhaps as a consequence of Hurricane Maria in 2017 and the prolonged recession in Puerto Rico (which began in 2006), NAP had become fundamental in addressing poverty in Puerto Rico. [28] In 2018, more than 800,000 seniors living in Puerto Rico and over half of Puerto Rico's children, [29] were receiving nutritional assistance through NAP. [30]
In January 1990 it became a conference of the United Church of Christ; [2] however in 2006 the Puerto Rican Conference dissolved all relations with the UCC due to differing views on LGBT issues. [3] In 2006 it had 61 congregations and 42 house fellowships.
The Economic Development Bank for Puerto Rico —Spanish: Banco de Desarrollo Económico para Puerto Rico (BDE)— is a government-owned corporation of Puerto Rico that provides loans, loan guarantees, and funds to private organizations whose economic activities have the effect of replacing imports in Puerto Rico. [1]
Christian Sobrino Vega is a Puerto Rican attorney and former public executive who held numerous high-level posts within the Administration of former Governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rosselló. Sobrino holds a B.A. in English from Boston College and a J.D. from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law . [ 1 ]
On November 5, 2024, Puerto Rico held a non-binding referendum alongside the 2024 Puerto Rican general election and the 2024 United States elections.This was the seventh referendum held on the long-standing, ongoing debate about the political status of Puerto Rico, with the previous one having taken place in 2020.
Puerto Rico then disappeared from the Holy See's announcement of diplomatic postings and was not even mentioned when the two nunciatures responsible for Puerto Rico were assigned to two different diplomats beginning in 1953. [b] On 19 March 1975 Pope Paul VI established the Delegation to the Antilles once again, initially based in Port-au ...