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The government-owned corporations of Puerto Rico —or public corporations (Spanish: corporaciones públicas)— are a set of corporate entities owned entirely or in large part by the executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico or by its municipalities. The corporations engage in commercial activities with their revenues ultimately being ...
Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company. Puerto Rico Maritime Transport Authority. Puerto Rico Municipal Financing Agency. Puerto Rico Ports Authority. Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation. Puerto Rico Public Finance Corporation. Puerto Rico Public–Private Partnerships Authority.
Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the northeast Caribbean Sea. It is an archipelago that includes the main island of Puerto Rico and a number of smaller ones such as Mona, Culebra, and Vieques. The capital and most populous city is San Juan. Its official languages are Spanish and English, though Spanish ...
Puerto Rico has also established several government-owned corporations in order to provide basic and public services to its citizens, including electricity, water, transportation, and education, among others. These are separate legal entities from the Commonwealth, but the government owns virtually all of these corporations' stock.
The government-owned corporations of Puerto Rico are autonomous, independent, and self-sufficient legal entities owned entirely or in large by the executive branch. These corporations engage in commercial activities with their revenues ultimately being allocated towards the government's treasury: the Puerto Rico Consolidated Fund.
The Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company (PRIDCO) — Spanish: Compañía de Fomento Industrial de Puerto Rico (or simply Fomento)— is a government-owned corporation of Puerto Rico authorized and empowered to induce private capital into Puerto Rico in order to establish trade, cooperatives, and industrial operations in Puerto Rico. [1]
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA; Spanish: AEE) Is an electric power company owned by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico responsible for electricity generation, power distribution, and power transmission on the island. [1] PREPA was the only entity authorized to conduct such business in Puerto Rico, making it a government monopoly ...
ITT Corporation 1920–1974 Government-owned corporations of Puerto Rico 1974–1998 GTE 1998–2000 Verizon Wireless 2000–2007 América Móvil 2007–present: Subsidiaries: CoquiNet Corporation, Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc. Website: claropr.com