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Puerto Rico's history as a territory has created both confusion over the status of its nationals and citizenship and controversy because of distinctions between jurisdictions of the United States. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] These differences have created [ 9 ] what political scientist Charles R. Venator-Santiago has called " separate and unequal " statuses ...
The Department of State of Puerto Rico was established by section 6 of Article IV of the constitution passed on July 25, 1952. [1]The Department headquarters is located in the Old Palace of the Royal Intendency (Antiguo Palacio de la Real Intendencia) in Old San Juan with regional offices in Arecibo, Fajardo and Ponce.
[24] [25] "Without action before April, Puerto Rico’s ability to execute contracts for Fiscal Year 2018 with its managed care organizations will be threatened, thereby putting at risk beginning July 1, 2017 the health care of up to 900,000 poor U.S. citizens living in Puerto Rico", according to a letter sent to Congress by the Secretary of ...
As such, the secretary of state is first in line of succession to the governorship of Puerto Rico. Today, the post is similar to that of a foreign minister. The secretary is the officer in charge of Puerto Rico's foreign relations, albeit under the consent of Congress or the U.S. Department of State due to Puerto Rico's political status.
Large-scale Chinese immigration to Puerto Rico and the Caribbean began during the 19th century. Chinese immigrants had to face different obstacles that prohibited or restricted their entry in Puerto Rico. When Puerto Rico was a Spanish colony, the Spanish government did encourage settlers of non-Hispanic origin.
www.manejodeemergencias.pr.gov The Bureau for Emergency Management and Disaster Administration — Spanish : Negociado para el Manejo de Emergencias y Administración de Desastres — is the agency of the executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico that oversees all emergency activities that occur in Puerto Rico .
"Qué Rico Fuera" (transl. "How Sweet It Would Be") is a song recorded by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin and American singer Paloma Mami.The song was written by Martin, Mami, Kevyn Mauricio Cruz, Juan Camilo Vargas, and Wissem Larfaoui, while the production was handled by Vargas, Cruz, and Larfaoui.
The PRSG is the SDF of Puerto Rico and can support Puerto Rico National Guard (PRNG) operations in security, engineering, transportation, chaplaincy, emergency management, legal, and medical services among other operational areas. As part of the PRNG the PRSG is also known as the State Command of the Puerto Rico National Guard.