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Unlike most towns, cities and states in the United States, Puerto Rico does not have local or state sheriffs; sheriff duties are instead performed by the Puerto Rico Commonwealth Marshal's Office. Many municipalities have established municipal police departments, although most law enforcement activity is carried out by the Puerto Rico Police (PPR).
The Puerto Rico Supreme Court ruled that the law that enabled his swearing in was unconstitutional and ordered the succession take place per Law 7 of 1952, as opposed to Law 7 of 2005. Thus, he was the shortest-serving official in that position in Puerto Rico's history. The legality of Pierluisi's inauguration was immediately challenged.
The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico was founded in 1967. Since then, the party has been led by 12 different presidents in 16 terms of leadership. Every president of the political party has held a position in the Puerto Rican government. The first party president was Luis A. Ferré, who served from 1967 to 1974.
The Cabinet is composed of all members of the Constitutional Council of Secretaries (Article IV of the Constitution of Puerto Rico (1952)), who are the heads of the executive departments, along with other Cabinet-level officers who report directly to the Governor of Puerto Rico or to the Secretary of Governance, but who are not heads nor ...
Former President Donald Trump stepped up to the podium at his Mar-a-Lago residence Tuesday more than an hour late and delivered a speech without one mention of Puerto Rico after a comic insulted ...
Puerto Rico’s governor has called on President-elect Donald Trump to respond after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro threatened to invade the U.S. territory.. Governor Jenniffer González ...
Puerto Rico is an organized unincorporated U.S. territory which has been given internal self-governing powers [a] which, taken together, are referred to as "Commonwealth" status. Puerto Rico has more latitude over its internal affairs than the U.S. territories of Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or American Samoa. [42]
The vice president highlighted how the Biden administration has invested more than $140 billion in Puerto Rico to improve infrastructure, support clean energy and increase access to capital for ...