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Puerto Rico celebrates all official U.S. holidays, [1] and other official holidays established by the Commonwealth government. Additionally, many municipalities celebrate their own Patron Saint Festivals (fiestas patronales in Spanish), as well as festivals honoring cultural icons like bomba y plena, danza, salsa, hamacas (hammocks), and popular crops such as plantains and coffee.
11 January - Eugenio María de Hostos Day; 20 January - Martin Luther King Jr. Day; 14 February – Carnival; 19 February – Presidents' Day; 22 March - Emancipation Day; 16 April – Birthday of José de Diego; 18 April – Good Friday; 20 April – Easter Sunday; 27 May – Memorial Day; 4 July – Independence Day; 25 July – Puerto Rico ...
The Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce —Spanish: Cámara de Comercio de Puerto Rico (CCPR)— is a private, voluntary, and non-profit chamber of commerce in Puerto Rico.The Chamber was formed in 1913 as the San Juan Securities and Supplies Llotja (Spanish: Lonja de Valores y Víveres de San Juan) by a group of businessmen for the purpose of mutual protection in matters strictly related to their ...
Fiestas patronales in Puerto Rico are yearly celebrations held in each municipality of the island. Like in other countries, " fiestas patronales " are heavily influenced by Spanish culture and religion, and are dedicated to a saint or the Blessed Virgin Mary under one of her titles.
2025 in Puerto Rico This page was last edited on 25 October 2024, at 09:17 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
The current session is the 31st House of Representatives of Puerto Rico, the lower house of the 19th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, which will meet from 2 January 2021, to 1 January 2025. Members were elected in the general elections of 2020 with a simple majority coming from the Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico) (PDP).
The Puerto Rico Chamber of Marketing, Industry, and Distribution of Food —Spanish: Cámara de Mercadeo, Industria y Distribución de Alimentos de Puerto Rico (MIDA)— is a private, voluntary, and non-profit trade association that advocates for the food industry and ancillary businesses in Puerto Rico. The chamber was founded in 2003 by ...
The Puerto Rico Trade and Export Company —Spanish: Compañía de Comercio y Exportación de Puerto Rico (CCE)— is the government-owned corporation of Puerto Rico that establishes the island's public policy for the development of its trade industry. [1] [2]