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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.
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.
On March 2, 2021, WLII's second digital subchannel launched as a UniMás affiliate, branded as UniMás Puerto Rico. [ 19 ] On July 2, 2021, Liberman Media Group and TeleOnce entered a distribution agreement with SBS operated stations WACX-DT11 in Orlando, Florida , [ nb 1 ] and WGCT-LD in Tampa, Florida , to show TeleOnce programming on their ...
U.S. can break free of its dependence on China by rebuilding Puerto Rico’s pharmaceutical industry (Opinion by Carlos Roa, Miami Herald, Jan. 4, 2021) Don’t pretend statehood for Puerto Rico is the only choice. It’s not. Let all voices be heard (Opinion by Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá, The Miami Herald, February 1, 2021)
In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, which devastated the U.S. territory in September of 2017, the Puerto Rico government in 2021 hired Luma to handle the transmission and distribution of ...
Puerto Rico is primarily Catholic, so of course, Christmas is a focus of the holiday season, but the island also observes Three Kings Day, or Epiphany, on Jan. 6, and the weeklong San Sebastian ...
Under provisions known to residents on the island as Act 22, the law's original name, individual investors who haven't previously lived in Puerto Rico between 2006 and 2012 can get a 0% tax rate ...
The Carnaval de Ponce (English: Ponce Carnival), officially Carnaval Ponceño, is an annual celebration of the Carnival holiday held in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The celebration lasts one week, and like most observations of the holiday ends on Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras Day, the day before Ash Wednesday). Thus, like the Carnival holiday in general, it ...