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Events in the year 2019 in Puerto Rico.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Donald Trump (Republican)
- Governor: Ricardo Rosselló (until August 2), Pedro Pierluisi (De Facto) (starting August 2), Wanda Vázquez Garced (starting August 8)
- Resident Commissioner: Jenniffer González
Events
[edit]- July–August: Summer revolution initiated by leaked chats lead to resignation of Ricardo Rosselló as governor of the Commonwealth, the placement of Pedro Pierluisi as interim governor which was vacated by a 9-0 Puerto Rico Supreme Court decision, and the inauguration of Wanda Vázquez Garced as the 13th Constitutional Governor of the Commonwealth.
- October 14: The Ernesto Ramos Antonini public housing residence, located near the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, was the site of a mass killing with more than 1000 shots fired and six people dead.[1]
Sports
[edit]- Continued from 2018: The 2018–19 Liga Puerto Rico
Deaths
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Pedro_Morales_as_the_WWWF_%28WWE%29_Champion.jpg/100px-Pedro_Morales_as_the_WWWF_%28WWE%29_Champion.jpg)
- 10 January – Kevin Fret, musician (b. 1994).[2]
- 12 February – Pedro Morales, professional wrestler and commentator (b. 1942).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Mazzei, Patricia (October 15, 2019). "6 Killed in Shootout as Violence Rattles Puerto Rican Capital". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 15, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2019 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Openly Gay Latin Trap Artist Kevin Fret Dies at 24". billboard.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "Pedro Morales, WWE Hall of Famer and former heavyweight champion, dies at age 76". Archived from the original on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
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^These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which *the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands. †Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically. ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ~Disputed territories administered by Colombia. #Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally. |
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