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(contracted; show full)/http://www.doi.gov/oia/Islandpages/prpage.htm |date=2012-06-10 }}, import/export taxes (See [http://stanford.wellsphere.com/healthcare-industry-policy-article/puerto-rico/267827 Stanford.wellsphere.com)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401034052/http://stanford.wellsphere.com/healthcare-industry-policy-article/puerto-rico/267827 |date=2010-04-01 }}, federal commodity taxes (See [http://stanford.wellsphere.com/healthcare-industry-policy-article/puerto-rico/267827 Stanford.wellsphere.com)]
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401034052/http://stanford.wellsphere.com/healthcare-industry-policy-article/puerto-rico/267827 |date=1 April 2010 }}, social security taxes (See [https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc903.html IRS.gov)], etc. Residents pay federal [[payroll tax]]es, such as [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]] (See [https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc903.html IRS.gov]) and [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] (See [https://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE58N5X320090924 Reuters.com)], as well as Commonwealth of Puerto Rico income taxes (See [http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/2003/vol7n19/USNotInnocent-en.html Puertorico-herald.org] and [http://www.htrcpa.com/businessinpr1.html HTRCPA.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429222842/http://www.htrcpa.com/businessinpr1.html |date=April 29, 2011 }}). All federal employees (See [http://www.heritage.org/research/taxes/wm2338.cfm Heritage.org)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210124900/http://www.heritage.org/Research/Taxes/wm2338.cfm |date=2010-02-10 }}, those who do business with the federal government (See [http://www.mcvpr.com/CM/CurrentEvents/CEOsummitarticle.pdf MCVPR.com)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515142411/http://www.mcvpr.com/CM/CurrentEvents/CEOsummitarticle.pdf |date=15 May 2011 }}, Puerto Rico-based corporations that intend to send funds to the U.S. (See [http://www.jct.gov/x-24-06.pdf p. 9, line 1.)], and some others (For example, Puerto Rican residents that are members of the U.S. military, See [http://www.heritage.org/research/taxes/wm2338.cfm Heritage.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210124900/http://www.heritage.org/Research/Taxes/wm2338.cfm |date=10 February 2010 }}; and Puerto Rico residents who earned income from sources outside Puerto Rico, See [http://www.jct.gov/x-24-06.pdf, pp 14–15.)]{{Dead link|date=August 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} also pay federal '''income''' taxes. In addition, because the cutoff point for income taxation is lower than that of the U.S. IRS code, and because the per-capita income in Puerto Rico is much lower than the average per-capita income on the mainland, more Puerto Rico residents pay income taxes to the local taxation authority than if the IRS code were applied to the island. This occurs because "the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico government has a wider set of responsibilities (contracted; show full)nists fixed numbers of Tainos for wage-free and forced labor in the gold mines. When several priests protest, the crown requires Spaniards to pay native laborers and to teach them the Christian religion; the colonists continue to treat the natives as slaves."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/americancollection/woman/timeline.html |title=Masterpiece Theatre – American Collection – Almost a Woman – Puerto Rico: A Timeline |publisher=Pbs.org |date= |accessdate=April 14, 2014
 |archive-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222221840/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/americancollection/woman/timeline.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}{{efn|Poole (2011) "[The Taíno] began to starve; many thousands fell prey to smallpox, measles and other European diseases for which they had no immunity [...]"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/What-Became-of-the-Taino.html |title=History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places – Smithsonian |publisher=Smithsonianmag.com |date= |accessdate=April 14, 2014}}</ref>}}{{efn|[[PBS]] "[The Taíno] eventually succumbed to the Spanish soldiers a(contracted; show full)

On November 6, 2012, a two-question referendum took place, simultaneous with the general elections.<ref name="oslpr1">[http://www.oslpr.org/2009-2012/leyes/pdf/ley-283-28-Dic-2011.pdf ''Ley Numero 283 del 28 de diciembre de 2011.'']
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412031116/http://www.oslpr.org/2009-2012/leyes/pdf/ley-283-28-Dic-2011.pdf |date=12 April 2019 }} Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico. December 28, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2012.</ref><ref name="oslpr1"/><ref>[http://www.caribbeanbusinesspr.com/news03.php?nt_id=62931&ct_id=1 ''Fortuño calls for status vote next August.''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124013232/http://www.caribbeanbusinesspr.com/news03.php?nt_id=62931&ct_id=1 |date=November 24, 2011 }} John Marino. Caribbean Business. Released on October 4, 2011. Retrieved (contracted; show full)Atlantic Ocean]], which significantly modify cooler air moving in from the north and northwest. Coastal waters temperatures around the years are about {{convert|75|°F|°C|abbr=on}} in February to {{convert|85|°F|°C|abbr=on}} in August. The highest temperature ever recorded was {{convert|99|F}} at [[Arecibo, Puerto Rico|Arecibo]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sercc.com/cgi-bin/sercc/cliMAIN.pl?pr0410 |title=ARECIBO 3 ESE, PUERTO RICO – Climate Summary |publisher=Sercc.com |accessdate=January 29, 2012
 |archive-date=12 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612145715/http://www.sercc.com/cgi-bin/sercc/cliMAIN.pl?pr0410 |url-status=dead }}</ref> while the lowest temperature ever recorded was {{convert|40|F}} in the mountains at [[Adjuntas, Puerto Rico|Adjuntas]], [[Aibonito, Puerto Rico|Aibonito]], and [[Corozal, Puerto Rico|Corozal]].<ref name="NOAA-PR">{{cite web |url=http://nowdata.rcc-acis.org/SJU/pubACIS_results |title=NOWData – NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |accessdate=October 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/2011100916141(contracted; show full)endangered species and 16 endemic to Puerto Rico.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=5146 |title=Puerto Rico |publisher=Scholastic.com |accessdate=August 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601022607/http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=5146 |archivedate=June 1, 2010  }}</ref>

Puerto Rico has three bioluminescent bays: rare bodies of water occupied by microscopic marine organisms that glow when touched.<ref>
[{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/bioluminescent-bay-puerto-rico-unique-places-around-the-world.html |title=Bioluminescent Bay, Puerto Rico - Unique Places around the World - WorldAtlas.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] |access-date=6 July 2020 |archive-date=15 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215211706/https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/bioluminescent-bay-puerto-rico-unique-places-around-the-world.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{better source|date=February 2020}} However, tourism, pollution, and hurricanes have threatened the organisms.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yancey-Bragg|first=N'dea|title=After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico's rare bioluminescent bays may go dark|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/09/22/after-hurricane-maria-puerto-ricos-rare-bioluminescent-bays-may-go-dark/694833001/|access-date=2020-06-29|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Demographics==
(contracted; show full)ions, sharing the opportunities and limitations that state governments have albeit not being one. As is the case with state governments, it has established several trade agreements with other nations, particularly with Hispanic American countries such as Colombia and Panamá.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.elnuevodia.com/colombiaypuertoricosedanlamano-1556164.html |title=Colombia y Puerto Rico se dan la mano |date=July 20, 2013 |accessdate=August 11, 2013 |language=Spanish |newspaper=[[El Nuevo Día]]
 |archive-date=24 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824132404/http://www.elnuevodia.com/colombiaypuertoricosedanlamano-1556164.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icesi.edu.co/blogs/paises/2013/07/23/puerto-rico/ |title=Relaciones comerciales entre Colombia y Puerto Rico |date=July 23, 2013 |accessdate=August 11, 2013 |language=Spanish |publisher=[[Universidad ICESI]]}}</ref>

(contracted; show full) faltó creatividad, innovación y rapidez en la creación de un nuevo modelo económico que sustentara nuestra economía. Tras la eliminación de la Sección 936, debimos ser proactivos, y no lo fuimos."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.elnuevodia.com/garciapadillainsisteenqueheredounpaisencantos-1657317.html |title=García Padilla insiste en que heredó un país "en cantos" |first=Nydia |last=Bauzá |newspaper=[[El Nuevo Día]] |date=December 2, 2013 |accessdate=December 2, 2013 |language=Spanish
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In comparison to [[U.S. state|the different states of the United States]], Puerto Rico is poorer than Mississippi (the poorest state of the U.S.) with 41% of its population below the [[poverty threshold|poverty line]].{{efn|Quintero (2013; in Spanish) "Los indicadores de una economía débil son muchos, y la economía en Puerto Rico está sumamente debilitada, según lo evidencian la tasa de desempleo (13.5%), los altos niveles de pobreza (41.7%), los altos niveles de quiebra y la pérdida (contracted; show full)/dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/10/07/worsening-debt-crisis-threatens-puerto-rico/ |title=Worsening Debt Crisis Threatens Puerto Rico |first=Mary |last=Walsh |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 7, 2013 |accessdate=October 8, 2013}}</ref>}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.elnuevodia.com/comopuertoricollegoatenercreditochatarra-1704621.html |title=¿Cómo Puerto Rico llegó a tener crédito chatarra? |newspaper=[[El Nuevo Día]] |date=February 4, 2014 |accessdate=March 2, 2014 |language=Spanish
 |archive-date=2 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302003237/http://www.elnuevodia.com/comopuertoricollegoatenercreditochatarra-1704621.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:Budget-of-the-government-of-puerto-rico-2012-percentage.png|thumb|upright=1.8|The 2012 Budget of the government of Puerto Rico]]

(contracted; show full)the post. Viewed March 4, 2014.</ref> The first free election for governor of the U.S. colony of Puerto Rico was honored on April 27, 1949, at San Juan, Puerto Rico. 'Inauguration' on the 3-cent stamp refers to the election of [[Luis Muñoz Marín]], the first democratically elected governor of Puerto Rico.<ref name="Puerto Rico Election Issue">Rod, Steven J. [http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=1&cmd=1&img=&mode=1&pg=1&tid=2028823 Puerto Rico Election Issue]
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728043302/https://postalmuseum.si.edu/search-the-collection |date=28 July 2020 }} Arago: people, postage & the post. Viewed March 4, 2014.</ref> San Juan, Puerto Rico was commemorated with an 8-cent stamp on its 450th anniversary issued September 12, 1971, featuring a sentry box from [[Castillo San Felipe del Morro]].<ref>[http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=1&cmd=1&tid=2038993 San Juan Issue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317211951/http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=1&cmd=1&tid=2038993 |date=17 March 2014 }} Arago: people, postage & the post. Viewed March 17, 2014.</ref> In the "Flags of our nation series" 2008–2012, of the fifty-five, five territorial flags were featured. Forever stamps included the [[Flags of Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico Flag]] illustrated by a bird issued 2011.<ref>"Flags of our nation series 2008–2012, Arago: people, postage & the post", National Postal Museum. Viewed March 7, 2014.</ref>

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[[File:Orangestarsultra.jpg|thumb|[[Puerto Rico Islanders]] fans at a soccer game]]

[[Puerto Rico national football team|Puerto Rico]] is also a member of [[FIFA]] and [[CONCACAF]]. In 2008, the archipelago's first unified league, the [[Puerto Rico Soccer League]], was established.


Other sports include [[professional wrestling]] and [[road running]]. The [[World Wrestling Council]] and [[International Wrestling Association (Puerto Rico)|International Wrestling Association]] are the largest wrestling promotions in the main island. The [[World's Best 10K]], held annually in San Juan, has been ranked among the 20 most competitive races globally. The "Puerto Rico All Stars" team, which has won twelve world championships in unicycle basketball.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.primerahora.com/boricuasluciosenunarueda-boricuazo-especial-nota-243205.html |title=Boricuas lucíos en una rueda |author=Jesús Omar Rivera |newspaper=Primera Hora |language=Spanish |date=October 29, 2008 |accessdate=October 16, 2010 |archive-date=14 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514223446/http://www.primerahora.com/boricuasluciosenunarueda-boricuazo-especial-nota-243205.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Organized [[Streetball]] has gathered some exposition, with teams like "Puerto Rico Street Ball" competing against established organizations including the [[Arecibo Captains|Capitanes de Arecibo]] and [[AND1]]'s [[AND1 Mixtape Tour|Mixtape Tour Team]]. Six years after the first visit, AND1 returned as part of their renamed Live Tour, losing to the Puerto Rico Streetballers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boricuasballers.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=25(contracted; show full)
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