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(contracted; show full)ive|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.)]
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903121058/http://www.jct.gov/x-24-06.pdf |date=3 September 2009 }}, 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 fe(contracted; show full), Puerto Rico would have six to eight seats in the House, in addition to the two seats in the Senate.(See [http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2007/mar07/07-03-28.html Eagleforum.org], [http://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-17-4-c.html# CRF-USA.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610210536/http://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-17-4-c.html |date=2009-06-10 }} and [http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/?&sid=cp1109rs5H&refer=&r_n=hr597.110 Thomas.gov]
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201165347/http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/?&sid=cp1109rs5H&refer=&r_n=hr597.110 |date=1 February 2016 }} [For the later, the official U.S. Congress database website, a query must be resubmitted. The document in question is called "House Report 110-597 - [[Puerto Rico Democracy Act#Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007|Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007]]." These are the steps to follow to submit a query: [http://www.thomas.gov THOMAS.gov] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929022433/http://www.thomas.gov/ |date=29 September 2006 }} > Committee Reports > 110 > drop down "Word/(contracted; show full)/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
 |archive-date=7 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207130050/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/What-Became-of-the-Taino.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}{{efn|[[PBS]] "[The Taíno] eventually succumbed to the Spanish soldiers and European diseases that followed Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/spirits/html/body_taino.html |title=taino |website=PBS |date= |accessdate=April 14, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208073734/https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/spirits/html/body_taino.html |archivedate=February 8, 2013}}</ref>}}{{(contracted; show full)erto-rico-hurricane-maria-holidays/index.html |title=Puerto Rico: This is not how the island usually does Christmas |publisher=CNN |date=December 20, 2017 |accessdate=February 20, 2018}}</ref> The official death toll at the time was 58 but some sources indicated that the actual number is much higher.<ref name="cnn.com"/> A dam on the island was close to failure and officials were concerned about additional flooding from this source.<ref name="sierraclub.org">{{cite web
  |url=https://www.sierraclub.org/compass/2017/11/puerto-rico-after-hurricane-maria |title=Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria |publisher=Sierra Club |date=November 28, 2017 |accessdate=February 20, 2018 |archive-date=7 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707005953/https://www.sierraclub.org/compass/2017/11/puerto-rico-after-hurricane-maria |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Thousands had left Puerto Rico, with close to 200,000 having arrived in Florida alone.<ref name="pbs.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/its-been-10-weeks-since-hurricane-maria-hit-puerto-rico-heres-where-recovery-stands|title=It's been 10 weeks since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico. Here's where recovery stands – PBS NewsHour|date=November 30, 2017|publisher=Pbs.org|accessdate=February 20, 2018}}</ref> Those who were then living on the mai(contracted; show full)://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198706/muslims.in.the.caribbean.htm |title=Muslims concentrated in Rio Piedras |publisher=Saudiaramcoworld.com |accessdate=February 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505090834/http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198706/muslims.in.the.caribbean.htm |archive-date=May 5, 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> There is also a [[Bahá'í]] community.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bahaipr.org/index.php/en/|title=Home|website=Bahá'ís of Puerto Rico
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In 2015, the 25,832 [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] represented about 0.70% of the population, with 324 congregations.<ref>''2016 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses'', pp. 184–85</ref> The [[Chinese immigration to Puerto Rico|Padmasambhava Buddhist Center]], whose followers practice [[Tibetan Buddhism]], as well as [[Nichiren Buddhism]] have branches in Puerto Rico.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buddhanet.net/l_tibet.htm |title=Budda Net |publisher=Buddh(contracted; show full)Rico Manufacturers Association, CEO Summit, Federal and Local Incentives: Where we are, Where We Want to be. Amaya Iraolagoitia, Partner, Tax Dept. |accessdate=August 14, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=jct>{{cite web |url=http://www.jct.gov/x-24-06.pdf |title=Joint Committee on Taxation. ''An Overview of the Special Tax Rules Related to Puerto Rico and an Analysis of the Tax and Economic Policy Implications of Recent Legislative Options'' |accessdate=August 14, 2010
 |archive-date=3 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903121058/http://www.jct.gov/x-24-06.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{#Tag:Ref|Members of the military must pay federal income tax<ref name=reuters2009-09-24 /><ref name=jct />}} In 2009, Puerto Rico paid {{Nowrap|$3.742 billion}} into the [[U.S. Treasury]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/09db05co.xls |title=Table 5. Internal Revenue Gross Collections, by Type of Tax and State, Fiscal year 2009 |publisher=[[Internal Revenue Service]] |format=XLS}}</ref> Residents of Puerto Rico pay into Social Security, and are thus(contracted; show full)last=Dougherty |first=Conor |url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB118705864479596908 |title=Puerto Rico's Economic Slump Weighs Hard on Consumers |publisher=Online.wsj.com |date=August 14, 2007 |accessdate=April 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Coto |first=Danica |url=http://nbclatino.com/2013/09/29/life-in-puerto-rico-becomes-costlier-amid-crisis/ |title=Life in Puerto Rico becomes costlier amid crisis |publisher=Nbclatino.com |date=September 29, 2013 |accessdate=April 14, 2014
 |archive-date=13 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413160122/http://nbclatino.com/2013/09/29/life-in-puerto-rico-becomes-costlier-amid-crisis/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> San Juan's in particular is higher than [[Atlanta]], [[Dallas]], and [[Seattle]] but lower than [[Boston]], [[Chicago]], and [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mercer.com/press-releases/1420615 |title=Worldwide Cost of Living Survey 2011 |publisher=Mercer.com |date= |accessdate=April 14, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410174442/http://www.mercer.com/press-releases/1420615 |archivedate=April 10, 2014}}</ref> One factor is hous(contracted; show full)2/jul/22/gun-homicides-ownership-world-list |title=Gun homicides and gun ownership listed by country |first=Mona |last=Chalabi |date=July 22, 2012 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Most homicide victims are gang members and drug traffickers with about 80% of homicides in Puerto Rico being drug related.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=345039&CategoryId=14092 |title=Latin American Herald Tribune – 80% of Puerto Rico Murders Called Drug-Related |website=Laht.com
 |access-date=6 July 2020 |archive-date=23 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123055804/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=345039&CategoryId=14092 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Carjackings]] happen often in many areas of Puerto Rico. In 1992, the FBI made it a Federal crime and rates decreased per statistics,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/31/us/after-carjacking-surge-puerto-rico-is-wary-behind-the-wheel.html|title=After Carjacking Surge, Puerto Rico Is Wary Behind the Wheel|first=Mireya|last=Navarro|date=July 31, 1994|accessdate=June 23, 2019|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> but as of 2019, the problem continued in municipali(contracted; show full)

Puerto Rico has been commemorated on four U.S. postal stamps and four personalities have been featured. Insular Territories were commemorated in 1937, the third stamp honored Puerto Rico featuring '[[La Fortaleza]]', the Spanish Governor's Palace.<ref>[http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=1&cmd=1&img=&mode=1&pg=1&tid=2033211 3-cent Puerto Rico Issue]
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317194928/http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=1&cmd=1&img=&mode=1&pg=1&tid=2033211 |date=17 March 2014 }} Arago: people, postage & 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=202882(contracted; show full)f commercial activity and cargo movement, respectively.<ref name=PRPA2008-07-28 /> The second largest port is the [[Port of the Americas]] in Ponce, currently under expansion to increase cargo capacity to {{Nowrap|1.5 million}} twenty-foot containers ([[Twenty-foot equivalent unit|TEUs]]) per year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portoftheamericas.com/about.project/overview.htm |title=About the Project – Overview |publisher=Port of the Americas Authority |accessdate=July 28, 2008}}</ref>


The '''Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority''' ('''PREPA''')—Spanish: ''Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica '' ('''AEE''')—is an [[electric power company]] and the [[List of government-owned corporations of Puerto Rico|government-owned corporation of Puerto Rico]] responsible for [[electricity generation]], [[electric power transmission|power transmission]], and [[electric power distribution|power distribution]] in Puerto Rico.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presupuesto.gobierno.pr/PresupuestosAnteriores/af2008_2009/Tomo_II/suppdocs/baselegal/169/169.pdf |title=Ley de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica de Puerto Rico |website=Presupuesto.gobierno.pr |accessdate=August 26, 2017 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924081627/http://www.presupuesto.gobierno.pr/PresupuestosAnteriores/af2008_2009/Tomo_II/suppdocs/baselegal/169/169.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> PREPA is the only entity authorized to conduct such business in Puerto Rico, effectively making it a [[government monopoly]]. The Authority is ruled by a governing board appointed by the governor with the [[advice and consent]] of the [[Senate of Puerto Rico]], and is run by an executive director.

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