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Capital city
San Juan |
Legislative branch > Note
Puerto Rico elects, by popular vote, a resident commissioner to serve a four-year term as a nonvoting representative in the US House of Representatives; aside from not voting on the House floor, he enjoys all the rights of a member of Congress; elections last held 2 November 2004 (next to be held in November 2008); results - percent of vote by party - PNP 48.6%, other 51.4%; seats by party - PNP 1 |
National holiday
US Independence Day, 4 July (1776); Puerto Rico Constitution Day, 25 July (1952) |
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political parties > Multi party
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Political parties and leaders
National Democratic Party [Roberto PRATS]; National Republican Party of Puerto Rico [Dr. Tiody FERRE]; New Progressive Party or PNP [Pedro ROSSELLO] (pro-US statehood); Popular Democratic Party or PPD [Anibal ACEVEDO-VILA] (pro-commonwealth); Puerto Rican Independence Party or PIP [Ruben BERRIOS Martinez] (pro-independence) |
Political pressure groups and leaders
Boricua Popular Army or EPB (a revolutionary group also known as Los Macheteros); note - the following radical groups are considered dormant by Federal law enforcement: Armed Forces for National Liberation or FALN, Armed Forces of Popular Resistance, Volunteers of the Puerto Rican Revolution |
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Procedures to build a warehouse > number
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20
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[45th of 168]
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Procedures to enforce a contract > number
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43
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[42nd of 170]
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Procedures to register property > number
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8
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[45th of 167]
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Start-up procedures to register a business > number
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7
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[126th of 171]
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Status
dependent democracy |
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal; island residents are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections |
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Time required to build a warehouse > days
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212 days
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[65th of 168]
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Time required to enforce a contract > days
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620 days
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[49th of 171]
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Time required to register property > days
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15 days
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[142nd of 167]
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Time required to start a business > days
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7 days
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[165th of 171]
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Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours
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140 hours
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[125th of 169]
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Time to resolve insolvency > years
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3.8 years
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[49th of 151]
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Total businesses registered > number
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45,642
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[56th of 71]
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
increasing numbers of illegal migrants from the Dominican Republic cross the Mona Passage to Puerto Rico each year looking for work |
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