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The Office of Legislative Services of Puerto Rico was created on January 27, 1954 to provide research, translation, library and legislative drafting services to all members of the Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly. Its duties are similar to those of the Congressional Research Service . The Office is headed by a Director, currently Juan Luis ...
The Puerto Rico Commission on Public Service — Spanish: Comisión de Servicio Público ( CSP) — is one of Puerto Rico's oldest regulatory bodies whose jurisdiction has changed over the years. The CSP currently regulates the retail sale of natural gas, trucking, and jitneys, among other regulatory functions.
The Puerto Rico Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration [1] — Spanish: Administración de Servicios de Salud Mental y Contra la Adicción ( ASSMCA )— is a Puerto Rico -based organization associated with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services ...
Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. Communist party of Puerto Rico. Socialist Front – An umbrella of socialist organizations. Socialist Workers Movement – Socialist Revolutionary organization, with strong bases in the trade union and student movement. Bandera Roja – Periodical, in Spanish.
A referendum on the political status of Puerto Rico was held in Puerto Rico on June 11, 2017. [ 1] The referendum had three options: becoming a state of the United States, independence / free association, or maintaining the current territorial status. [ 2] Those who voted overwhelmingly chose statehood by 97%. [ 3]
v. t. e. The Puerto Rico Aqueducts and Sewers Authority ( PRASA; Spanish: Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico) is a water company and the government-owned corporation responsible for water quality, management, and supply in Puerto Rico, a US insular area. [ 1] PRASA is the only entity authorized to conduct such business in ...
The Puerto Rico State Commission on Elections — Spanish: Comisión Estatal de Elecciones de Puerto Rico ( CEEPR or CEE-PUR )—is the government agency of the executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico that oversees and manages elections in Puerto Rico as well as guaranteeing the right to vote to its citizens.
The American University of Puerto Rico ( AUPR) was a private university in Puerto Rico with campuses in Bayamón and Manatí. [ 1][ 2] The university was founded in 1963 as the American Business College, and offered undergraduate studies in arts, business administration, education, and sciences, and graduate studies in criminal justice .