Puerto Rico - Armed Forces, Police, Security

Puerto Rico

Table of Contents

Introduction & Quick Facts
The land
- Relief
- Drainage and soils
- Climate
- Plant and animal life
- Settlement patterns
The people
- Ethnic composition
- Language and religion
- Demographic trends
- Puerto Ricans in the United States
The economy
- Resources
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing
- Manufacturing
- Services
  - Finance and trade
  - Tourism
- Transportation
Administration and social conditions
- Government
- Armed forces and police
- Education
- Health and welfare
Cultural life
- Daily life
- Cultural institutions
- Visual arts
- Literature
- Performing arts
- Sports and recreation
- Press and broadcasting
History
- Spanish colonial rule
  - Early settlement
  - Liberal reforms and regional turmoil
  - Economic and political shifts
  - Movements toward self-government
  - The Spanish-American War
- Rule by the United States
  - Early years
  - Socioeconomic concerns
  - Political developments
- The commonwealth
- The debate over political status
- Hurricanes Maria and Fiona

References & Edit History Facts & Stats

Images

San Felipe del Morro castle, San Juan, Puerto Rico

For Students

Puerto Rico summary

Read Next

El Morro fort in old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, West Indies.

Why Is Puerto Rico’s Political Status So Complicated?

Pro and Con: Statehood for Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia

Discover

Close-up of ostriches (Struthio camelus) necks and heads; location unknown.

6 of the World's Most Dangerous Birds

Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.

10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

Watergate scandal. Richard M. Nixon. President Nixon gives a press conference and talks to the press, March 12, 1971.

9 American Political Scandals

The Jeff Koons tulips sculputure outside the Guggenheim Museums in Bilbao, Spain, Basque Country.

What’s the Difference Between Modern and Contemporary Art?

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Coriander leaves, fresh green cilantro on wooden background, herbs

Why Does Cilantro Taste Like Soap to Some People?

Facsimile of one of William Henry Ireland's forgeries, a primitive self-portrait of William Shakespeare(tinted engraving). Published for Samuel Ireland, Norfolk Street, Strand, December 1, 1795. (W.H. Ireland, forgery)

The Time a Law Clerk Successfully Forged a New Shakespeare Play to Impress His Dad

Puerto Rico continues to be a strategic site for the U.S. military. For decades the U.S. Navy has occupied a large base at Roosevelt Roads, on the east coast. By 2001 local protests had mounted against the navy’s use of a portion of the nearby island of Vieques for its maneuvers, including gunnery and bombing practice, and the federal government, bowing to public pressure, announced plans to halt the bombing. Unlike the various municipal, county, and state police forces common in the United States, Puerto Rico has a single, centralized police force, which includes a body of detectives. Puerto Rico ...(100 of 11302 words)

Access the full article

Help support true facts by becoming a member.