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The event took place on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This was the first WWE pay-per-view event held in Puerto Rico since New Year's Revolution in January 2005, and the second Backlash event held outside the continental United States following the 2004 event .
Events January to May. March 17 – The Puerto Rico national baseball team is eliminated from the 2023 World Baseball Classic in the quarterfinals, in a 5-4 loss to Mexico. April 11 – Governor Pedro Pierluisi declares a state of emergency on coastal erosion.
August 28–29, 1772 – Hurricane San Agustín [ 39] August 31, 1772 – Hurricane San Ramón [ 40] August 1, 1775 – Tropical Storm San Pedro [ 41] June 13, 1780 – Hurricane San Antonio [ 42] "caused deaths and losses" on Puerto Rico, after having also struck St. Lucia, where it killed around 4,000 to 5,000 people.
The Carnaval de Ponce (English: Ponce Carnival), officially Carnaval Ponceño, is an annual celebration of the Carnival holiday held in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The celebration lasts one week, and like most observations of the holiday ends on Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras Day, the day before Ash Wednesday ). Thus, like the Carnival holiday in general, it ...
2019. 2023. Puerto Rico is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Puerto Rico 's 19th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 1951. Archer Jean Pizarro and judoka María Pérez were the country's flagbearers ...
Puerto Rico celebrates all official U.S. holidays, [1] and other official holidays established by the Commonwealth government. Additionally, many municipalities celebrate their own Patron Saint Festivals (fiestas patronales in Spanish), as well as festivals honoring cultural icons like bomba y plena, danza, salsa, hamacas (hammocks), and popular crops such as plantains and coffee.
Above, Virgen of Guadalupe, Ponce 's patron saint. Fiestas patronales in Puerto Rico are yearly celebrations held in each municipality of the island. Like in other countries, "fiestas patronales" are heavily influenced by Spanish culture and religion, and are dedicated to a saint or the Blessed Virgin Mary under one of her titles.
Puerto Rico is scheduled to compete in the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile from 17 November to 26 November 2023. This is Puerto Rico's seventh appearance at the Parapan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games since the inaugural edition in 1999. Paralympic taekwondo practitioner Óscar Fontan and powerlifter ...