Editing San Juan, Puerto Rico (section)

=== 21st-century ===
San Juan has experienced periods of both stagnation and development in the recent years. [[Gentrification]] has been noticeable in areas of the city such as [[Loíza Street]] in [[Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico|Santurce]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-11-11 |title=A Historic Road Takes an Online Detour in "La Calle Loíza" |url=https://globalvoices.org/2012/11/11/a-historic-road-takes-an-online-detour-in-la-calle-loiza/ |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=Global Voices |language=en}}</ref> and [[Santa Rita (Hato Rey)|Santa Rita]] in Río Piedras.<ref>{{Cite web |title=¿Urbanismo neoliberal o urbanismo contestatario?: una autoetnografía en un Río Piedras en deterioro y en proyectos de autogestión |url=https://www.ingeniosupr.com/vol-5-1/2018/10/13/urbanismo-neoliberal-o-urbanismo-contestatario-una-autoetnografa-en-un-ro-piedras-en-deterioro-y-en-proyectos-de-autogestin |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=[IN]Genios |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Parga |first=Orlando |date=2022 |title=La "gentrificación" de Puerto Rico |work=El Nuevo Día |url=https://www.pressreader.com/puerto-rico/el-nuevo-dia1/20220329/284060555267986}}</ref> In recent years the city has been the location of multiple strikes and protests, such as the [[United States Navy in Vieques, Puerto Rico|2001 protests]] against the [[United States Navy]] in the island municipality of [[Vieques, Puerto Rico|Vieques]], the [[2010–2011 University of Puerto Rico strikes|2010 and 2011 University of Puerto Rico strikes]], and the [[Telegramgate|2019 protests]] against Governor [[Ricardo Rosselló]] which resulted in his resignation.

On September 20, 2017, [[Hurricane Maria]] made a direct impact in Puerto Rico, causing widespread damage and a collapse of the infrastructure in San Juan and the rest of Puerto Rico. The damage caused in 2017 was extensive, affecting the electricity, potable water supplies, transportation, and communication, but significant progress had been made in the capital by April 2019, and particularly by October 2019. This was significant for tourism, which had rebounded by October of that year and was close to the pre-Maria era.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.viahero.com/travel-to-puerto-rico/puerto-rico-tourism-update |title=Nearly two years after Hurricane Maria devastation, Puerto Rico welcomes record number of tourists |date=2 April 2019 |publisher=ViaHero |access-date=16 October 2019 |quote=Almost all of Puerto Rico's hotels are open for business. |archive-date=November 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127164436/https://www.viahero.com/travel-to-puerto-rico/puerto-rico-tourism-update |url-status=live }}</ref>

San Juan today remains an important cultural, financial and industrial center not only of Puerto Rico but of the Caribbean region. As the biggest industrial center of Puerto Rico, it is the home of industries such as tobacco processors, breweries, refining facilities for petroleum and sugar, and distillers of rum as well as manufacturers of metal products, cement, pharmaceuticals, and clothing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Port of San Juan |url=http://www.worldportsource.com/ports/review/PRI_Port_of_San_Juan_226.php |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=World Port Source |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629222912/http://www.worldportsource.com/ports/review/PRI_Port_of_San_Juan_226.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Puerto Rico Convention Center]], opened in 2005, is the largest of its kind in the Caribbean and one of the most advanced in the Americas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Puerto Rico Convention Center |url=https://www.asmglobal.com/p/our-portfolio/convention-exhibition-centers/puerto-rico-convention-center |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=www.asmglobal.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Puerto Rico Convention Center |url=https://prconvention.com/en/ |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=Puerto Rico Convention Center |language=en-US}}</ref>