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Puerto Rico’s Dilemma After Hurricane María: Rebuild or Pay the Debt?

Here are the details of those who require payment of the debt, their groups of interest and their conflicts. Will they go ahead with their claims after the Hurricane María catastrophe?

  • Oct 17, 2017
  • 11:45 AM

Puerto Rican Energy Researchers Excluded From Island’s Energy Transition Deliberations

Letters have been sent, but the government had not responded.

  • Oct 16, 2017
  • 5:47 PM

Puerto Rico Police: People Listed Missing Since Hurricane María Now at 109

The Puerto Rico Police released new information on Saturday.

  • Oct 16, 2017
  • 10:03 AM

Damnificados usan acuíferos potencialmente contaminados con sustancias químicas luego del huracán María

A diferencia de lo que dijo el gobernador Ricardo Rosselló, vecinos del ‘superfund site’ de Dorado obtienen el líquido en pozos no aptos para el consumo humano.

  • Oct 15, 2017
  • 12:07 PM

Trump Administration Deporting Abused Children Who Qualify for Green Cards

ICE Chief Counsel has not yet shared this guidance outside the agency.

  • Oct 13, 2017
  • 12:40 PM

In Mexico, Undocumented Migrants Risk Deportation to Aid Earthquake Victims

A group of undocumented Central American migrants who, interrupting their travel northward to the U.S., stayed in Mexico to help clean up debris and assist the victims.

  • Oct 13, 2017
  • 11:08 AM

Rep. Gutiérrez Calls for Federal Evacuation of Puerto Rico’s Elderly, Sick and Vulnerable

“Our response to Hurricane Maria and the people of Puerto Rico is a national and international embarrassment and tragedy.”

  • Oct 11, 2017
  • 11:14 AM

Masked and Armed With Rifles: Military Security Firms Roam Streets of San Juan

Academi, formerly known as Blackwater, is among the companies with offers to come to the island after Hurricane María.

  • Oct 10, 2017
  • 4:22 PM

Enmascarados y con armas largas: empresas militares de seguridad merodean las calles de San Juan

Entre las empresas que tienen oferta para venir a la isla luego del huracán María se encuentra Academi, antes conocida como Blackwater.

  • Oct 10, 2017
  • 9:38 AM

Chaos in Puerto Rico’s ‘Operational’ Hospitals

The lack of information, misinformation and contradicting data regarding the real status of these institutions from the government has been constant.

  • Oct 9, 2017
  • 6:40 PM

Number of Deaths Related to María Will Continue to Increase in Puerto Rico

Considering that the annual average of deaths in Puerto Rico is about 29,000 (at best), only 17% of the total deaths in the last two weeks have been examined.

  • Oct 9, 2017
  • 6:09 PM

Caos en los hospitales ‘operacionales’ de Puerto Rico

La falta de información, la desinformación y los datos contradictorios en torno al estado real de estas instituciones por parte del gobierno han sido una constante.

  • Oct 9, 2017
  • 12:13 PM

Dispatch From the Frontlines of Puerto Rico in a Post-María World

My husband Roland wakes me up to the tune of “no water today.”

  • Oct 9, 2017
  • 11:47 AM

Seguirá aumentando cifra oficial de muertos por María

Este viernes empezarán a recibirse los primeros resultados de las defunciones recopiladas en las oficinas regionales del Registro Demográfico.

  • Oct 7, 2017
  • 9:38 AM

Comic Strip PEPITO Keeps Puerto Ricans Informed After Hurricane María

The strip continues to push the envelope.

  • Oct 6, 2017
  • 2:45 PM

DEMOCRACY NOW! Focuses on Puerto Ricans in Vieques as They Fear Toxic Contamination

“You know, the Navy owes the people of Vieques. The federal government owes the people of Vieques…”

  • Oct 6, 2017
  • 1:32 PM

Read What California’s New ‘Sanctuary State’ Law Has to Say

ICE is still around, by the way.

  • Oct 5, 2017
  • 4:33 PM

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