Puerto Rico

“We always expected that the number of hurricane-related deaths would increase as we received more factual information —not hearsay— and this review will ensure we are correctly counting everybody.”

What happened and why?

¿Qué pasó y por qué?

Efforts to identify suitable housing alternatives —even temporary ones— have been slower than expected.

Refugiados por el huracán sufren en espera de una opción real de techo por parte de las agencias de Puerto Rico y Estados Unidos

“With this, I suggest that the number of total deaths in Puerto Rico is not a fixed one.”

A BONUS Latino Rebels Radio.

A comment was made 36 hours after requests to both the White House and Department of Homeland Security.

When words lose their history, they lose their meaning, and when words lose their meaning, they lose their power.

The majority of these deaths were men and women over 50 years old who died in hospitals and nursing homes.

La mayoría de estas personas son hombres y mujeres por igual, mayores de 50 años, y murieron en hospitales y asilos.

Speakers call for an end to the island’s debt.

Video of the December 4, 2017 meeting in NYC.

61 days later, we’re still waiting.

#OurPowerPR was launched in New York to support Puerto Ricans with a just recovery for the island in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

“Inequality, an impoverishment of our population is the rule of the day.”

It has crippled the Puerto Rico economy for close than a century.

How many Puerto Ricans who have fled the island might return home—and how many are gone for good?

Latino Rebels Radio: November 19, 2017

“Of course, we welcome the information that the journalists stated.”

These two cases show that instead of “saving lives,” the government curfew put them at risk.