Editor’s Note: Jake Reyes runs La Quinta Columna, TFC’s Spanish Edition. He lives in Puerto Rico. The former Marine was on the Island when Maria hit. Here’s his story:
(TFC) – It was 2:30 a.m. when the Beast started to attack… at first, it sounded like a giant serpent hiss, and then the roar began… it was like a huge beast destroying everything in its path.
Though President Trump bragged about the relatively low death toll from Hurricane Maria — 16 at the time of his visit on Tuesday — the number soon jumped to 34 and was expected to rise much more when isolated hospitals could finally report in.
Many of the island’s 59 hospitals were cut off from power and half the island’s 3.4 million inhabitants lacked safe drinking water. The continuing crisis reflected a slow response from the federal government.
Puerto Rico’s infrastructure, which already faced severe pressures because of the U.S. territory’s huge debt and demands from its creditor, has now been devastated by Hurricane Maria, as Dennis J Bernstein reports. By Dennis J Bernstein Though President Trump bragged…Read more →
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(ANTIMEDIA) Puerto Rico — On Tuesday, as Donald Trump visits a post-Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico, less than half of the commonwealth’s 3.4 million people have access to clean drinking water. Additionally, the Pentagon said in a press release over the weekend that 95 percent of Puerto Ricans remain without power two weeks after the storm.
(ANTIMEDIA) Puerto Rico — With the majority of Puerto Rico’s 3.4 million citizens still without power following Hurricane Maria, the commonwealth’s government is floating the idea of starting from scratch as it rebuilds — ditching oil dependency and moving toward renewable energies.
President Trump bristled at criticism of his administration’s slow response to the disaster that Hurricane Maria inflicted on Puerto Rico, lashing out on Twitter against San Juan’s frontline mayor, report Dennis J Bernstein and Randy Credico. By Dennis J Bernstein…Read more →
As President Donald Trump continues firing off tweets that praise the highly criticized U.S.
While Wall Street vultures circle amid an ongoing humanitarian crisis and try to entice Puerto Rico with “relief” offers in the form of more debt, advocates for economic justice are demanding immediate debt relief and federal stimulus s
It’s been over a week since Jacqui Gormley has heard from her son, who was in Puerto Rico with his grandmother when Hurricane Maria hit. Desperate and running out of options, Gormley had a strong message for President Donald Trump during an interview with CNN’s Brooke Baldwin.
