‘Total Failure of Governance’: Island-Wide Blackout Deepens Puerto Rico Crisis
(CD) — After struggling for nearly seven months to rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid, which was destroyed by Hurricane Maria, the U.S. territory experienced an island-wide blackout on Wednesday—its first since the storm struck last September. As meteorologist Eric Holthaus put it, “This is still a humanitarian emergency.” Puerto Rico, Day 210:—The entire island (>3,000,000 people) is w/o power for […]
