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Puerto Rico

Donald Trump leaves Air Force One
Interview
War & Peace

Trump Wants to Maintain US Empire But Without the Alliances

Trump is seeking to control the U.S. empire from a walled-off fortress without war coalitions or alliances.
by
C.J. Polychroniou,
Truthout
April 17, 2019
Truthout
Congresswoman Slams Trump for Fighting Against Puerto Rico Disaster Aid
Interview
Politics & Elections

Congresswoman Slams Trump for Fighting Against Puerto Rico Disaster Aid

On Monday, two competing disaster relief bills stalled in the Senate.
by
Amy Goodman &
Juan González,
Democracy Now!
April 2, 2019
Truthout
Woman recieves food as line of people still waiting stretches behind her
News Analysis
Human Rights

Puerto Rico Forced to Slash Basic Food Aid While Waiting for Washington to Act

Some 1.35 million low-income residents of Puerto Rico will have their food benefits cut.
by
Brynne Keith-Jennings,
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
March 8, 2019
Truthout
In Puerto Rico, Medicaid patients get no coverage for drugs that can cure hepatitis C.
News Analysis
Environment & Health

Medicaid Patients in Puerto Rico Don’t Get Coverage for Drugs to Cure Hepatitis

Unlike in the states, Puerto Rico’s federal funding for Medicaid is capped.
by
Carmen Heredia Rodriguez,
Kaiser Health News
January 18, 2019
Truthout
Op-Ed
Human Rights

The Crisis of Violence Against Women in Puerto Rico

The Colectiva Feminista en Construcción is building a movement against gender-based violence in Puerto Rico.
by
Gia Berrios,
Socialist Worker
December 21, 2018
Truthout
Workers shovel debris from the swimming and diving pool in the Aquatic Center at the Albergue Olympic Training Center of Puerto Rico on November 14, 2018, in Salinas, Puerto Rico.
News Analysis
Politics & Elections

Senators Press for Expanded Probe of FEMA Over Hurricane Maria

The Trump administration’s spectacular incompetence in Puerto Rico hasn’t attracted an adequate level of scrutiny.
by
Jerri-Lynn Scofield,
Naked Capitalism
December 13, 2018
Truthout
Maritza Hernández, a member of the squatter collective Urbe Apie, compares Caguas to any "small town in America."
News
Human Rights

Activists in Caguas, Puerto Rico, Fight for Vital Living Spaces

Against a backdrop of hurricane wreckage, these activists aren’t just rebuilding their city, they’re reimagining it.
by
Erin Sheridan,
The Indypendent
November 22, 2018
Truthout
Op-Ed
Environment & Health

Climate Change Should Make the Republican Party Impossible

In every breath of air we take, we inhale, unseen, our climate debt, and exhale a future of disaster.
by
Nicholas Powers,
Truthout
November 21, 2018
Truthout
"The Disaster Is the Colony": Street graffiti in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Interview
Human Rights

The Struggle Over Communications Infrastructure in Puerto Rico

Hurricane Maria and the inadequate federal response show the need for self-determination over communications.
by
Janine Jackson,
FAIR
October 20, 2018
Truthout
Human Rights

Naomi Klein: There’s Nothing Natural About Puerto Rico’s Disaster

Naomi Klein discusses disaster capitalism.
by
Amy Goodman &
Juan González,
Democracy Now!
September 25, 2018
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