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Councilmember Maria Quiñones Sanchez speaks on the opening of Esperanza’s mass vaccination site. Rev. Luis Cortés is pictured behind. Photo: Nigel Thompson/AL DÍA News

Policy

the push for esperanza

The leaders that made it happen were there to unveil the site on April 8.

April 8th, 2021

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President Biden on the emergency room giving speech after hurricanes hit Florida and Puerto Rico.

Help for Hurricane's Victims

October 5th, 2022

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Pictured: Flooded Scene in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Photo by the Ponce municipality.

Elected officials

Hurricane Fiona's landfall

September 19th, 2022

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Healthcare workers move a patient in the COVID-19 Unit at United Memorial Medical Center. Photo Credit: Mark Felix | Getty Images

COVID hospital restrictions

December 30th, 2021

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Deanne Criswell, FEMA administrator (left), is seen sharing a status report at a meeting on Monday of her visit to Mayfield, Kentucky.Photo credit: FEMA

Heritage and History

Rare Severe Storms

December 13th, 2021

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People is seen inside a hospital in Vieques, Puerto Rico on November 27, 2017. The only hospital available for the 9000 Vieques residents was damaged by Hurricane Maria and had to be closed and is only attending patients in tents outside the damaged building provided by the US Army. / AFP PHOTO / Ricardo ARDUENGO / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY LEILA MACOR (Photo credit should read RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty Images)

Hospitals Still Broken

May 28th, 2021

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Appointment holders and walk-ups wait in two separate lines at the Philadelphia Convention Center. Photo: Nigel Thompson/ AL DÍA News.

A Tale of Two Lines

March 9th, 2021

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FEMA Administrator Brock Long (right) and Senator Marco Rubio (left) meet at the Convention Center in San Juan on Sep. 25, 2017, and talk about the response efforts taking place in Puerto Rico, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Photo: Yuisa Rios/FEMA.

FEMA Director resigns

February 15th, 2019

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Congressman Brendan Boyle meets with FEMA in Puerto Rico.

Boyle visits Puerto Rico

November 29th, 2018

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez castigates Donald Trump on Hurricane Maria and calls the U.S.-Puerto Rico relationship "colonial." Source: CNN

Modern-day Colonialism?

September 17th, 2018

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Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, 2017. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has just released a report that identifies the agency's unpreparedness to handle the disaster. View of some of the damages in the aftermath of the passage of Hurricane Maria in Aguas Bravas, Puerto Rico, Sept. 26, 2017. EPA-EFE FILE/Thais Llorca

FEMA admits failure

July 17th, 2018

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Sgt. Of the South Carolina Army National Guard Madison Covington distributes food to residents of Hillsborough County, Florida, on September 16, 2017. The Army and sister services are also preparing to provide assistance to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands of the United States after Hurricane Maria. (Photo credit: photo of the US Army by State Sergeant Erica Knight)

FEMA fails Puerto Rico

February 7th, 2018

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The three-star lieutenant general, Jeffrey Buchanan (d.), Responsible for military operations for the recovery of Puerto Rico, is loading baby food boxes with another military man in Jayuya municipality on October 11, 2017. The population of Jayuya is an example of the municipalities of the interior of the island that more difficulties present to recover the normality after the passage of Hurricane Maria. EFE / Jorge Muñiz

A Life-saver to Puerto Rico

October 13th, 2017