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President Biden delivers address in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images.

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New ad buy highlights PR

The ad will reinforce Biden's message to Puerto Ricans

October 20th, 2022

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Gov. Pierluisi has joined in and asked DHS to intervene to allow ship carrying supplies to enter PR.

Pierluisi joins Jones call

September 28th, 2022

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Pictured: APM CEO Ana Nilda Ruiz

PA in support of PR

September 21st, 2022

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Dr. Lourdes Marrero (C) of the local NGO Haiti Se Pone de Pie attend recent amputee Jaime Martinez (R) who took refuge at the Carlos Colón Burgos Public High School oafter Hurricane Fiona hit the island on September 19, 2022 in Salinas, Puerto Rico. Photo by Jose Jimenez/Getty Images

Novel efforts in Puerto Rico

September 21st, 2022

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

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Hurricane Fiona's landfall

September 19th, 2022

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LUMA has been in the hot seat since taking over Puerto Rico's power grid. Photo: Getty Images.

Luma Energy v. Corporate PR

May 4th, 2022

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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 18: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) listens during a news conference to introduce the "Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2021" at Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill March 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images

June 2nd, 2021

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Puerto Rican Reps. continue to advocate for justice after years of neglect. Photo: Adam Hunger/AP, U.S. House

Finally for puerto rico

February 2nd, 2021

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FEMA is distributing grants for Puerto Rican fishermen whose sites were destroyed due to Hurricane Maria. Photo: depositphotos

Fishermen Funded in PR

January 19th, 2021

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Bad Bunny Virtual Concert

September 21st, 2020

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Three years later, Puerto Rico still has not received adequate attention or funding from the Trump administration. Photo: Time.com

Puerto Rico Remembers

September 21st, 2020

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As the roundtable between these leaders took place, Trump announced funding for the island – three years too late. Screenshot: AL DÍA News.

Too late, Trump

September 18th, 2020

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Protesters gather outside of Taller Puertorriqueño on Jan. 20 to condemn the Puerto Rican government's role in withheld aid discovered in a warehouse in Ponce, Puerto Rico on Jan. 18. Photo: Emily Neil / AL DÍA News

January 21st, 2020

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Yuleidy Cordero-Feliciano produjo este video en el Laboratorio de Medios WHYY en la escuela Julia de Burgos bajo la dirección de su instructor de medios Ariel Goodman y su maestra Christy Halcom. Foto: Cortesía de Ariel Goodman.

Heritage and History

The Puerto Rican Philly girl

September 30th, 2019

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Hundreds marched down the parkway in a show of empowerment for Puerto Ricans on the mainland U.S. and on the island on September 21. Photo: Nigel Thompson/AL DÍA News.

Marching forward from Maria

September 23rd, 2019

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Curator Edna Santiago, speaks to attendees before a performance at the opening night of her exhibition "Nor Wind, Nor Water." Photo: Nigel Thompson/AL DÍA News

Heritage and History

"Nor Wind, Nor Water"

August 23rd, 2019

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Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority Omar J. Marrero speaks onstage during the Pathway To The Future: Opportunities Of An Economic Transformation Forum at PlayStation Theater on February 15, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images of Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development & Commerce)

Puerto Rico still recovering

July 16th, 2019

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Federal relief for Hurricane Maria is coming a year and a half too late. Getty Images

A year and a half too late

May 24th, 2019

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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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Lin-Manuel Miranda among his fans in San Juan de Puerto Rico, last summer. The famous actor, of Puerto Rico origin has urged to promote the arts as a way to improve the social and educative level of the island. EFE/Enid M. Salgado

Books and Authors

Acting for the Arts

January 9th, 2019

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Pennsylvania boasts one of the largest Puerto Rican populations in the country.

The Puerto Rican Vote

November 6th, 2018

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Mayra Linares-Garcia, the Vice President of Public Affairs and Communications at Liberty Coca-Cola. Photo: Yesid Vargas/AL DÍA News

Working With the Community

October 31st, 2018

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Rally-goers carried a 40 by 60 foot Puerto Rican flag to the Art Museum steps on Oct. 12 to commemorate the over one year that has passed since Hurricane Maria devastated the island. Photo: Emily Neil / AL DÍA News

The vote for Puerto Rico

October 15th, 2018

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Erica Reyes, of Hacienda Moralka, believes that the destruction caused by Hurricane Maria also provides Puerto Rico's coffee industry with the opportunity to start again.

Heritage and History

Puerto Rican coffee

October 12th, 2018

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Hundreds of people protest near Trump Tower after a service for the victims of Hurricane Maria on Thursday, September 20, at the Church of St. Bartholomew in New York. EFE

TRUMP'S GIFT TO PUERTO RICO

September 26th, 2018

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One of the designs featured in Nasheli Ortiz-Gonzalez's collection, "Stranded." Photo: frankie.photography (Frank Guardino)

Heritage and History

Hidden vision of Puerto Rico

September 25th, 2018

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President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a reception for the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, United States, Sept. 12, 2018. EPA-EFE/Michael Reynolds

"3000 people did not die"

September 13th, 2018

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Heritage and History

NEARLY ONE YEAR LATER

August 22nd, 2018

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Around 37 children, many of whom were from families displaced by Hurricane Maria who evacuated to Pennsylvania, attended Liberty Lutheran churches' Camp Noah in Reading, PA, for a weeklong program in mid-August. Photo: Emily Neil / AL DÍA News

After the Storm

August 21st, 2018

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Young Hero for Puerto Rico

August 10th, 2018

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Recovery for Maria evacuees

August 6th, 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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Recovery, rebuilding in PR

July 17th, 2018

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A woman displays a sign with the death toll for Hurricane Maria estimated by the recent Harvard study on June 10, 2018 at the annual Puerto Rican Day parade on Fifth Avenue in New York City. EFE

Defining disaster death toll

June 14th, 2018

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Nasheli Juliana Ortiz-González siempre ha utilizado materiales reciclados como parte de su proceso de creación. Foto: Samantha Laub / AL DÍA News

Heritage and History

Moving Fashion Forward

May 31st, 2018

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Cover of Ricanstruction. Photo courtesy of the author.

Heritage and History

Superheroes for Puerto Rico

May 30th, 2018