hurricane Maria

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Employees of the state-owned utility AEE doing repairing works in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Oct. 6, 2017. EPA-EFE FILE/Thais Llorca

Policy

Dark for a While

The Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce warned weeks ago that many small and medium-sized businesses…

October 18th, 2017

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Latina author Leah Franqui describes herself as a proud Philadelphian

Books and Authors

Self-Discovery in PR

March 29th, 2023

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

Elected officials

New ad buy highlights PR

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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Cover of Ricanstruction. Photo courtesy of the author.

Heritage and History

Superheroes for Puerto Rico

May 30th, 2018

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The death toll from Hurricane Maria, which ravaged Puerto Rico last year, could exceed 4,600, at least 70 times more than the 64 victims that the island"s government acknowledged, a study published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine says. EFE

Death Toll from Maria 4,000+

May 29th, 2018

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Mayor Kenney joins other leaders from cities across the mainland U.S. and Puerto Rico in a 'Mayor Exchange' initiative, designed to foster relations, aid recovery, and build resilience in Puerto Rico. Photo: Samantha Madera / AL DÍA News

Kenny visits Puerto Rico

May 24th, 2018

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Nasheli Juliana Ortiz-González is a fashion designer from Puerto Rico. She began her role as chair of the fashion design department at Moore College of Art & Design last August. Photo: Samantha Laub / AL DÍA News

Heritage and History

Moving Fashion Forward

May 10th, 2018

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Puerto Rico Senate president Thomas Rivera Schatz in the legislative body's newly-opened offices in Washington D.C. on April 18, 2018. EFE/Lenin Nolly

THE CHALLENGE IN PUERTO RICO

April 19th, 2018

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Puerto Rico's landscape in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. EFE

Thought Leaders

The Puerto Rican Duty

April 11th, 2018

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Mayor of Camden, NJ Frank Moran spoke at a conference on Puerto Rico's recovery efforts at the Rutgers-Camden campus on March 30. Photo: Emily Neil / AL DÍA News

An American Tragedy

April 3rd, 2018

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Karla Cabrera and Heidi Rodriguez, leaders of the Philadelphia chapter of American Airlines' Latin Diversity Network, helped organize a relief effort for those affected by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Photo: Yesid Vargas / AL DÍA News

PR support on ground, on air

March 26th, 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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Hurricane Maria victims seek assistance in Philadelphia. Samantha Laub/ AL DÍA News

Heritage and History

HURRICANE MARIA: LEGAL HELP

January 17th, 2018

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Raúl Berríos and Asaf Berríos. Photo: Samantha Laub / AL DÍA News

Heritage and History

Displaced by Hurricane Maria

December 29th, 2017

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Hurricane Maria displaced Raúl Berríos, musician and cultural promoter from Puerto Rico. Photo: Edwin López Moya / AL DÍA News

Puerto Rican exodus, a…

December 1st, 2017

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Editorial asks UPenn to…

November 15th, 2017

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Officers of the National Guard of Puerto Rico deliver boxes with food to a inhabitant, in Jayuya, Puerto Rico, Oct. 11, 2017. EPA-EFE/JORGE MUÑIZ

Struggling to Recover

October 12th, 2017

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View of damage caused by Hurricane Maria, in the neighborhood La Perla of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sept. 29, 2017. EPA-EFE FILE/Thais Llorca

Trump's rudeness

October 4th, 2017

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Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rossello (R) speaks next to US Admiral Jeffrey Hughes (C) during a press conference at the Government's Command Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sept. 28, 2017. EPA-EFE/Thais Llorca

Desperation in Puerto Rico

September 29th, 2017

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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

Puerto Ricans still without…

September 28th, 2017

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For President Trump, the crisis in Puerto Rico is purely economics. Source: EFE.

"The Island is to blame"

September 26th, 2017

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Las autoridades reparten alimentos entre la población de San Juan, Puerto Rico,donde el huracán Maria ha dejado a miles de personas incomunicadas y sin acceso a electricidad ni agua corriente. EFE/Thais Llorca

Electric service in Puerto…

September 25th, 2017

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Vladimir Rivera holds a small Puerto Rico that he brought to the Press Conference on Thursday, September 21st, or Unidos PA’ PR. Rivera is a native of Puerto Rico and has not been able to make contact with his family back home, including His mother, brother and daughter in San Juan. Photo: Matthew Haubenstein

Philadelphian Solidarity

September 22nd, 2017

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A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) image of Hurricane Maria approaching the Leeward Islands captured by NOAA's GOES-16 satellite, Sept. 18, 2017. EPA-EFE/FILE/NOAA/ HANDOUT

Heritage and History

September 19th, 2017