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Dozens of demonstrators gathered Monday in front of the governor’s mansion in Puerto Rico’s capital to demand the resignation of the U.S. territory’s governor and protest the recent discovery of apparently forgotten disaster supplies amid ongoing earthquakes. CBC | World News
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New York City braces for influx of Puerto Ricans displaced by Hurricane Maria
New York City officials are bracing for tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans fleeing the devastation of Hurricane Maria. CBC | World News
Read More »Severe shortages plunge Puerto Ricans into struggle for survival
Eleven days after Hurricane Maria crippled this impoverished U.S. territory, residents scrambled for all the staples of modern society — food, water, fuel, medicine, currency — in a grinding survival struggle that has gripped Puerto Ricans across social classes. CBC | World News
Read More »Puerto Ricans on the mainland desperate to hear from family in communication ‘black zones’
The massive Puerto Rican community on the U.S. mainland is turning to modern and antiquated wireless technologies, including smartphone apps and ham radios, to reach loved ones in communications dead zones after Hurricane Maria. Some people are even hearing updates from strangers. CBC | World News
Read More »Puerto Ricans slam Trump’s claim of ‘amazing’ aid after Maria: ‘It’s going to be unbearable for everyone’
U.S. President Donald Trump says he will tour hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, boasting that “everybody has said it’s amazing, the job that we’ve done” in terms of aid for the U.S. territory. Puerto Ricans on the island and their families on the mainland disagree. CBC | World News
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