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Four years after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the pain and suffering continues

Sept. 20, 2021, marks the four-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria’s devastation of Puerto Rico. Four years is but a moment in time when you have lost loved ones. Grieving, pain, and memory does not …

Mon Sep 20, 2021

Water surrounds Culebra, Puerto Rico, but there's not enough to drink

The breathtaking beauty of the beaches of the island municipality of Culebra, Puerto Rico, are touted on hundreds of tourism websites. Culebra is also home to the Culebra National Wildlife Refuge, …

Mon Jul 19, 2021

A 3-year-old child dies in Vieques, Puerto Rico, which still has no hospital

After a 3-year-old boy died this week in Vieques, Puerto Rico, angry residents say the death could have been prevented if the island had a functional hospital. Viequenses—the approximately 8,000+ …

Sat May 29, 2021

Puerto Rican feminists and transactivists continue the fight against the gender violence epidemic

The Junta, (the islanders’ name for the unelected Fiscal Control Board that governs the island’s finances) has finally decided to authorize $7 million dollars requested by newly elected Gov. Pedro …

Sat May 8, 2021