Puerto Rico

Latino Rebels Radio: October 17, 2019

The Puerto Rican community is guilty of ignorance against some of the most marginalized in the world.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seems likely to leave in place the oversight board established by Congress to help Puerto Rico out of a devastating financial crisis that was deepened by Hurricane Maria in 2017.

New PRpolicy.org microsite will allow voters to examine candidates’ proposals on Puerto Rico issues.

That’s not a democracy, and we won’t stay silent.

“If it happened to us, it can happen to any other outlet,” Marisol Nazario Bonilla, Pulso’s current director, said in a statement.

That was “interesting.”

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal control board that oversees Puerto Rico’s finances filed a long-awaited plan on Friday that it says would reduce the U.S. territory’s debt by more than 60 percent and pull the island out of bankruptcy.

This year’s event was purely driven to inspire action according to the organizer Marissa Reyes, who stressed the urgency, citing  a UN’s climate report.

“Puerto Rico must no longer be treated as a colony.”

It’s been 15 years since writer Ernesto Quiñonez has released a novel.

Ni el Gobierno federal ni el de Puerto Rico tienen un plan o protocolo para atender las necesidades de esta comunidad que sufrió discrimen en los refugios, así como al momento de buscar medicinas o alimentos, y al solicitar ayuda de FEMA.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Puerto Rico late Monday, rousing and scaring many from their sleep in the U.S. territory.

Many in the meeting emphasized the importance of looking at the debt as a political mechanism.

Latino Rebels Radio: September 22, 2019

The passage of time hasn’t provided any insight into why this collapse happened or what can be done to ensure something like this never happens again.

Titled “We Still Here/Aquí estamos,” the project highlights the “story of a group of young people in Puerto Rico realizing their power.”

A Michael Williams, fundador de Kinetic Investment, se le imputa haber usado el dinero de sus clientes inversionistas para beneficio personal.

After an exceptional summer, during which massive civil protests ousted pro-statehood Governor Ricardo Rosselló, the Ancien Regime, like Rasputin, refuses to die. Instead, it spins the truth and mutates—right back into itself.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Members of Generation X may know Raúl Juliá for his energetic and playful role as Gomez Addams in the 1991 movie adaptation of “The Addams Family.” Others may think of Juliá in his critically acclaimed role in the 1985 “Kiss of the Spider Woman” as revolutionary Valentin Arregui.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal authorities said Tuesday they have arrested two former officials of the Federal Emergency Management Authority and the former president of a major disaster relief contractor, accusing them of bribery and fraud in the efforts to restore electricity to Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane María.