Puerto Rico

The RadioLAND podcast for September 6, 2019.

Latino Rebels Radio: September 9, 2019

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — In the months after Hurricane María destroyed her home in Puerto Rico, Ashley Gonzáles moved to Connecticut, where federal and state aid helped her and her longtime partner avoid homelessness.

Latino Rebels habló con tres jugadores del equipo nacional sobre la histórica victoria en 2004.

En los últimos seis años, más de $300 millones en fondos públicos han ido a consultores relacionados a la AEE que establecen la pauta en el manejo de la corporación pública.

Latino Rebels talks with three members of the 2004 Olympic team that stunned a bunch of NBA players in Athens.

Dan Santiago, one of the organizers, said in a written statement in Spanish given to Latino Rebels that “It’s time to create the conditions so that we are recognized.”

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — José Santiago was worried about his two adult daughters as Hurricane Dorian threatened Puerto Rico midweek.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Dorian caused limited damage in the northern Caribbean as it left the region Wednesday night, setting its sights on the U.S. mainland and threatening to grow into a dangerous Category 3 storm.

La Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados tardó 10 meses en hacer y adjudicar una solicitud de propuestas para que se mida la situación de los embalses.

Actuar ante la crisis climática ayudaría a disminuir las amenazas a la salud mental, alerta experta en el tema.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Dorian threatened Puerto Rico with a direct hit at near-hurricane force on Wednesday and forecasters said it could strengthen further as it approaches the U.S. mainland.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jorge Ortiz, a 50-year-old construction worker, was taking no chances as Tropical Storm Dorian approached Puerto Rico on Tuesday and threatened to brush past the island’s southwest coast at near-hurricane strength.

It’s complicated.

The board said that “it does not intend to take any action against her, at this time,” according to Fox 35 Orlando.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez named two members of her new Cabinet on Wednesday, although the government’s key secretary of state position remains vacant.

El abogado y cabildero Pedro Pierluisi discutió, durante su breve intento por gobernar a Puerto Rico, las negociaciones para que uno de sus pasados clientes, la empresa AES, pueda generar electricidad con gas natural en su planta de Guayama.

A federal environmental agency refuses to hold public hearings in Puerto Rico on dangerous amendments to the regulations on coal waste management.

Tres análisis de suelo comisionados por la organización de derecho ambiental EarthJustice concluyen que hay peligrosas concentraciones de arsénico inorgánico en al menos dos comunidades del municipio de Salinas y en la ribera del río Guamaní en Guayama.

Following the resignation of Gov. Rosselló, a series of people’s assemblies have emerged throughout Puerto Rico to keep the conversation —and the popular movement— going.

HAINES CITY, Fla. (AP) — Seven Puerto Rican health care workers say supervisors at a Florida government-run clinic warned them to stop speaking Spanish among themselves or they would get fired.