All posts tagged "Puerto Rico"
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CLIMATE
Puerto Rico Mayor Rips Trump Admin: ‘This Is Not A Good News Story, This is A People-Are-Dying Story’
September 29, 2017San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz ripped into President Trump’s acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke...
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NEWS
Royal Caribbean Cancels Upcoming Cruise, Deploys Ship To Rescue People In Puerto Rico, Deliver Supplies
September 28, 2017Royal Caribbean has canceled an upcoming cruise and has diverted the ship to Puerto Rico and...
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CLIMATE
Nearly 10,000 Containers Full Of Life-Saving Supplies Trapped At Port Of San Juan In Puerto Rico
September 28, 2017Nearly 10,000 containers full of medicine, food, water and other life-saving supplies for hurricane victims is...
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NEWS
Rihanna Pleads With Trump Not To Let American Citizens In Puerto Rico ‘Die Like This’ As Crisis Worsens
September 28, 2017Rihanna joined the growing chorus of criticism to the Trump administration’s federal response to Hurricane Maria’s...
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NEWS
Trump Forcing Puerto Ricans To Pay Full Flight Price For Evacuation, Surrender Passports As Collateral
September 28, 2017President Donald Trump’s administration is forcing desperate Puerto Rican hurricane victims to sign promissory notes and...
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CLIMATE
Dem Bill Would Force Trump To Lift Shipping Restrictions To Expedite Life-Saving Aid To Puerto Rico
September 27, 2017Democrats in Congress have introduced a bill that would force the Trump administration to waive the...
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CBS Reporter Finds 3,000 Containers Of Food, Water, Medicine Sitting At Puerto Rico Port Since Saturday
September 27, 2017As millions of desperate Puerto Ricans remain without power and drinking water a week after Hurricane...
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CLIMATE
Trump Restricting Lawmaker Visits To Puerto Rico As Mayor Declares A ‘Humanitarian Crisis’
September 27, 2017The Trump administration is restricting lawmakers from traveling to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin...
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NEWS
Pitbull Sends His Private Plane To Rescue Cancer Patients In Puerto Rico Amid ‘Humanitarian Crisis’
September 27, 2017Pitbull has generously offered aid to Puerto Rico after the U.S. territory was ravaged by Hurricane...
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NEWS
McCain Demands Trump Lift Shipping Restrictions To Expedite Life-Saving Aid To Puerto Rico: This Is Unacceptable
September 27, 2017Sen. John McCain is demanding that President Trump immediately lift the Jones Act which restricts foreign...
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Authoritarianism
Trump Denies Request To Lift Shipping Restrictions To Help Speed Up Life-Saving Aid To Puerto Rico
September 26, 2017The Trump administration on Tuesday denied a request from several members of Congress to waive the...
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CLIMATE
Puerto Rico Mayor Breaks Down In Tears While Describing The Growing ‘Humanitarian Crisis’
September 26, 2017Carmen Yulín Cruz, the mayor of Puerto Rico’s capital city San Juan, broke down in tears...
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NEWS
New Poll Finds Nearly Half Of Americans Unaware That Puerto Ricans Are US Citizens
September 26, 2017A new poll released on Tuesday found that 47 percent of Americans were unaware that Puerto...
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CLIMATE
Trump On Barriers To Puerto Rico Relief Efforts: ‘This Is A Thing Called The Atlantic Ocean, This Is Tough Stuff’
September 26, 2017President Trump on Tuesday told reporters that providing aid to Puerto Rico is more difficult than...