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Puerto Rico confronts COVID-19 alongside natural disasters and predatory debt

April 2, 2020 By Carol Ramos Widom

As if natural disasters and financial ruin weren't enough, now Puerto Rico faces a global pandemic and an unprepared Washington.

Education advocates block distance learning privatization in Puerto Rico

March 26, 2020 By Special to People’s World

Nothing replaces in-person teaching, but educators are utilizing technology to make learning accessible.

Evalúan declarar a Puerto Rico zona de desastre tras terremotos

January 11, 2020 By Prensa Latina

En tanto, el silencio público de Trump persiste a pesar de que a menudo comenta públicamente sobre los desastres naturales en Estados Unidos y en el extranjero.

As hurricane approaches Puerto Rico, Trump transfers funding to border cages

August 28, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

President takes $271 million from Coast Guard and FEMA and gives it to ICE to build more prison camps for immigrants.

Puerto Rican ‘people’s assemblies’ begin to challenge U.S. colonialism

August 27, 2019 By Carol Ramos Widom

After the ousting of a criminally negligent governor, the island readies for a possible encounter with another Hurricane, this one named Dorian.