http://feed.informer.com/digests/RZIGR6HQAZ/feeder Puerto Rico State News Respective post owners and feed distributors Sat, 05 Sep 2020 12:55:37 +0000 Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/feb/20/six-metre-waves-strong-currents-small-boats-why-thousands-brave-the-mona-passage-to-puerto-rico Puerto Rico | The Guardian urn:uuid:e70fb918-f983-e94a-f44c-9a752b1a2bcd Tue, 20 Feb 2024 12:00:06 +0000 <p>Although 43% of Puerto Ricans live in poverty, many from the Dominican Republic see the US territory as a land of opportunity. But is it worth the risk?</p><ul><li>Photographs by Erika P Rodriguez</li></ul><p>As Rosalba Garcia climbed into a wooden boat loaded with 55 people in the middle of the night, she was terrified. The 37-year-old was about to embark on a treacherous journey across a notorious 80-mile stretch of sea between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico known as the Mona Passage. Fraught with strong currents and huge waves, many who undertake the perilous journey never make it ashore.</p><p>With only the clothes she was wearing, little money and no papers, Garcia’s only thought as she embarked was to find her 21-year-old son, who had made the same journey two years before, and secure work that would allow her to provide for her two other children and parents back home.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/feb/20/six-metre-waves-strong-currents-small-boats-why-thousands-brave-the-mona-passage-to-puerto-rico">Continue reading...</a> https://www.nytimes.com/es/2024/01/26/espanol/diabetes-amputaciones.html Puerto Rico urn:uuid:c0ef4cb6-e405-d3f3-50ae-5fffa987c1e0 Fri, 26 Jan 2024 11:15:04 +0000 La comunidad latina ante una enfermedad, los desaparecidos en México y más para tu fin de semana. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jan/25/jennifer-lopez-to-produce-bob-the-builder-movie Puerto Rico | The Guardian urn:uuid:f80667d7-cf1a-060d-eaa7-defae9dcef80 Thu, 25 Jan 2024 17:51:41 +0000 <p>The artist once known as Jenny from the block is spearheading an animated feature about a Latino construction worker voiced by Anthony Ramos</p><p>Move over Barbie: the latest Mattel property set for cultural domination has been unveiled as Bob the Builder, the chirpy construction worker who debuted 25 years ago on CBBC and is being belatedly brought to the big screen by booty-shaking multi-hyphenate Jennifer Lopez.</p><p>In something of a spin on the original series, the film’s plot will see Roberto (AKA Bob) travel to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/puerto-rico">Puerto Rico</a> for a major construction job, where he “takes on issues affecting the island and digs deeper into what it means to build”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jan/25/jennifer-lopez-to-produce-bob-the-builder-movie">Continue reading...</a> https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/16/dining/caribbean-food-chefs.html Puerto Rico urn:uuid:c6972d99-2e85-381c-f6f0-30ce40ececd0 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 23:46:50 +0000 A new guard of chefs is getting specific about a cuisine that is often flattened into one large region. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/16/puerto-rico-cesarean-sections-health-crisis Puerto Rico | The Guardian urn:uuid:0056f391-023b-30ee-47ef-196358db6067 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 11:00:07 +0000 <p>More than half of babies born on the island are delivered via surgery, but doctor convenience is only half the story</p><p></p><p>Nívea Díaz Torres was scared to become a mother in 2016. She was 28 and trying to do everything right during her pregnancy to ensure the healthiest delivery of her baby.</p><p>But, despite her desire for a vaginal birth, Díaz Torres felt pushed by her gynecologist to undergo a cesarean delivery.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/16/puerto-rico-cesarean-sections-health-crisis">Continue reading...</a> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/travel/puerto-rico-beach.html Puerto Rico urn:uuid:c513e3a5-928e-0b71-20b1-a3b27125008f Mon, 11 Dec 2023 10:00:38 +0000 On the spectacular northern coast of Puerto Rico, a writer’s favorite stretch of golden sand beckoned, but getting there legally would take some creativity. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/06/jesus-lives-in-me-puerto-rican-pop-star-daddy-yankee-retires-to-focus-on-faith Puerto Rico | The Guardian urn:uuid:8e941ef7-5120-f576-29fa-0e772b00e68e Wed, 06 Dec 2023 14:33:37 +0000 <p>Retirement brings to an end one of the most successful and influential careers in Latin American pop</p><p>Daddy Yankee, the Puerto Rican star who helped make reggaeton a global phenomenon, has said he will focus on his Christian faith following his previously announced retirement from music.</p><p>The 46-year-old vocalist, real name Ramón Rodríguez, told the crowd of his plans at his final concert, held at Puerto Rico’s José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum. “I am not ashamed to tell the whole world that Jesus lives in me and that I will live for him,” he said in Spanish, in remarks translated by Variety. “For many years I’ve tried filling a hole in my life that no one could fill. I tried finding a purpose, on many occasions, it seemed as if I was happy but something was missing for me to feel complete.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/06/jesus-lives-in-me-puerto-rican-pop-star-daddy-yankee-retires-to-focus-on-faith">Continue reading...</a> https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/15/how-to-save-on-thanksgiving-costs-despite-inflation.html Puerto Rico urn:uuid:13f608b8-c245-2ec7-c18c-1355a533111e Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:55:00 +0000 While turkeys are cheaper this year, Americans still feel the effects of inflation at the grocery store. Here&#039;s how to lower Thanksgiving costs. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/nov/03/felix-verdejo-sentenced-life-keishla-rodriguez-killing Puerto Rico | The Guardian urn:uuid:667cac8c-c438-2598-c448-0e36f22efc84 Sat, 04 Nov 2023 01:46:02 +0000 <ul><li>Verdejo given two life sentences in Keishla Rodríguez killing</li><li>Former boxing prodigy was once tabbed as future superstar</li></ul><p>Félix Verdejo, the boxing prodigy once put forth as the sport’s next great Puerto Rican star, received two life sentences on Friday after he was found guilty in the grisly killing of his 27-year-old pregnant lover.</p><p>A federal judge sentenced Verdejo following emotional speeches by the family of Keishla Rodríguez, who was killed in April 2021.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/nov/03/felix-verdejo-sentenced-life-keishla-rodriguez-killing">Continue reading...</a> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/sports/amanda-serrano-womens-boxing.html Puerto Rico urn:uuid:af52e248-eeee-7f04-ff99-176235fc4b96 Fri, 27 Oct 2023 14:42:39 +0000 When Amanda Serrano and Danila Ramos meet in the ring Friday night, they will spar for 12 three-minute rounds, following the format used for men’s fights. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/23/biden-tech-hubs-aim-to-boost-investment-across-us.html Puerto Rico urn:uuid:17dddd34-12bd-a74d-1a4b-5ed32d2e08bb Mon, 23 Oct 2023 19:35:00 +0000 The Biden administration named 31 regions spanning 32 states and Puerto Rico as technology hubs, as part of the CHIPS Act. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/16/nyregion/menendez-fund-raiser-puerto-rico.html Puerto Rico urn:uuid:a86d87d4-51bd-644a-3d44-5473fb8125c1 Tue, 17 Oct 2023 17:48:48 +0000 An event in Puerto Rico to benefit Senator Robert Menendez’s political action committee suffered numerous cancellations after the senator’s indictment. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/08/us/puerto-rico-drivers-license-usa.html Puerto Rico urn:uuid:f5254443-477f-2199-0bdc-7e26de8a0ca8 Tue, 10 Oct 2023 23:50:02 +0000 Puerto Ricans have long been wrongly told that they are not American citizens when visiting the mainland United States, but some question whether adding “USA” to the territory’s driver’s licenses will resolve much. https://www.nytimes.com/es/2023/10/09/espanol/puerto-rico-licencia-conducir.html Puerto Rico urn:uuid:74f9d054-9503-d98e-5447-e1bff2c7088b Tue, 10 Oct 2023 02:19:02 +0000 Las autoridades esperan que el cambio reduzca al mínimo los problemas que tienen algunos puertorriqueños cuando viajan al territorio continental de Estados Unidos. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/09/la-parguera-lajas-puerto-rico-tourism-bioluminescent-bay Puerto Rico | The Guardian urn:uuid:633a4517-721c-5257-4167-90ccb4f9489a Mon, 09 Oct 2023 17:00:17 +0000 <p>In Lajas, Puerto Rico, wealthy newcomers drive up land prices and bring construction that reduces the bay’s oxygen levels</p><p>Every year, tourists from across the globe flock to the south-west corner of Puerto Rico to witness a phenomenon found in only a few select locations worldwide.</p><p>Here in the idyllic coastal region of La Parguera in Lajas, the main attraction is a bay by the same name: filled with microscopic plankton that can glow in the dark, the bay turns into a sparkly blue lagoon after sundown. This is one of the only bioluminescent bays in the world; nighttime visitors rush to see it up close, pushing off into the shimmering waters in kayaks.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/09/la-parguera-lajas-puerto-rico-tourism-bioluminescent-bay">Continue reading...</a> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/08/opinion/christopher-columbus-puerto-rico.html Puerto Rico urn:uuid:238d2e70-3416-5347-6047-bda5e5eaa087 Sun, 08 Oct 2023 10:00:11 +0000 Why did it end up in the Caribbean, the part of the world that suffered Columbus’s brutality firsthand? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/05/us/tropical-storm-philippe-new-england-forecast.html Puerto Rico urn:uuid:b82f36fc-cc8f-5604-e517-7d8c790fb3cf Sat, 07 Oct 2023 21:38:59 +0000 A flood watch was in effect on Saturday for parts of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, just a week after New York City experienced heavy flooding. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/magazine/escabeche-recipe.html Puerto Rico urn:uuid:94818da7-9674-8ef1-c8ba-c1bb9f9ebf2d Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:46:01 +0000 Chickpeas and plantains get a piquant punch with a vinegar-rich escabeche. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/09/hurricane-lee-caribbean-swells Puerto Rico | The Guardian urn:uuid:34b5c079-1ca5-0064-282c-d8ba7505c923 Sat, 09 Sep 2023 15:49:38 +0000 <p>Storm not forecast to make landfall but is expected to strengthen again on Sunday and Monday and turn north</p><p>Large swells battered the north-east Caribbean on Saturday as <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/08/hurricane-lee-latest-warnings-east-coast-beaches">Hurricane Lee</a> churned nearby through open waters as a category 3 storm.</p><p>The storm, which is not forecast to make landfall, was located about 350 miles (565km) east and north-east of the northern Leeward Islands. It had winds of up to 115mph (185kph) and was moving west and north-west at 12mph (19kph).</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/09/hurricane-lee-caribbean-swells">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/08/hurricane-lee-latest-warnings-east-coast-beaches Puerto Rico | The Guardian urn:uuid:3b60d9d7-fafa-e15c-5992-922ab2d90ed0 Fri, 08 Sep 2023 19:31:11 +0000 <p>Dangerous surf and rip currents expected along most of Atlantic coast from Sunday, according to the National Hurricane Center</p><p>Hurricane Lee is making its way through the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to remain a powerful hurricane through early next week, prompting warnings of dangerous beach conditions on the US east coast over the weekend.</p><p>Between Wednesday and Thursday night, Lee <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVlj0M4aIHM&amp;ab_channel=FOXWeather">evolved </a>from a category 1 tropical storm to a category 5 hurricane. It then dropped down to a category 4 hurricane, the National Hurricane Center<a href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT3+shtml/081453.shtml?"> announced</a> on Friday morning.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/08/hurricane-lee-latest-warnings-east-coast-beaches">Continue reading...</a> https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/08/kroger-will-pay-up-to-1point2-billion-to-settle-most-nationwide-opioid-claims.html Puerto Rico urn:uuid:75af2270-569f-78af-86a4-f5b728ae134e Fri, 08 Sep 2023 12:18:00 +0000 The settlements would allow for &quot;full resolution&quot; of all opioid claims on behalf of U.S. states, local governments and Native American tribes, Kroger said. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/20/bret-tropical-storm-forecast-eastern-caribbean-islands Puerto Rico | The Guardian urn:uuid:9cc32293-41b6-7d4f-816b-6b0ce687add8 Tue, 20 Jun 2023 15:11:17 +0000 <p>Storm approaching eastern Caribbean Leeward and Windward Islands in aggressive weather pattern early in the season</p><p>Tropical Storm Bret is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane as it approaches the eastern <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/caribbean">Caribbean’s</a> Leeward and Windward islands, with meteorologists noting that the weather pattern is unusually early and aggressive for the Atlantic cyclone season that formally began on 1 June.</p><p>It is only the second hurricane to form in the tropical Atlantic in June since record keeping began, according to forecasters. The previous June hurricane was the <a href="https://www.uwi.edu/ekacdm/node/158">1933 Trinidad hurricane</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/20/bret-tropical-storm-forecast-eastern-caribbean-islands">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/11/puerto-rico-travel-encounters-us-citizens Puerto Rico | The Guardian urn:uuid:c43e1777-6905-8c7b-3f08-4b4975a6276e Sun, 11 Jun 2023 10:00:48 +0000 <p>Prejudice abounds in spate of Puerto Ricans being denied services in contiguous US despite being American citizens </p><p>They were denied prepaid car rentals, blocked from buying drinks at a grocery, and prohibited from boarding their flight in different parts of the US.</p><p>All were from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/puerto-rico">Puerto Rico</a>, whose residents have been American citizens since 1917. But all were recently mistaken for international travelers lacking proper identification and denied services for which they had already paid, highlighting the prejudice that people from the largely Spanish-speaking island – and Spanish speakers in general – face in the US.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/11/puerto-rico-travel-encounters-us-citizens">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/15/hertz-apologizes-puerto-rican-customer-new-orleans Puerto Rico | The Guardian urn:uuid:0d9d7af6-29c6-45fa-b93a-b30ccbf44977 Fri, 19 May 2023 12:23:30 +0000 <p>A worker at the rental chain demanded to see the American man’s passport, apparently unaware that the island is part of the US</p><p>The US rental car giant <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/17/hertz-car-rental-accused-customers-auto-theft">Hertz</a> has apologized and pledged to retrain its staff after an employee denied a Puerto Rican customer a prepaid vehicle in the mistaken belief that he was from a foreign country and needed a passport.</p><p>During the encounter with the customer at New Orleans’s Louis Armstrong international airport, the Hertz employee also called over a law enforcement officer even though Puerto Rico has been a US territory since 1898 and has a (non-voting) member of Congress, according to a stunning report the CBS correspondent David Begnaud published on Twitter and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CsM0ptrt2vm/">Instagram</a> late on Saturday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/15/hertz-apologizes-puerto-rican-customer-new-orleans">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/19/spirit-airlines-puerto-rico-passport-family-error Puerto Rico | The Guardian urn:uuid:1cdfbe31-417b-2383-f08e-e2b3e5eda157 Fri, 19 May 2023 05:00:20 +0000 <p>Spirit Airlines agent refused to let Puerto Rican family board plane from Los Angeles, even though passport is not required</p><p>Spirit Airlines refused to allow a Puerto Rican family to board a flight from Los Angeles to Puerto Rico because they did not have a passport for their two-year old child.</p><p>Speaking to CBS, Marivi Roman Torres, who was traveling with her husband, Luís, and son, Alejandro, said the problem occurred at the ticket counter.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/19/spirit-airlines-puerto-rico-passport-family-error">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/08/coqui-frog-puerto-rico-croak-higher-pitch-global-heating Puerto Rico | The Guardian urn:uuid:11e84bf3-6947-f71a-f215-0f5b3c34dd1d Mon, 08 May 2023 18:40:13 +0000 <p>Call of the coquí frog is affected by rising temperatures, scientists find</p><p>Frogs in Puerto Rico are croaking at a higher pitch due to global heating, scientists have found.</p><p>The frogs appear to be decreasing in size at warmer temperatures, which causes their croaks to become high pitched. If the trends continue, the heat could become too much for the sensitive amphibians to survive successfully, researchers have said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/08/coqui-frog-puerto-rico-croak-higher-pitch-global-heating">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/30/vieques-puerto-rico-us-navy-base-training Puerto Rico | The Guardian urn:uuid:a8dd1a2b-4a1d-765d-7dc5-584588b3a3cd Mon, 01 May 2023 05:00:26 +0000 <p>For decades, the military fired explosives on Vieques. The US citizens who live there still face the consequences</p><p>When Carmen Valencia was five years old, troops came banging on her door. Her mother grabbed a long machete. “I had no idea what was going on, but I thought, if they come in here, they’re going to kill us.”</p><p>Now 78, Valencia has lived most of her life on Vieques, one of the Caribbean’s most picturesque islands, under the thunder of bombs. They roared from navy planes just over the hill by her mother’s house, leaving the smell of smoke hanging thick in the air.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/30/vieques-puerto-rico-us-navy-base-training">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/05/puerto-rico-school-system-federal-government Puerto Rico | The Guardian urn:uuid:15490c54-bf78-4dca-26d3-78c9bc7d1eca Wed, 05 Apr 2023 10:00:02 +0000 <p>Beset by natural disasters, a pandemic and a steep drop in student population, the island’s schools look to the federal government for help</p><p><em>This story on</em> <em><a href="https://hechingerreport.org/are-the-challenges-of-puerto-ricos-schools-a-taste-of-what-other-districts-will-face">schools in Puerto Rico</a></em><a href="https://hechingerreport.org/are-the-challenges-of-puerto-ricos-schools-a-taste-of-what-other-districts-will-face"> </a><em>was produced by </em><em><a href="http://hechingerreport.org/">the Hechinger Report</a>, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the <a href="http://hechingerreport.us2.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=66c306eebb323868c3ce353c1&amp;id=d3ee4c3e04">Hechinger newsletter</a>.</em></p><p>There was little her family could salvage. Just a few plastic chairs, some photos, her school uniform.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/05/puerto-rico-school-system-federal-government">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/20/bad-bunny-ex-girlfriend-40m-lawsuit Puerto Rico | The Guardian urn:uuid:b1347def-7cb0-4e78-5474-4c25b5ad56a7 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 21:21:06 +0000 <p>The singer’s ex is claiming a voice recording she provided him before he became famous has been used without her permission</p><p>Bad Bunny’s ex–girlfriend is suing the superstar for at least $40m over a well-known voice recording she provided the singer before he became famous.</p><p>Carliz De La Cruz Hernández, whose breathy “Bad Bunny, baby” recording was included in two of the artist’s songs, claimed in a lawsuit filed this month in a Puerto Rico court that her voice and the phrase she came up with are being used without her permission.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/20/bad-bunny-ex-girlfriend-40m-lawsuit">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/mar/17/mexico-comeback-puerto-rico-wbc-scores Puerto Rico | The Guardian urn:uuid:6bf683ac-8c09-6010-95da-737a130a4481 Sat, 18 Mar 2023 03:21:39 +0000 <ul><li>Urias’s three-run single lifts Mexico past PR in WBC quarters</li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2023/mar/17/puerto-rico-v-mexico-world-baseball-classic-quarter-finals-live">Puerto Rico 4-5 Mexico: WBC quarter-finals – as it happened</a></li></ul><p>Luis Urías <a href="https://twitter.com/WBCBaseball/status/1636909274965131264?s=20">hit</a> the go-ahead single in a three-run seventh inning that fueled Mexico’s 5-4 comeback victory over Puerto Rico to advance to its first-ever World Baseball Classic semi-finals.</p><p>Mexico will face Shohei Ohtani and Japan in the semifinals Monday. Puerto Rico failed to make it past the second round for the first time.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/mar/17/mexico-comeback-puerto-rico-wbc-scores">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2023/mar/17/puerto-rico-v-mexico-world-baseball-classic-quarter-finals-live Puerto Rico | The Guardian urn:uuid:4d52614c-9c5a-1cff-c4d5-672ba16bfcf7 Sat, 18 Mar 2023 02:34:17 +0000 <ul><li>Mexico defeat Puerto Rico to reach WBC semi-finals</li></ul><p><strong>Puerto Rico 0-0 Mexico, top 1st inning</strong></p><p>Lindor is in the box against Urías and takes ball one to start the game. Urías gets ahead of Lindor 1-2, Lindor fouls off a pitch and then strikes out. Urías begins his outing with a k.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2023/mar/17/puerto-rico-v-mexico-world-baseball-classic-quarter-finals-live">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/04/pennsylvania-missing-woman-found-patricia-kopta Puerto Rico | The Guardian urn:uuid:13242332-1f2a-7cb7-9d5a-53eb912291e4 Sat, 04 Mar 2023 06:00:17 +0000 <p>Patricia Kopta was believed to be dead after disappearing in 1992, until authorities found her in a care home thousands of miles away</p><p>A <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> woman who went missing from her husband more than 30 years earlier and was even legally declared dead has been found alive in Puerto Rico, according to authorities.</p><p>Cases where people mysteriously disappear don’t often result in the missing being found alive decades later. But 82-year-old Patricia Kopta has proven to be an exception, now being treated for a dementia diagnosis at an adult care home about 1,700 miles (2,700km) away from where she went missing.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/04/pennsylvania-missing-woman-found-patricia-kopta">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/20/big-oil-is-behind-conspiracy-to-deceive-public-first-climate-racketeering-lawsuit-says Puerto Rico | The Guardian urn:uuid:b7f6a006-2854-85a6-d3ae-348d11235f86 Tue, 20 Dec 2022 09:00:43 +0000 <p>Lawyer in a civil lawsuit launched by towns in hurricane-hit Puerto Rico describes why it is using laws used to target mob bosses</p><p>The same racketeering legislation used to bring down mob bosses, motorcycle gangs, football executives and international fraudsters is to be tested against oil and coal companies who are accused of conspiring to deceive the public over the climate crisis.</p><p>In an ambitious move, an attempt will be made to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for “decades of deception” in a lawsuit being brought by communities in Puerto Rico that were devastated by Hurricane Maria in 2017.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/20/big-oil-is-behind-conspiracy-to-deceive-public-first-climate-racketeering-lawsuit-says">Continue reading...</a> https://islandsofpuertorico.com/puerto-rico-after-maria-media-reality/ Puerto Rico urn:uuid:ce52496a-6c6d-3d52-d536-aa9cbe184026 Sun, 29 Oct 2017 22:18:29 +0000 <p>Puerto Ricans came together to help residents of neighbor islands in the Caribbean who got hit by Hurricane Irma; as we were still lending a hand, Puerto Rico had a few days to prepare for the most devastating hurricane in a century. It’s been a month now since Maria hit, most likely you will not [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://islandsofpuertorico.com/puerto-rico-after-maria-media-reality/">Puerto Rico After Maria &#8211; The Media &#038; The Reality</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://islandsofpuertorico.com">Puerto Rico</a>.</p> https://islandsofpuertorico.com/life-tourism-puerto-rico-after-hurricane-maria/ Puerto Rico urn:uuid:ef6861dd-a8fa-4f0a-4b9b-30a462944c81 Wed, 18 Oct 2017 21:22:32 +0000 <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://islandsofpuertorico.com/life-tourism-puerto-rico-after-hurricane-maria/">Tourism in Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria &#8211; A Month After</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://islandsofpuertorico.com">Puerto Rico</a>.</p>