Puerto Rico
UN human rights panel to discuss U.S. income inequality
June 18, 2018UN inspections of Puerto Rico after the hurricanes helped prompt its High Commission to investigate income inequality as a human rights violation in the U.S.
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Climate justice and economy: Demands at NYC’s Puerto Rican Day Parade
June 14, 2018Under cloudy skies with an intermittent drizzle, hundreds of thousands of Puerto Rican people and their allies turned out for the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade.
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Sotomayor says Puerto Rico recovery “decades” away
June 11, 2018The island’s difficulties are compounded by “a great deal of red tape” from the federal government.
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NY desfile de Puerto Rico rinde homenaje a héroes del huracán
June 10, 2018A lo largo de la ruta del desfile en el corazón de Manhattan, la gente sostuvo letreros con mensajes como “Nueva York está con Puerto Rico”, “No serán olvidados” y “Descolonicen Puerto Rico”. Muchos también ondearon...
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Puerto Rico death toll after hurricanes at least 4,645, not 64
May 30, 2018“Nurses on the ground saw that people were dying. Our volunteer RNs came back to the U.S. and said again and again, ‘The people of Puerto Rico are dying. Do something!’ "
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