" On Puerto Rico: "As Puerto Rico is concerned, I love Puerto Rico.
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He should be talking about one thing and one thing only, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico.
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Puerto Rico More misery may be headed for Puerto Rico.
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Puerto Rico blackout Puerto Rico just can't catch a break.
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San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN)Demonstrators calling for Puerto Rico Gov.
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San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN)As protests against Puerto Rico Gov.
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Puerto Rico In March, the court will hear Puerto Rico v.
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L.A. Loves Puerto Rico is a one-week, city-wide event that will raise funds for Unidos Por Puerto Rico (United for Puerto Rico), an initiative brought forth by the First Lady of Puerto Rico, Beatriz Rosselló.
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Javier places on his house next to a flag of Puerto Rico, a placard that read in spanish "Voy a ti Puerto Rico" (I come to you Puerto Rico), in Yabucoa, in the east of Puerto Rico.
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Puerto Rico Protesters in Puerto Rico are demanding the resignation of Gov.
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First Lady of Puerto Rico Beatriz Rosselló's "Unidos Por Puerto Rico" fund 3.
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I always loved Puerto Rico, I always had Puerto Rico in my heart.
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Puerto Rico Puerto Rico was hit by Hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017.
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Puerto Rico Battered by Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico is a federal disaster zone.
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Puerto Rico lacks such authority, the court ruled on Thursday in Puerto Rico v.
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Ben Eiler, managing partner at First Southern Securities in Puerto Rico, which trades Puerto Rico debt, said there are two likely scenarios that could unfold in Puerto Rico.
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"I live in Puerto Rico, my family lives in Puerto Rico, my friends," he said.
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Vieques, Puerto Rico (CNN)The island of Vieques is just seven miles from Puerto Rico.
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Puerto Rico Two strong earthquakes have hit Puerto Rico within the span of a day.
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I think we did a fantastic job in Puerto Rico, we're still helping Puerto Rico.
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The waiver also applies for passengers traveling to, from, or through these cities August 28-29:Aguadilla, Puerto Rico (BQN)Ponce, Puerto Rico (PSE)San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU)St.
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The coalition suggests the following legislative actions to better protect children: In Puerto Rico the unofficial moto has become "Puerto Rico se levanta," which roughly translates to Puerto Rico rises.
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Eric Circuns of Rio Grande, Puerto Rico; and Senior Airman Roberto Espada of Salinas, Puerto Rico.
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He declared Puerto Rico a disaster area practically while the storm was still hitting Puerto Rico.
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But FEMA is designed to reimburse Puerto Rico for the money Puerto Rico spends on disaster response.
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"Money that comes to Puerto Rico should be used only here in Puerto Rico," Warren told CNN.
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The Kings are the spirit of Puerto Rico, and they represent how Puerto Rico can rise again.
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Luciano's death angered people both in Puerto Rico and the rest of the US. Puerto Rico Gov.
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Puerto Rico says FEMA is lowballing its rebuilding estimates, while FEMA accuses Puerto Rico of exaggerating costs.
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The professional team of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico FC, will play most if not all of its remaining games outside Puerto Rico after the Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium's lights were left inoperable.
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"Please do not take the Constitution of Puerto Rico away from the people of Puerto Rico," he said.
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Go deeper: The road to recovery for Puerto Rico; Lin-Manuel Miranda released a single for Puerto Rico.
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Puerto Rico From his golf club in New Jersey, President Trump says everything's under control in Puerto Rico.
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Puerto Rico: The House may take up legislation this week to assist Puerto Rico with its debt crisis.
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The U.S. Navy's hospital ship Comfort was sent to Puerto Rico to provide hospital services for Puerto Rico.
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Puerto Rico The House may take up legislation this week to assist Puerto Rico with its debt crisis.
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PUERTO RICO BILL DELAYED... AGAIN: Work on Puerto Rico legislation has stalled yet again in the House. Rep.
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Puerto Rico was struck by another power Puerto Rico was struck by another power America is changing fast!
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PUERTO RICO DEFAULTS ON DEBT: Puerto Rico will default Monday on roughly $422 million in debt payments. Gov.
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Trump traveled to visit Puerto Rico earlier this month after the storm to meet with Puerto Rico Gov.
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READ: Delivering babies and saving lives in Puerto Rico after Maria Puerto Rico is in the dark again.
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Acevedo-Vilá was governor of Puerto Rico (85033-2009) and represented Puerto Rico in Congress (Resident Commissioner 2001-2004).
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He's also endorsed statehood for DC and Puerto Rico, which is to say, senators from DC and Puerto Rico.
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The citizens of Puerto Rico pay taxes with no representation every day, because Puerto Rico is not a state.
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Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (CNN)The cavalry is here, at an abandoned airport in the far west of Puerto Rico.
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Puerto Rico: The hurricane was churning Wednesday across northern Puerto Rico after making landfall on the island's southeast coast.
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Furthermore the controlled foreign corporations in Puerto Rico contribute $2 billion to the Puerto Rico treasury under Act 154.
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Acevedo-Vilá was governor of Puerto Rico (85033-08) and Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in Congress (2001-04).
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" He later added another tweet after he spoke with the governor of Puerto Rico, saying " Puerto Rico is devastated.
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The Puerto Rico Trench, north of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands, is an undersea fault zone.
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How Puerto Rico got into this mess Puerto Rico was forced to declare a form of bankruptcy in May.
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"One thing that's really defined Puerto Rico is the tendency and ability of people who live in Puerto Rico to come to the mainland," said Ted Hampton, the senior credit officer for Puerto Rico at Moody's.
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We prioritized positioning Puerto Rico as a competitive investment market by creating Invest Puerto Rico and the Destination Marketing Organization, programs focusing exclusively on the promotion of Puerto Rico as an investment and tourism destination respectively.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Eight days after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, Efrain Perez felt a pain in his chest.
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The Puerto Rico Police Department and the Puerto Rico Department of Justice did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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Summer 2017: Whitefish CEO Andy Techmanski vacations in Puerto Rico, puts his name in w/Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.
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On January 1003, Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló announced that he planned to "privatize" the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.
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"It really comes down to this: Puerto Rico doesn't buy flood insurance because Puerto Rico is very poor," Lehmann said.
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Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá was governor of Puerto Rico (85033-08) and Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in Congress (2001-04).
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Puerto Rico recovery efforts Pelosi addressed the recovery efforts in Puerto Rico after hurricanes devastated large swaths of the island.
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Puerto Rico It's been three weeks since Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico, and the recovery is going painfully slow.
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United for Puerto Rico is a disaster relief effort put together by the First Lady of Puerto Rico, Beatriz Rossello.
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Puerto Rico The Federal Emergency Management Agency will start transporting Hurricane Maria survivors from Puerto Rico to the US mainland.
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Juan E. Hernández is a former senator of Puerto Rico and former director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration.
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San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN)Puerto Rico is asking for help with its efforts to tally deaths from Hurricane Maria.
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Let's Remind Everyone How Much We Love Puerto Rico It is true that the governor has long loved Puerto Rico.
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The count in Puerto Rico could change as the government continues to investigate deaths from the storm, Puerto Rico Gov.
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The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) revoked the hastily drafted contract with Whitefish Energy hours after Puerto Rico Gov.
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The Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (AAFAF) said PREPA power had filed in the United States District Court of Puerto Rico for protection under Title III of the 2016 Puerto Rico rescue law known as PROMESA, which gave Puerto Rico and its agencies access to a workout process akin to U.S. bankruptcy.
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The rapid spread of the Zika virus in Puerto Rico is a very, very big problem for the U.S. and Puerto Rico but the colonial relationship between the U.S. and Puerto Rico is making it a lot worse.
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These anonymous street artists want an independent Puerto Rico These anonymous street artists want an independent Puerto Rico Street art in Puerto Rico has long channeled widespread frustrations about the island's century-long status as a U.S. territory.
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"The government of Puerto Rico complied with what is expressly provided for in the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry Act," Rosario said.
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Ricardo Rosselló of Puerto Rico and Kenneth Mapp of the US Virgin Islands, FEMA director Brock Long, and Puerto Rico Rep.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Latest on Puerto Rico&aposs contract with Whitefish Energy Holdings (all times local): 3:55 p.m.
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"I live in Puerto Rico, my family lives in Puerto Rico, my friends," he said in a video posted to Instagram.
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President Trump signed a disaster declaration for Puerto Rico early Thursday morning, and said he plans to visit Puerto Rico soon.
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Puerto Rico It's been about two months since Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, but problems there continue to fester and overlap.
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Puerto Rico politicians are not innocent bystanders, even today Puerto Rico remains insistent on politically expedient spending, not strategically wise spending.
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On his trip to Puerto Rico, Trump has repeatedly said that Puerto Rico officials think he is doing a great job.
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"Hamilton" in Puerto Rico: The show's creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, is taking his production to Puerto Rico, and it's getting complicated.
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"The victims of Puerto Rico, and the people of Puerto Rico in general, don't deserve to have their pain questioned," Gov.
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PELOSI'S PUERTO RICO DILEMMA: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is holding her fire on Republicans when it comes to Puerto Rico.
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After Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, thousands of Boricuas in the United States rushed to give what they could via Unidos Por Puerto Rico ("United for Puerto Rico"), a nonprofit organization created to support relief efforts on the island.
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Assured, which insures $5 billion of bonds issued by Puerto Rico and its public agencies, wants a federal court in Puerto Rico to declare invalid a so-called fiscal turnaround plan that sets future economic projections for Puerto Rico.
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Instead, an unelected control board, composed of individuals who do not understand the intricacies, backgrounds, and demographics of Puerto Rico, and appointed by a government for which the people of Puerto Rico have no vote, would "govern" Puerto Rico.
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"Costwise, for the island of Puerto Rico to get that many people back in their homes that quickly is an incredible undertaking for the program itself, the government of Puerto Rico and the Department of Housing of Puerto Rico."
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"Touring damage in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico in October 2017, Trump remarked: "I hate to tell you, Puerto Rico, but you've thrown our budget a little out of whack because we spent a lot of money on Puerto Rico.
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The governor of Puerto Rico said we need at least $90 billion in order for Puerto Rico to be what it was.
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Puerto Rico is currently $70 billion in debt, and a regulated drug market in Puerto Rico would ease the island's economic crisis.
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District court for district of Puerto Rico Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: [Puerto Rico] (Bengaluru Newsroom: +1-646-646-8780)
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Puerto Rico The effort to get aid to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico is being stymied by an almost 100-year-old law.
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San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico (CNN)Nelson Maldonado had already gone days without running water or electricity, after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico.
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The population of Puerto Rico declined by 22019 percent, as nearly 130,000 left Puerto Rico in the last year following Hurricane Maria.
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San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN)Towns and communities across Puerto Rico are entirely without power, more than six weeks after Hurricane Maria.
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This is exactly why Puerto Rico should never be a state, and why Congress put a new control board over Puerto Rico.
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Trump defends the government response in Puerto Rico the day after Puerto Rico raised its death toll from Hurricane Maria to 103,975.
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BIESENBACH In Puerto Rico, social practice was very important for the last 10 years [because] Puerto Rico was undergoing a crisis already.
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Puerto Rico The latest round of gubernatorial musical chairs in Puerto Rico is finally over, but the political unease will definitely linger.
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Puerto Rico Days before Maria slammed the island, knocking out power and turning roads into rivers, Puerto Rico was open for business.
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Some parts of Puerto Rico have been "decimated" by Hurricane Irma, but the Caribbean island's tourism industry remains intact, Puerto Rico Gov.
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Tensions between the White House and Puerto Rico have escalated amid the stalemate and the President's continued attacks directed at Puerto Rico.
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POPULAR ON SOCIAL -- JOHN OLIVER ON PUERTO RICO: On "Last Week Tonight," HBO's John Oliver had a popular segment on Puerto Rico.
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San Juan, Puerto Rico, Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz has officially announced she will be running for governor of Puerto Rico in 2020.
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HAPPENING THIS MORNING -- PROGRESS ON PUERTO RICO RELIEF: The Senate just cleared a major hurdle for the Puerto Rico debt relief bill.
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Relief efforts in Puerto Rico are ongoing — as of earlier this week, only 18 percent of homes in Puerto Rico have power.
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The Puerto Rico fiasco continues as the Puerto Rico Electrical Power Authority (PREPA) has repeatedly failed to get the lights back on.
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CANOVANAS, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Among the countless Puerto Rico neighborhoods battered by Hurricane Maria is one named after another storm: Villa Hugo.
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Trump defends the government response in Puerto Rico the day after Puerto Rico raised its death toll from Hurricane Maria to 2,975.
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Puerto Rico will certainly need it, and Congress will need to approve a similar — if not larger — relief package for Puerto Rico.
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Another blow for Puerto Rico "People were really looking forward to the series and to have the opportunity to attend Major League Baseball games in Puerto Rico," New York Yankees outfielder Carlos Beltran, who is from Puerto Rico, told ESPN.
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Many law- and policy-makers in the U.S and Puerto Rico erroneously believe —or deceivingly propose —that U.S. citizenship for island-born Puerto Ricans residing in Puerto Rico is contingent upon the resolution of the territorial status of Puerto Rico.
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"The devastation in Puerto Rico has set us back nearly 13 to 30 years," Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez told CBS News.
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Puerto Rico financial crisis: The court will decide if the appointments to the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico were constitutional.
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The oversight board, created under the federal 2016 Puerto Rico rescue law dubbed PROMESA, certified a turnaround blueprint for Puerto Rico in March.
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His response so far has bounced between criticizing Puerto Rico and blatantly lying about how his response has been perceived in Puerto Rico.
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PUERTO RICO DEFAULT | Puerto Rico is increasingly likely to face lawsuits from its creditors after defaulting on principal and interest payments on bonds,
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San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN)Erica Diaz's 6-year-old daughter convinced her to join the burgeoning protest movement against Puerto Rico Gov.
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Puerto Rico Puerto Rico, an unincorporated US territory, managed to avoid a direct hit from Irma, but suffered strong winds and torrential rains.
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Puerto Rico: Long lines Hundreds of people rushed to the stores, emptying shelves of food and drinking water just as Puerto Rico Gov.
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But in keeping Puerto Rico, the U.S. represented to the United Nations that Puerto Rico had transitioned to full equality, with self-governance.
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PUERTO RICO DEBT BECOMES CONSTITUTIONAL FIGHT ON RIGHT: Republicans are waging a battle over the Constitution when it comes to helping Puerto Rico.
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That's about half the total number in Puerto Rico, according to Eduardo Cardona, director of the Puerto Rico Association of Funeral Home Directors.
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San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN)Power was gradually returning to San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Thursday after a massive outage struck the city.
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At least half of the bank branches in Puerto Rico are still not open, according to the Association of Banks of Puerto Rico.
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R.) and Puerto Rico Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz (R), though Nelson has the support of prominent Puerto Rico Democrats like former Govs.
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HOUSE PANEL CLEARS PUERTO RICO BILL: The House Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday approved legislation to help Puerto Rico handle its debt crisis.
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"Puerto Rico has a unique opportunity to innovate and rebuild the Puerto Rico that we all want," Governor Rosselló said in a statement.
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An article on Tuesday about racial identity in Puerto Rico misstated the location of Isla Verde, a popular tourist area in Puerto Rico.
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EST: The Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Puerto Rico Healthcare Crisis Coalition are hosting a briefing on the healthcare challenges facing Puerto Rico.
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La Fosa de Puerto Rico, al norte de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes de Estados Unidos, es una zona de falla submarina.
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In its version of a bill to privatize the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, the Puerto Rico legislature has improved some on Gov.
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Ponce, Puerto Rico (CNN)An 23 magnitude earthquake rattled Puerto Rico on Saturday, fueling anxiety among residents and sending them running in terror.
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He was raised in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and began his career as an actor and dancer, appearing in various telenovelas in Puerto Rico.
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San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN)One year ago, Maria came to Puerto Rico like a chainsaw in the sky, one hundred miles wide.
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The oversight board also approved fiscal plans for the Puerto Rico Energy Power Authority, the Puerto Rico Water Authority and the Highway Authority.
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Doctors in Puerto Rico are just now beginning to grapple with trying to treat the nearly 20133,22013 infected pregnant women in Puerto Rico.
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Aside from an economic catastrophe, applying it to Puerto Rico really makes no sense: Companies that operate in Puerto Rico have chosen to do business in the United States and have created thousands of needed jobs for U.S. citizens residing in Puerto Rico.
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Instead, Puerto Rico filing under the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act of 2016 gave it a more limited set of protections.
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At a briefing in San Juan, Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello reported that fuel and food supplies had begun to arrive in Puerto Rico.
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"They were supposed to go from St. Maarten to Puerto Rico, from Puerto Rico to Cuba, and from Cuba to Key West," Rodriguez said.
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But given the scale of the disaster in Puerto Rico, the military and FEMA support of Puerto Rico should continue long past three weeks.
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"The victims of Puerto Rico and the people of Puerto Rico in general do not deserve to be questioned about their pain," Rossello said.
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Puerto Rico Things are so desperate in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria that some people are drinking water pumped from a hazardous-waste site.
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San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN)As a doctor, the level of pain and suffering I've seen in Puerto Rico has been hard to accept.
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The latest in Puerto Rico The President authorized a Jones Act waiver for the island, loosening shipping restrictions on Puerto Rico post Hurricane Maria.
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PUERTO RICO MARKUP DELAYED: Legislation to help Puerto Rico avoid a default in a few weeks has been put on hold by House lawmakers.
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First of all, the vast majority (perhaps all) of social programs in Puerto Rico are provided by the federal government, not by Puerto Rico.
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Maricao, Puerto Rico (CNN)The three-star general is leaving Puerto Rico, ending his mission of providing relief from the devastation of Hurricane Maria.
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PUERTO RICO: Mona Island, around halfway between mainland Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, warmed up to 104 degrees Fahrenheit on July 2, 1996.
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The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) and the government of Puerto Rico are not just financially broke — their credibility is also long gone.
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MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Few people in Puerto Rico have suffered more from the devastation of Hurricane Maria than the elderly and the infirm.
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According to a University of Puerto Rico study, in March 2018, businesses in Puerto Rico started opening at faster rates than they were closing.
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"The victims of Puerto Rico and the people of Puerto Rico in general do not deserve to be questioned about their pain," he said.
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Elizabeth Warren visited Puerto Rico earlier this month, saying that Trump treated Puerto Rico with "extraordinary disrespect" in managing disaster aid following Hurricane Maria.
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Congress does not care much about Puerto Rico because, among other reasons, there are no representatives from Puerto Rico voting in the federal assembly.
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PUERTO RICO Puerto Rico had sought an exemption from new taxes, citing the frail state of its economy nearly three months after Hurricane Maria.
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Not only is Trump barely doing enough for Puerto Rico, he's essentially argued that Puerto Rico is at fault — and responsible for its problems.
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"Una cosa que realmente ha definido a Puerto Rico es la tendencia y la habilidad de la gente que vive en Puerto Rico de venir al continente," dijo Ted Hampton, el encargado de la oficina de crédito para Puerto Rico en la agencia calificadora Moody's.
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But it is equally important to provide hope that Puerto Rico can eventually emerge from its current crisis — and to guarantee that Puerto Ricans, especially low-income Puerto Ricans, can access the same federal benefits inside Puerto Rico as they can outside of Puerto Rico.
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He played a bit longer in Puerto Rico, and after his playing days ended, he was a manager in Puerto Rico and a Yankee scout.
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Alito also stepped aside in a Puerto Rico debt-restructuring law case because of his investments in funds with assets in Puerto Rico municipal bonds.
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"Puerto Rico has a unique opportunity to innovate and rebuild in order to become that Puerto Rico we all want," Rossello said in a statement.
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The first lady of Puerto Rico Beatriz Rosselló and a group of companies created Unidos por Puerto Rico to help the victims of the storm.
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In fact, the Puerto Rico Senate passed a resolution on a bipartisan basis asking Congress for justice in federal health care programs for Puerto Rico.
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In fact, some believe that universities, both on the mainland and in Puerto Rico, should be harnessed to help impact positive change in Puerto Rico.
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Puerto Rico recovery -- The House Natural Resources Committee will hold an oversight hearing Tuesday on the Puerto Rico recovery in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
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The governor of Puerto Rico this week requested an audit into how the company won a multimillion-dollar contract to restore power to Puerto Rico.
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"Puerto Rico does not pay federal taxes": Before 2006, Puerto Rico paid more federal taxes than Vermont, Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Alaska.
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"Puerto Rico has not ceded or lost anything, because we have never had sovereignty," said Pierluisi, a gubernatorial candidate who supports statehood for Puerto Rico.
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Last week, another anthology — "Puerto Rico Strong," from Lion Forge — was released in support of hurricane relief efforts of the United Way of Puerto Rico.
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"He's like a lighthouse for Puerto Rico now," said one of the many assembled well-wishers, Alejandro García Padilla, a former governor of Puerto Rico.
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Mr. Calzadilla, who had grown up in Puerto Rico, was a student at Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico in San Juan.
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Many cite concerns about Puerto Rico that mirror those held by the White House, namely, that Puerto Rico has a history of corruption and mismanagement.
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FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democrat, is visiting Puerto Rico this week and Pai will visit Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands later this week.
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In a press conference with the governor of Puerto Rico, President Trump condemned the corruption taking place in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Maria.
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The report was conducted in collaboration with the University of Puerto Rico Graduate School of Public Health and commissioned by Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello.
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Image 2 of 2 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Associated Press photographer Ramon Espinosa spent weeks roaming Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the island last September.
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Pallets of unused water bottles are seen along an airplane runway a year after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 203.
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"Puerto Rico is Puerto Rico," the resident answered, leaving the question of how much Trump can do to alter its fate to hang in the air.
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Eric Circuns of Rio Grande, Puerto Rico with 31 years of service; and Senior Airman Roberto Espada from Salinas, Puerto Rico, who served for three years.
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Pallets of unused water bottles are seen along an airplane runway a year after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 18.
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" José A. Rivera, a farmer on the southeastern coast of Puerto Rico, predicted there won't be any agriculture in Puerto Rico for "a year or longer.
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Darren Soto (D-Fla.), with the support of Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló, introduced a statehood bill this week to make Puerto Rico the 51st state.
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Democrats have primarily pushed to grant Puerto Rico access to the bankruptcy code — as a territory, Puerto Rico is not granted the same power as states.
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Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello is expected to speak with Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday, according to a spokesman for the government of Puerto Rico.
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Individual income generated in Puerto Rico is exempt from federal taxes, but that does not imply that Puerto Rico is exempt from paying any federal taxes.
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Puerto Rico Puerto Rico is quietly admitting what has long been suspected -- that the death toll after Hurricane Maria might be much higher than previously acknowledged.
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Peter E. Holmes served for over 20 years with the Puerto Rico USA Foundation, a coalition of companies and financial institutions with operations in Puerto Rico.
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HOUSE DEMS PUSH FOR PUERTO RICO TALKS: House Democrats are calling for formal talks to craft legislation to help Puerto Rico out of its debt crisis.
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It remains unclear how much Puerto Rico may initially draw down, Carlos Mercader, executive director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration, told Reuters on Thursday.
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It needs to shine a light on Puerto Rico, but what I was really trying to do was let the people of Puerto Rico shine themselves.
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"In light of the decision by the Puerto Rico Supreme Court, I must step aside and support the Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico," he said.
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They met in Spanish Harlem — they didn't know each other in Puerto Rico, so their whole lives were really framed by U.S. policy toward Puerto Rico.
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The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority is out of service and isn't providing any power across Puerto Rico right now, its CEO told CNBC on Friday.
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When accepting funds under the IDEA, Puerto Rico accepted that those federal funds would only be an assistance for Puerto Rico to comply with the IDEA.
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Puerto Rico took a direct hit from Hurricane Maria on Wednesday Sept 20th making it the strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in over 80 years.
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Y.) and Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi (D-Puerto Rico) have been appointed by congressional leaders to the Congressional Task Force on Economic Growth in Puerto Rico.
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Those reports, along with work by journalists from the CPI in Puerto Rico, The New York Times and others pushed Puerto Rico to commission the review.
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San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN)The government of Puerto Rico on Thursday announced it has enlisted George Washington University to review deaths that followed Hurricane Maria.
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This raises the cost of living on Puerto Rico, makes Puerto Rico an unattractive place to produce goods bound for the US mainland, and has the bizarre effect of putting Puerto Rico at a competitive disadvantage to other Caribbean islands as a destination for American tourists.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Officials in the U.S. and Puerto Rico are clashing over when power will be fully restored to the U.S. territory after Hurricane Maria.
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The Puerto Rico Tip-Off was relocated to the campus of Coastal Carolina University after the commonwealth of Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria in September.
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The case of Puerto Rico is similar to New York City's and Detroit's, except they had the tools to restructure their debt, and Puerto Rico does not.
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The heartbreaking image, which was posted to Twitter by former governor of Puerto Rico Alejandro Garcia Padilla, shows just how much Puerto Rico still needs our help.
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She came back to Puerto Rico after that to serve as an adviser to San Juan's mayor and then to the Puerto Rico House of Representatives president.
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Schedules for Southwest's Florida, Nevada and Puerto Rico flights have additional day-of-week restrictions, though the sale's booking window for Puerto Rico extends through Feb. 28.
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Puerto Rico The woman next in line to become governor of Puerto Rico after Ricardo Rossello resigned last week says she has zero interest in the job.
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BARRANQUITAS, Puerto Rico — Past miles of torn-down telephone poles, uprooted trees, and crumpled landslides, the town of Barranquitas hides in the mountains of central Puerto Rico.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - On a busy highway bridge over San Juan Bay in Puerto Rico on Wednesday, cars pulled to the side of the road.
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Monica Puig will sponsor the building of a tennis court in Cataño, Puerto Rico and Karla Monroig a drive to deliver children's toys to Guayama, Puerto Rico.
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Rest of Wednesday's schedule... Ricardo Rosselló, the governor of Puerto Rico, will testify at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.
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Corozal, Puerto Rico (CNN)Some public schools in Puerto Rico reopened Tuesday, a small step toward normalcy almost five weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated the US commonwealth.
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" Last week, Sanders said Trump "takes the situation in Puerto Rico extremely seriously" and noted that the "two Category 4 hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico were historic.
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Puerto Rico Victory Brings Clinton Close to the NominationHillary Clinton has moved within 5603 delegates of securing the Democratic presidential nomination after winning the Puerto Rico primary.
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Moreover, research from the Puerto Rico Food Security Coalition has found that U.S. agricultural exports to Puerto Rico, in 2014, supported over 56,85033 full-time civilian jobs.
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Puerto Rico debt crisis The Senate is going down to the wire on a House-passed Puerto Rico relief bill ahead of a critical July 22019 deadline.
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San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN)Puerto Rico is launching an official review of the death count from Hurricane Maria, which devastated this US territory on September 20.
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"Puerto Rico is very important to me, and Puerto Rico -- the people are fantastic people," Trump said before meeting with lawmakers in the Roosevelt Room on Tuesday.
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The center said that tropical-storm conditions are possible on Puerto Rico by early Wednesday and that hurricane conditions are possible on Puerto Rico by late Wednesday.
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Puerto Rico still on the mind During an interview with Michael Strahan, "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda encouraged viewers to visit Puerto Rico after the devastating hurricane.
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To get additional ideas, you can read one or more of these opinion pieces: Strangling Puerto Rico in Order to Save It (Opinion) Washington Set Puerto Rico Up for Disaster (Opinion)The Jones Act: The Law Strangling Puerto Rico (Opinion)Congress Should Not Bail Out Liberal Governance in Puerto Rico (Opinion | The Hill)Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis: We Can't Reward Fiscal Failure With a Bailout, Bankruptcy (Opinion | Fox News) _________ 4.
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Puerto Rico Statehood Is a Moral, Democratic and Economic Imperative (Opinion | Fox News)Statehood for Puerto Rico; an Insane Proposition (Opinion | The Hill) 4 Reasons Independence Is the Right Path for Puerto Rico (Opinion | HuffPost) A Debate on Puerto Rican Statehood (Opinion | The Stanford Daily) Then, write an editorial supporting one position, or hold a debate with your classmates about which status makes the most sense for Puerto Rico.
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Unidos Por Puerto Rico, or United for Puerto Rico, is an organization staffed by volunteers and managed by the Office of the First Lady of Puerto Rico, focused on meeting the immediate emergency needs of citizens, with a plan to next support the rebuilding of homes and community facilities.
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As a former Federal Reserve economist, I returned to Puerto Rico to start the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics (PRIS) in 2007 to provide public research because I knew that high-quality data was an essential tool for Puerto Rico to deal with its economic and fiscal crisis.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Thousands of people lined up at San Juan harbor on Thursday to board a cruise ship that will take them from Puerto Rico to the U.S. mainland in one of the largest evacuations since Hurricane Maria slammed Puerto Rico more than a week ago.
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"It's not just that the federal government messed up with Puerto Rico; Puerto Rico messed up," he said to Sean Rameswaram in the latest episode of Today, Explained.
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Related Video: Read these stories next:Facebook Is Helping To Get Puerto Rico Back Online Following Hurricane MariaCan Trump Stop Feuding With NFL Athletes & Pay Attention To Puerto Rico?
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Puerto Rico is asking for bankruptcy protection which would give Puerto Rico, and Puerto Ricans, which are U.S. citizens, you know that — the tools to restructure the debt.
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Ariana Grande's Sweetener album: A new perfume: A new thong bikini: A birthday trip to Puerto Rico: This is how we do it down in Puerto Rico pic.twitter.
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As a result of the push against the military presence in Puerto Rico (namely Vieques), Roosevelt Roads became Naval Activity Puerto Rico (NAPR) before it was eventually inoperative.
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Job numbers between the mainland and Puerto Rico trended alongside each other until the recession, when Puerto Rico took a nosedive that it still has not recovered from.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Power has been restored to all of Puerto Rico for the first time since Hurricane Maria struck nearly 11 months ago, officials said Tuesday.
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Puerto Rico's financial crisis READ: Hurricane Irma isn't what Puerto Rico needs right now Puerto Rico could see natural devastation as it struggles with its own economic disaster.
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Under the 2016 Puerto Rico rescue law known as PROMESA, Puerto Rico and its agencies, including utility PREPA, filed for bankruptcy under special rules known as Title III.
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The hearing focused on Hurricane Maria's devastating tear through Puerto Rico in September 2017, which damaged or destroyed more than 166,000 homes, according to the Puerto Rico government.
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Morrison & Foerster recently represented Puerto Rico creditors, and Proskauer previously advised Puerto Rico on a local debt restructuring law that was later invalidated by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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ON TAP TOMORROW: SANDERS CALLS ON FED TO BAIL OUT PUERTO RICO: Bernie Sanders wants the Federal Reserve to extend an emergency line of credit to Puerto Rico.
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Between 1950 and 1980, per capita gross national product grew tenfold in Puerto Rico, and disposable income shot up 9363,600 percent, according to the Puerto Rico Planning Board.
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After the closure of Westernbank Puerto Rico, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation arranged for its $8.6 billion of deposits to be transferred to Banco Popular de Puerto Rico.
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Puerto Rico resident commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón said if Puerto Rico were a state, it would likely have more aid in the wake of hurricanes Irma and Maria.
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NO RELIEF IN SIGHT FOR PUERTO RICO: House Republicans are officially ruling out passing legislation to help Puerto Rico before the island defaults on a May 1 payment.
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SENATE FACES CRITICAL VOTE ON PUERTO RICO: Senate leaders from both parties threw their support behind a House bill to provide debt relief to Puerto Rico on Tuesday.
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They've also been in touch with people in Puerto Rico, and are in the process of developing Arriba Puerto Rico, to help with relief efforts following Hurricane Maria.
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PATH CLEAR FOR PUERTO RICO BILL PASSAGE: Congressional leaders from both parties are rallying around a long-awaited bill aimed at defusing the debt crisis in Puerto Rico.
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The company signed the contract -- the largest yet issued to help restore Puerto Rico -- with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) to fix the island's electrical infrastructure.
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Unfortunately for the citizens of Puerto Rico, there is no solution in sight as the board and the governor of Puerto Rico have not finalized their economic plan.
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Ponce, Puerto Rico (CNN)All that is left intact of Lucy Beascochea's house are the stone stairs leading up to where it once was in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
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CFC's in Puerto Rico report approximately $22019 billion yearly in profits, most of it generated outside of the island but reported in Puerto Rico for its tax advantages.
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To this day, as the Bush (2007) and Obama (2011) White House Reports on Puerto Rico state; as the Supreme Court ruled in Commonwealth of Puerto Rico v.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A family of four, including twin boys, was shot to death inside their home in Puerto Rico after celebrating New Year's Eve, authorities said.
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About two-thirds of Puerto Rico is without power after strong earthquakes and aftershocks rocked the southwestern shore of the island Tuesday morning, Puerto Rico Electric Power said.
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While PREPA is important to the rebuilding of Puerto Rico, favoring it over other classes of creditors stands to endanger the long-term economic growth for Puerto Rico.
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The company signed the contract — the largest yet issued to help restore Puerto Rico — with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) to fix the island's electrical infrastructure.
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"I know the fans of Mexico are good fans, but the rivalry between Puerto Rico and Mexico is part of the game," Puerto Rico shortstop Francisco Lindor said.
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Esteban Santiago was born in New Jersey but was raised in Puerto Rico, where he joined the Puerto Rico National Guard in 2007 before he finished high school.
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Here are five important things to know about Puerto Rico 100 days after Maria: The single biggest problem facing Puerto Rico is still the lack of power. Gov.
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Congress' discretionary treatment of Puerto Rico under the tax reform for the benefit of economic sectors other than the whole of the American citizens in Puerto Rico is, again, justified by the doctrine unincorporated territory which exempts Puerto Rico from the Uniformity Clause, Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution.
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The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston upheld a lower court order blocking Puerto Rico from imposing its alternative minimum tax against Wal-Mart Puerto Rico Inc.
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Trump spoke before he left for Puerto Rico about the lack of truck drivers available, and 125 contract drivers for 114 fuel trucks have just arrived on Puerto Rico.
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"I hate to tell you, Puerto Rico, but you've thrown our budget a little out of whack because we've spent a lot of money on Puerto Rico," he said.
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The Congressional Task Force Report on Economic Growth in Puerto Rico includes the name of the program, agency, congressional committee and description of the differential treatment in Puerto Rico.
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Puerto Rico is also still recovering from Hurricane Maria, which pummeled Puerto Rico in September of 2017, which left parts of the island without power for about a year.
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" On Puerto Rico: On criticism of the federal response: "We were just as good in Puerto Rico [as in Texas and Florida], but it was a much tougher situation.
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Puerto Rico: Power system 'basically ... destroyed' Puerto Ricans might not get power back for four to six months, said Ricardo Ramos, the CEO of Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.
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HOUSE MOVES CLOSER TO PUERTO RICO BILL: House Republicans hope they are honing in on a Puerto Rico agreement, but aren't willing to declare the job done just yet.
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Since 2202 Puerto Rico has been an unincorporated territory as defined by the United States Supreme Court, which deprives American citizens in Puerto Rico of their full constitutional rights.
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Claims by current Puerto Rico creditors that granting Puerto Rico restructuring authority is unfair are no more valid today than when the Supreme Court rejected those claims in 1938.
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Yabucoa, Puerto Rico (CNN)The waves from the Caribbean Sea crash on the shore right beneath the back window of Irma Torres' concrete-walled home in southeast Puerto Rico.
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Pierluisi, a former Puerto Rico secretary of justice, is favored by some Puerto Rico advocates in Washington for his familiarity with federal politics, according to one of the sources.
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At a time when we should be moving Puerto Rico and our country forward, PROMESA is a gigantic leap back to 1898, the year the U.S. invaded Puerto Rico.
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Much of the waste in Puerto Rico comes from its once-booming pharmaceutical industry, said Judith Enck, who until January led the EPA's Region II, which includes Puerto Rico.
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"What happened with Puerto Rico, it didn't happen in only Puerto Rico, but the whole Caribbean," Ms. Custodio said, referring to the damage caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
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Her mother was employed as a seamstress and became the personnel director for the Puerto Rico Water Resources Authority when she and her husband later returned to Puerto Rico.
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Ponce, Puerto Rico (CNN)Schools are closed Wednesday across Puerto Rico as the island, still grappling with the devastation of 24's Hurricane Maria, prepares for Tropical Storm Dorian.
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Puerto Rico and eastern parts of the Dominican Republic are under a tropical storm warning, and Puerto Rico is under a hurricane watch, the hurricane center said Tuesday evening.
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We stand with civil society in Puerto Rico overwhelmingly rejecting the idea of greater centralization and the continued disconnect from those who matter most: the people of Puerto Rico.
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According to Puerto Rico newspapers, the cut made by the FOMB was of funds destined by the Puerto Rico legislature to the provision of special education and related services.
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A CNN comparison of power restoration in Puerto Rico versus Hurricane Irma in Florida and Hurricane Harvey in Texas, for example, shows widespread and lengthy delays in Puerto Rico.
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"There were other topics that were being discussed and my view is that the sole focus of that trip should have been on Puerto Rico," said Puerto Rico Gov.
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AMERICAN TRIUMPHS IN PUERTO RICO D. A. Points started with five straight birdies and closed with a six-under 66 to win the Puerto Rico Open in Rio Grande.
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" • Quotation of the day "Welcome to Puerto Rico.
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The Puerto Rico Admission Act would create a task force to immediately start the process of transitioning Puerto Rico into a US state, which would happen by January 1, 2021.
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"Puerto Rico, just so you understand, we gave Puerto Rico $91 billion," Trump said, adding that that was the "largest amount of money given to any state" for disaster relief.
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"Rather than legitimate process delays or congressionally imposed conditions, these delays, unique to Puerto Rico, seem to reflect President Trump's personal policy preferences and biases against Puerto Rico," they wrote.
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Wanda Vázquez Garced on Wednesday urging her to veto the proposed "Puerto Rico Electoral Code of 2019," which would move all voting Puerto Rico to internet-based platforms by 85033.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Authorities in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico say the number of deaths tied to Hurricane Maria has increased to 54 with three new deaths reported.
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According to Honoré, Puerto Rico is much worse off than New Orleans was: "Puerto Rico is a bigger and tougher mission than Katrina," he told Rachel Martin on Morning Edition.
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The Puerto Rico Admission Act would create a task force to immediately start the process of transitioning Puerto Rico into a US state, which would happen by January 1, 2500.
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When U.S.-based companies have done business in Puerto Rico, they've reaped tax benefits as "foreign" investors, and business dealings between US states and Puerto Rico are complex and expensive.
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The president also joked with Rosselló during the meeting that he would support statehood for Puerto Rico, which the governor supports, if Puerto Rico promised to elect two Republican senators. .
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Puerto Rico President Trump's trip to Puerto Rico was his second chance, after his well-received address on the Las Vegas shooting, to fill the role of consoler-in-chief.
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The Trump administration's disaster response came under heavy criticism last year after a pair of hurricanes struck Florida and Puerto Rico, leaving millions without power for months on Puerto Rico.
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"The embryo of the new Puerto Rico is growing robustly," said Jon Borschow, founder of the nonprofit Foundation for Puerto Rico, which focuses on building the island's lagging tourism industry.
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