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Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny drew attention to the issue in 2022 with his music video for “El Apagón,” which features a documentary on the issues Puerto Rico faces at the end of it. Show ...
Millions are without power in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, New Year’s Eve, according to Luma Energy. The company said it could take 24-48 hours for full restoration. (Ricardo Arduengo/TNS)
After some areas of Puerto Rico welcomed the New Year in the dark amid a massive failure to the island’s power grid, service has been restored to nearly all impacted customers. About 1.4 million ...
At the time, she was Puerto Rico’s representative in Congress and had run on Pierluisi’s ticket four years ago. After beating him, she won the Nov. 5 general election with more than 526,000 votes, or 41%. Trailing her was Juan Dalmau, who represented Puerto Rico’s Independence Party and the Citizen Victory Movement.
Puerto Rico has become a major transshipment point for illegal drugs that are smuggled from source countries like Colombia and Peru into the U.S. mainland. Most of it is transported to and through the island from drug trafficking organizations in the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Florida, and criminal organizations in Puerto Rico. [62]
The Illegal drug trade in Puerto Rico is a problem from a criminal, social, and medical perspective. Located in the Caribbean , Puerto Rico has become a major transshipment point for drugs into the United States . [ 2 ]
The Puerto Rican government-debt crisis was a financial crisis affecting the government of Puerto Rico. [a] The crisis began in 2014 when three major credit agencies downgraded several bond issues by Puerto Rico to "junk status" after the government was unable to demonstrate that it could pay its debt.
A blackout in Puerto Rico left nearly 1.3 million clients in the dark on Tuesday as the U.S. territory began preparations to celebrate New Year’s Eve, and according to officials, it may take up ...