Wednesday,September 18-24, 2019 - // no. 021
Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
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PRIVATE SECTOR SEEKS TO STREAMLINE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE P8 FEDERAL TAX CREDIT STILL AN ISSUE FOR PUERTO RICO P6
PUERTO RICO FACING SLOW PACE OF
FEDERAL AID
>Courtesy Nono Maldonado
Although the island has made progress since Hurricane Maria made landfall two years ago, residences and infrastructure are still recovering from the worst atmospheric event to have occurred on a U.S. territory
T Yennifer Álvarez Jaimes
PUERTO RICO FASHION THROUGH NONO MALDONADO’S LENS P20
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wo years after Hurricane Maria changed Puerto Rico’s history, killing thousands, destroying houses and knocking out power in some areas for almost a year, the island is facing another test as strong as Maria’s wind and rain: the slow pace of private insurance payments and the disbursement of federal aid. Although the island has made progress since Hurricane Maria’s passage on Sept. 20, 2017, and all the tourist
areas are eager and able to receive visitors, many residential areas are still recovering from the worst atmospheric event to have occurred on a U.S. territory. Last week, Gov. Wanda Vázquez led a delegation of political and private sector leaders to Washington D.C. with the hopes of opening the lines of communication with the White House and other congressional leaders. Nevertheless, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Ben Carson, reiterated the necessity of appointing a federal financial GO TO PAGE 4
>Carlos Rivera Giusti
INVEST PUERTO RICO EXPANDS ITS GLOBAL REACH P12