Wednesday, September 23-29, 2020 - // no. 074
Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
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La Fortaleza Hopefuls Clash on the FOMB P6 Jaresko Defends LUMA Contract P8
WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL:
>Carlos Rivera Giusti
Telecom in the New Normal P9
FEDERAL $13 Billion ALLOCATION ‘NOT POLITICALLY MOTIVATED’ Rear Admiral Peter Brown discusses the ‘historic’ funding and the Oversight Board
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The Joys of Cooking, Criollo Style P14-15
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ast Friday, Sept. 18, it was announced that the White House allocated more than $12.8 billion to rebuild Puerto Rico’s electric grid and schools, as part of ongoing recovery efforts from Hurricane Maria, which devastated the island on Sept. 20, 2017. Upon the disclosure, President Donald Trump stated on his official Twitter account, @realDonaldTrump: “today I announced two of the LARGEST grants in history to
Puerto Rico to rebuild its electrical grid system and education system. My Administration will be awarding $13 BILLION through FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)— the largest obligations of funding ever awarded.” The president also underscored that the move would not only aid in the hurricane recovery process — three years after Maria hit — but also fix the island’s deteriorated infrastructure to help transform the island into a manufacturing hub, a statement that was subsequently criticized GO TO PAGE 4