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'Total Failure of Governance' by Trump: Blackout Deepens Puerto Rico Crisis

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“The Battle for Paradise”: Naomi Klein on Disaster Capitalism & the Fight for Puerto Rico’s Future

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Author Naomi Klein appearing on Democracy Now! Wednesday.

"We're seeing the strategy that we've seen in many other disaster zones... which is exploiting that state of shock and distraction and emergency to push through a radical corporate agenda."

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'Neglect and Bureaucracy': Six Months After Maria, Trump Condemned for Failed Response in Puerto Rico

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Puerto Rico

"We're tired of being treated like second-class citizens."

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In Midst of 'Immense Suffering' Caused by Climate Crisis, Caribbean Religious Leaders Call for Debt Relief

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"We in the Caribbean, like some other nations elsewhere in the global south,...

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Disaster Capitalism in Action as Puerto Rico Governor Announces Plan to Privatize Power Utility

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As Climate Crisis Intensifies, $300+ Billion in Damages Makes 2017 Costliest Year Ever

San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz

San Juan Major Blasts 'Disaster-in-Chief' Trump As Slow Recovery Drags On 100 Days After Hurricane Maria

Ignoring Public Opinion and Pentagon, Trump Denies Climate Crisis a National Security Threat

Facing Massive Discrepancy, Puerto Rico Governor Demands Recount of Hurricane Maria Deaths

Far Higher Than Official Count, Puerto Rico Death Toll Likely In Thousands

Sanders Intros $146 Billion 'Transformation Blueprint' for Puerto Rico and USVIs

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Where's the Urgency? UN Experts Slam US Emergency Response to Puerto Rico

Warnings of 'Disaster Capitalism' and Privatization Emerge in Puerto Rico

'Too Little, Too Late': Critics Denounce Trump-Linked Energy Firm's Apology for Puerto Rico Threat

'Can You Say Corruption?' Puerto Rico Contract for Trump-Connected Raises Concerns

'People Are Dying' But Trump Gives Himself Perfect '10' for Puerto Rico Response

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Jubilee USA Network

Six Months After Maria, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands Wait for Relief

National Nurses United

RN Volunteers Back from Puerto Rico Join Congress Members to Urge Increased Aid to Stem Health Crisis

National Nurses United

‘The People of Puerto Rico are Dying’ Say 50 Nurses Returning from Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico

National Nurses United

Nurses Demand Congress Act to Avert Further Public Health Calamity in Puerto Rico

National Nurses United

Nurse Volunteers in Puerto Rico Call For Escalation of Relief Efforts Amid Dire Conditions for Residents

National Nurses United

Nurses on Ground in Puerto Rico Warn Dire Conditions, Slow Relief Effort Posing Urgent Health, Safety Crisis

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Naomi Klein, Lauren Feeney

The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Ricans and Ultrarich "Puertopians" are Locked in a Pitched Struggle Over How to Remake the Island

Reed Richardson

Corporate Media Ignoring Puerto Rico's 'Shock Doctrine' Makeover

Yxta Maya Murray

In Puerto Rico, the 'Natural Disaster' Is the US Government

Steven Singer

Making Puerto Rico the New New Orleans – Steal the Schools and Give Them to Big Business to Run For Profit

Jill Richardson

The Sad State of Disaster Relief

Dan Beeton

Puerto Rico’s Dual Crises Show Its Territorial Status is the Worst of Both Worlds

Wenonah Hauter

A Month Later, U.S. Is Failing with Its Food and Water Crisis in Puerto Rico

Lois Marie Gibbs

Hurricane Victims Don’t Have the ‘Complexion for Protection’

Richard Eskow

After The Storm, It’s Labor vs. Finance for the Future of Puerto Rico

Sam Pizzigati

Why Do So Many Super Rich Despise the Poor?

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