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Elizabeth Warren pledges help during visit to Puerto Rico


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Elizabeth Warren pledges help during visit to Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren promised to help rebuild Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria and support laws to give the U.S. territory equal treatment and debt relief as she condemned President Donald Trump during a...

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University of Minnesota, Puerto Rico groups explore energy


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University of Minnesota, Puerto Rico groups explore energy

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The University of Minnesota is working with partners in Puerto Rico to explore more resilient energy sources after Hurricane Maria left the island without electricity for months in 2017.

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Judge approves massive Puerto Rico debt restructuring deal


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Judge approves massive Puerto Rico debt restructuring deal

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal bankruptcy judge approved a major debt restructuring plan for Puerto Rico on Monday in the first deal of its kind for the U.S. territory since the island's government declared nearly four years ago that it...

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FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2018 file photo, people gather outside the White House in Washington, during a vigil commemorating the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria hitting Puerto Rico. A federal bankruptcy judge on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019 approved a major debt restructuring plan for Puerto Rico in the first deal of its kind for the U.S. territory since the government declared nearly three years ago that it was unable to pay its public debt. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

 

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The Latest: Puerto Rico says aid en route to Venezuela


Puerto Rico's government says 3,600 pounds (1,633 kilograms) worth of donated supplies are en route to Venezuela as part of a humanitarian aid mission.

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The Latest: Puerto Rico says aid en route to Venezuela

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The latest on Venezuela's political crisis (all times local):

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Puerto Rico governor says 2020 Democrats must support statehood


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Puerto Rico governor says 2020 Democrats must support statehood

"What I want to hear everybody talk about," Rosselló told reporters, "is their stance on the equality of U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico? There should be no room for wiggle." "The only way to get that equality is through statehood, which twice in...

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FILE PHOTO: Governor of Puerto Rico Ricardo Rossello delivers remarks during a commemorative event organized by the local government a year after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, in San Juan, Puerto Rico September 20, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

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Puerto Rico Gov: Trump refuses meeting over hurricane relief


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Puerto Rico Gov: Trump refuses meeting over hurricane relief

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has refused to meet privately with Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rossello, the governor said Friday, as he condemned the Trump administration for not providing more disaster relief in the 17 months since...

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A man-made disaster looms over Puerto Rico

Now, however, there is a man-made disaster looming, in the form of a Feb. 15 federal appeals court ruling declaring the Financial Oversight and Management Board that Promesa created unconstitutional...

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Puerto Rico’s reckless involvement could worsen the Venezuela crisis


The U.S. territory took the calculated risk of trying to shock the world by doing something that not even the country that colonized it could accomplish: bring actual aid into Venezuela that would get attention and tip the scales in Guaidó’s quest to become the country’s next president...

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President Trump and Gov. Ricardo Rosselló of Puerto Rico meet in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct. 19, 2017. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

 

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National Guard to supply Puerto Rico islands with food, gas


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National Guard to supply Puerto Rico islands with food, gas

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's governor activated the National Guard on Tuesday to rush food, medicine and gasoline to the popular tourist islands of Vieques and Culebra following a major breakdown in transportation that critics say...

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Puerto Rico lures tech developers as hurricane season looms


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Puerto Rico lures tech developers as hurricane season looms

ISABELA, Puerto Rico (AP) — In the dark and isolating days after Hurricane Maria, people across Puerto Rico invented new ways to communicate: Elderly couples in need of food or water would raise a flag at their home. Neighbors created amateur...

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