Black People : Deployed Again: Destination Puerto Rico

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We are always have blackouts somewhere in the country. Even if you happen to be attached to a 24 hr circuit. Just the other day I had to have a microwave and refrigerator fixed to to power surges. Transformer was putting out 190 volts on a 110v circuit, then we were out for around 24 hr before was fixed. Continually under supplied lots of this is due to theft or entire barrios without meters. Plus I would guess that a lot of the infrastructure was put in during Trujillo's time and has not been upgraded.

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

We are always have blackouts somewhere in the country. Even if you happen to be attached to a 24 hr circuit. Just the other day I had to have a microwave and refrigerator fixed to to power surges. Transformer was putting out 190 volts on a 110v circuit, then we were out for around 24 hr before was fixed. Continually under supplied lots of this is due to theft or entire barrios without meters. Plus I would guess that a lot of the infrastructure was put in during Trujillo's time and has not been upgraded.

Thanks for sharing.

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[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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Revised Puerto Rico fiscal plan taps federal budget money


By Hilary Russ
Reuters


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello released a revised fiscal plan on Tuesday that will use $18 billion of additional money from the U.S. federal budget to transform the bankrupt island's deficit into a $3.4 billion surplus within six years ...


https://www.yahoo.com/news/revised-puerto-rico-fiscal-plan-taps-federal-budget-225603989.html

FILE PHOTO: Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello speaks during an interview in New York City, U.S., November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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All I can do is

Half of Puerto Rico’s housing was built illegally. Then came Hurricane Maria

BY ANDRES VIGLUCCI


Gladys Peña built a home the way many thousands of people in Puerto Rico, maybe most, did for decades: in makeshift fashion ...


http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article199948699.html

Gladys Peña, member of Proyecto Enlace, in front of her damaged home near Caño Martín Peña.
Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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Puerto Rico Lawyer Warns of Power Shutdown If Loan Denied
By
Steven Church
and
Michelle Kaske

Puerto Rico’s power company will begin shutting down as soon as Friday if it doesn’t receive a $1 billion loan from the territory’s central government, threatening to cause widespread electricity outages across the hurricane-devastated island, a lawyer for Puerto Rico told a U.S. judge.

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/...-warns-of-electricity-shutdown-if-loan-denied