As part of its commitment to contribute to the recovery of the island, the Ford office for Puerto Rico, Central America and the Caribbean carried out the first event of its “Ruta Solidaria Ford” in the Buenos Aires community of Arecibo, where the Río Grande river covered streets and homes with mud, causing great losses.
Old San Juan, a sector that is home to at least 800 businesses and 500 commercial offices, has been in the dark for the better part of the last six weeks, which have kept many from reopening since Hurricane María made landfall on Sept. 20.
Puerto Rico remains without an effective emergency response more than a month after Hurricane María devastated the island, a group of UN human rights experts has warned.