Census: 50% or more of residents in 36 P.R. towns live in poverty
December 20, 2019
During the 2014-2018 period, 50% or more of the population in 36 of Puerto Rico’s 78 municipalities lived in poverty. Of those 36 towns, in six of them — Maricao, Guánica, Adjuntas, Lajas, Jayuya and Comerío — the level of poverty reached between 60% to 64%, according to the latest statistics revealed in the U.S. […]
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Op-Ed: Disaster relief for P.R. must accommodate women’s needs
February 10, 2018
This past fall, Hurricanes Irma and María struck Puerto Rico, leaving hundreds of thousands of people in their wake without the necessities for survival. More than three months after Hurricane María’s landfall, the island is still in crisis.
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Study: Hurricane María unmasks PR’s poverty, whose face is female
December 19, 2017
When Hurricane María hit Puerto Rico it uncovered the poverty that exists in the island, which makes it the poorest United States jurisdiction.
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