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By Amaury Abreu
Puerto Rico’s vulnerability to hurricanes is magnified by weak government and bureaucratic roadblocks
In less than a century, Puerto Rico’s electricity system has gone full circle from private provision of electric power to a state-led effort to democratize access to power, and then back to a public-private partnership with a strong neoliberal ethos. Yet Puerto Ricans still face daily challenges in obtaining affordable and efficient electricity services.
By Amaury Abreu
A Government Official Helped Them Register. Now They’ve Been Charged With Voter Fraud.
His last night as a prisoner in North Florida, Kelvin Bolton couldn’t sleep. Fifty-five years old, with a wispy goatee the same color as the gray flecks in his hair, he was about to get out after serving a 2 1/2-year sentence for theft and battery.