When Snow Came to San Juan
The New Yorker Radio Hour
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Porto Rico in the 19th Century
In the early fifties, there were severe, violent clashes between the independence movement and the government. Wheels were in motion to make closer ties with the us. And the snow was literally blanketing over that tension. It furthered this promise that staying close to the empire would lift portorico out of poverty. But 70 years later, that's still not the case. When hurricane maria tore across the island, it knocked out the entire electric gred. Four years later, there are still blackoutson only the system was recently privatized,. The cost of energy is going up while the service is getting worse.
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