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Battered by disasters natural and man-made, this ebullient Puerto Rico area refuses to give up or give in.
Michael Deibert is a journalist, author and Visiting Scholar at Franklin & Marshall College. He is the author of books on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti and Mexico and is currently at work on a book about the history of the United States in Puerto Rico.
Battered by disasters natural and man-made, this ebullient Puerto Rico area refuses to give up or give in.
Thanks to FEMA’s fumbling response, the island isn’t back to normal a year after Hurricane Maria.
Police and soldiers are fighting an endless war against groups like MS-13 and Barrio 18. Can God sort out what the cops have failed to do?
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