By Rozany Guzman After Hurricane Maria left Puerto Rico floundering, and the U.S. lent billions of dollars to help Puerto Ricans recuperate from the damage, an age old question arose: Should Puerto Rico be granted statehood? Puerto Rico has been a U.S. territory for over 100 years, and was granted a self-government with their own…
By Rozany Guzman Friday afternoon, CNN watched workers from Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados, or AAA, distribute water from a well at the Dorado Groundwater Contamination Site, which was listed in 2016 as part of the federal Superfund program for hazardous waste cleanup. They distributed it to residents of Puerto Rico, who filled small water…
By Krystal Alverio Hurricane Maria made history when it transformed from a mere tropical storm to a catastrophic category 5 hurricane within just 24 hours. Maria came a few days after Hurricane Jose, a storm that just barely made landfall in the small island of Puerto Rico. Hurricane Maria was the strongest storm the island…
By Rozany Guzman Hurricane Maria left countless caribbean islands in shambles as it traveled the Pacific Ocean, with one of its main targets being Puerto Rico, a United States territory. Maria, one of the strongest hurricanes on record, left the small island destroyed, entire communities under water, trees uprooted, houses torn apart, and all forms…