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This is most definitely NOT what resistance looks like. A bunch of people politely filing down a street with zero demands and zero consequences if they don't get them is nothing more than a parade. Switch your channel to France to see what a protest with balls looks like.
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Puerto Rico according to the most intelligent American:
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Puerto Rico’s wet season usually begins in May, but rainfall has been low this year.
By late August, drought had spread across much of Puerto Rico, contributing to water shortages and rationing in some areas. NASA data is helping scientists track drought conditions.
ALT Map of Puerto Rico showing drought conditions as of August 25, 2026. Much of the island is shaded yellow, orange, and dark orange, indicating moderate, severe and extreme drought conditions. Credit: NASA
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Scientists told the New York Times that the flash flooding in Nepal/Tibet was likely caused by a 2,000-foot-wide chunk of ice that broke off of a glacier and fell around 4,000 feet to the valley below
nytimes.com/2026/08/26/world…
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People keep lecturing Puerto Ricans that if the USA made us a state we would have electricity
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While Puerto Ricans suffer through no water and electricity, an economy in free fall and a government plagued by corruption scandals, the Puerto Rican governor, with the help of US media, sells a collapsing island as a fiscal paradise, as predatory capitalists circle overhead.
La gobernadora @jenniffer tocó hoy la campana de apertura en la Bolsa de Valores de Nueva York (@NYSE). Según la comunicación, "Puerto Rico está abierto para hacer negocios, listo para atraer inversión, crear oportunidades y construir un futuro más sólido para nuestra gente."
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New Fortress Energy, the private US company that has a monopoly on electric generation stations and fuel delivery to Puerto Rico’s electric system, says that because of its debt restructuring, it cannot guarantee that it will be able to continue doing so after September 15
¿A 29 días del abismo? New Fortress no garantiza que pueda seguir operando | tinyurl.com/49kynb6v
La empresa que opera las plantas de la AEE y suple gran parte de su gas depende de una matriz que arrastra más de $6,727 millones en deuda vencida y reconoce que podría no completar su salvavidas financiero.
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Puerto Rico is experiencing a water shortage crisis caused by severe drought, aging infrastructure, and successive governments prioritizing major economic interests over the country's development.
The scarcity of drinking water forces Puerto Ricans to find their own solutions. In a mountainous area of Trujillo Alto, residents go to a natural well to collect water every day. Many of them must juggle their time between daily chores and the search for water.
BT's @ldejesusreyes has the story.
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Puerto Rico needs billions to rebuild its water and electrical infrastructure. But FEMA requires the island to pay upfront and seek reimbursement later.
With its bankruptcy & debt, Coenia Sanchez writes that the model is “a mathematical impossibility.”
inthesetimes.com/article/pue…
devilette retweeted
funny how a couple days ago everyone had a say about puerto rican politics and how we should be a state but since the water crisis in the island worsened no one has anything to say about puerto rico anymore
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The Anglo press hardly pays attention to Puerto Rico unless there is a crisis - a hurricane or earthquakes or a water crisis. Then they go into full misery porn mode - not reporting, no in depth analysis. They just paint an incorrect picture and use one stereotype after another.
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These two tweets, both from today, perfectly encapsulate Puerto Rico's reality under U.S. colonial rule.
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all the celebrities barricaded together in a giant arena during a historic blackout-risk heat wave IS a good set up for a dystopian sci-fi novel
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Having a wedding during a major holiday weekend, in one of the countries largest cities, impacting millions of people, during a heat wave where the mayor is asking people to turn their AC up, is Marie Antoinette levels of disconnect. Coming to Disney+ Fall 2026.
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‘Everyone dies of cancer’: the Puerto Rican island poisoned by the US navy
For decades Vieques was a bombing range, leaving a legacy of cancer clusters and unexploded munitions. Now residents fear the US military wants to reopen its bases theguardian.com/global-devel…
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The inequalities in resources due to climate change are so real. Wealthier countries, major contributors to climate change, will be able to implement quick fixes while regions like the Caribbean, with a smaller carbon footprint, a suffer from heat and hurricanes.
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The US and EU are sitting on over $30 billion of Venezuela’s own frozen assets while its people are buried under rubble. Sending aid is not enough. Lift every sanction now. Those same sanctions have for years blocked the heavy equipment needed to dig people out.
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Just to be clear, socialism is a fundamental restructuring of our economic model, not when a local politician does good things. New York City is still the belly of the financial beast that is turning the blood soaked gears of global capital.
