Tag: Center for Puerto Rican Studies

DOUBLE DISASTER: Slow Federal Response To Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Devastation Is Destroying The Islands’ Small Business Base

SAN JUAN — This fall’s hurricane season has been rough on Jesús Vázquez’s family business outside the capital of Puerto Rico. Their 35-year-old ice factory and adjacent laundromat hasn’t had power since Hurricane Irma, which hit Puerto Rico on Sept. 6, thirteen days before Hurricane Maria devastated the island. And the family’s rental property business […]