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Puerto Ricans don't trust official information on Hurricane Maria

  • Written by Alexis R. Santos-Lozada, Assistant Teaching Professor in Sociology, Pennsylvania State University

On Sept. 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico, destroying the power grid as well as most of the communications structure. In some cases, it took more than five days for Puerto Ricans in the U.S. to hear about their loved ones. In the case of Debora Pérez, a woman who lost her stepfather due to the hurricane, it took more...

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