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Need another reason to help Puerto Rico? It's a key US economic and military asset

  • Written by Lilian Bobea, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Bentley University

Three weeks after Hurricane Maria ripped through Puerto Rico, half of the population still lacks fresh water and medicine, and almost 80 percent doesn’t have electricity. The scarce resources arriving from international private sources are quickly running out. Satellite communication remains limited.

Despite this crisis, President Donald...

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