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Why Puerto Rico will be without power for months
- Published_at:2017-10-02
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Vox
- tags: vox.com vox explain puerto rico PREPA disaster relief puerto rico hurricane puerto rico maria NOAA VIIRS puerto rico power outages merchant marine act puerto rico economy puerto rico crisis puerto rico hurricane relief puerto rico data visualization puerto rico recovery hurricane recovery puerto rico US relations Section 936 puerto rico tax breaks Jones Act Autoridad de Energia Electrica de Puerto Rico
- description: The island was ill-prepared for a disaster of this magnitude. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Prior to 2006, Puerto Rico's economy was held together by United States business interests. But when that tax break expired, the island's economic recession became a depression. Because Puerto Ricans are US citizens, they are allowed to travel freely between the territory and the mainland. Because of the high cost of living on the island and opportunity for higher pay on the mainland, many leave. Mismanagement of public utilities combined with a dwindling tax base has left the island with dated infrastructure, and concerning prospects for post-hurricane recovery. You can read more of Vox's coverage on the hurricane relief effort in Puerto Rico here: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/9/26/16365994/hurricane-maria-2017-puerto-rico-san-juan-humanitarian-disaster-electricty-fuel-flights-facts Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o
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