Puerto Rico
A year after Maria, Puerto Rican college students find home – on the island and off
Rosamari Palerm transferred to a school in Miami last fall after her school shut down in the wake of Hurricane Maria. She’s returned home to San Juan, but some of her classmates have stayed, making new homes in Miami.
Puerto Rico's public university system is in disarray. But it's not just because of Hurricane Maria.
Four months of food aid in Puerto Rico brought too much salt and sugar, say some recipients
In San Juan, they're going street by street, house by house, turning the lights back on
In hurricane aftermath, Puerto Ricans get impatient with shortages
Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. Then it caused a ripple effect in mainland hospitals.
There was already a problem with the supply of IV fluid bags at US hospitals. But the hurricane devastation in Puerto Rico made it much worse.
Some Puerto Rican college students displaced by Hurricane Maria have already started classes again — in Florida
Estimates range from the hundreds of thousands to a million who will leave Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.
We asked Puerto Ricans about their future plans. Many want to stay and rebuild.
Hear directly from some of them.
Meet the women combing through Puerto Rico, searching for veterans in need
The VA team goes from one hurricane shelter to another, assisting veterans.
After pummeling Dominica, Hurricane Maria forces Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands to brace for impact
“I am at the mercy of the hurricane. My roof is gone. House is flooding,” Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit posted on Facebook.
After Hurricane Irma, Puerto Ricans and Virgin Islanders want more relief from fellow Americans
While Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands clean up after Hurricane Irma, many residents of these US territories say the challenge of storm relief is not just the devastation, but neglect from their fellow Americans in the continental US.
A little lizard in Puerto Rico is adapting quickly to big-city life
The crested anole is undergoing some remarkable changes — and fast.
From open fire to open mic: Comic and war vet Isaura Ramirez makes the transition
Isaura Ramirez came home from serving in Iraq only to battle depression. She turned a corner when her husband enrolled her in a comedy class.
To help Puerto Rico, we might want to think of it more like Detroit
Puerto Rico has a terrible economy. That's why some economists think that allowing it to file Chapter 9 bankruptcy might be a good idea.
For student protesters, a rare, decisive — and little-noticed — victory
Puerto Rican students forced Governor Alejandro García Padilla to abandon a plan to slash university funding by 20 percent, but the issue went largely uncovered in US media.