Puerto Rico Archives - Latino Rebels https://www.latinorebels.com/category/puerto-rico/ Tue, 22 Aug 2023 17:57:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://i0.wp.com/www.latinorebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cropped-lr-logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Puerto Rico Archives - Latino Rebels https://www.latinorebels.com/category/puerto-rico/ 32 32 31216860 Puerto Rico’s Pro Basketball League Sees a Rebirth https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/08/22/puertoricoprobasketball/ https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/08/22/puertoricoprobasketball/#comments Tue, 22 Aug 2023 17:57:36 +0000 https://www.latinorebels.com/?p=210774 The revitalization of Puerto Rico's professional basketball league is thanks largely to new team owners with the right vision ---like music superstar Bad Bunny--- and an influx of former NBA players looking to extend their careers. Latino Rebels speaks with Héctor Horta, owner of this year's champions, the Gigantes de Carolina.

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]]> https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/08/22/puertoricoprobasketball/feed/ 1 210774 María and Maui (OPINION) https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/08/21/mariamauipuertoricohawaii/ https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/08/21/mariamauipuertoricohawaii/#comments Mon, 21 Aug 2023 21:26:41 +0000 https://www.latinorebels.com/?p=210762 "As I watched TV coverage of the wildfires incinerating Maui... a single thought raged in my head: Colonialism is a brutal, never-ending story... The footage triggered memories of Hurricane María, which devastated Puerto Rico in 2017 and transformed the archipelago into a rich man's paradise—and a no man's land for many Puerto Ricans."

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]]> https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/08/21/mariamauipuertoricohawaii/feed/ 2 210762 ‘Brains’ Behind Trump Election Scheme Lying Low in Puerto Rico https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/08/18/chesebropuertorico/ https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/08/18/chesebropuertorico/#respond Fri, 18 Aug 2023 17:06:31 +0000 https://www.latinorebels.com/?p=210664 Kenneth Chesebro, a Harvard-trained lawyer accused of crafting former President Donald Trump’s fake elector strategy to overturn the results of the 2020 election, has kept a "low profile" since the attack on the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, having moved to Puerto Rico last year.

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]]> https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/08/18/chesebropuertorico/feed/ 0 210664 The Party’s Over in Puerto Rico (OPINION) https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/08/14/puertoricopierluisipnptrump/ https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/08/14/puertoricopierluisipnptrump/#comments Mon, 14 Aug 2023 20:22:09 +0000 https://www.latinorebels.com/?p=210556 With a generational shift against the status quo, a growing reluctance among Puerto Ricans to see their islands become part of an increasingly authoritarian nation, and now a battle between its two leading figures —Gov. Pedro Pierluisi and Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón, a Trump supporter— the ruling pro-statehood New Progressive Party's days seem numbered.

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]]> https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/08/14/puertoricopierluisipnptrump/feed/ 3 210556 Energy Secretary Hopes $450 Million for Solar Will Rebuild Trust in Puerto Rico Power Grid https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/08/03/granholmenergypuertoricosolar/ https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/08/03/granholmenergypuertoricosolar/#respond Thu, 03 Aug 2023 19:47:56 +0000 https://www.latinorebels.com/?p=210309 On Monday, U.S. Energy Sec. Jennifer Granholm announced a $453.3 million commitment to finance rooftop solar panels and battery systems for Puerto Rico’s most vulnerable communities.

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]]> https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/08/03/granholmenergypuertoricosolar/feed/ 0 210309 LGBT Seniors in Puerto Rico on Their Own to Access Housing https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/08/01/lgbtseniorshousingpuertorico/ https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/08/01/lgbtseniorshousingpuertorico/#respond Tue, 01 Aug 2023 16:52:00 +0000 https://www.latinorebels.com/?p=210257 In the absence of protection and a safe home, and the discrimination aggravated by factors such as religious ideologies, the Waves Ahead organization is developing housing projects aimed at these populations while bills to amend local laws are in limbo.

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]]> https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/08/01/lgbtseniorshousingpuertorico/feed/ 0 210257 A Conversation with Esmeralda Santiago https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/07/27/esmeraldasantiago/ https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/07/27/esmeraldasantiago/#respond Thu, 27 Jul 2023 20:52:57 +0000 https://www.latinorebels.com/?p=210117 Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes acclaimed Puerto Rican author Esmeralda Santiago for a lively discussion about her latest book 'Las Madres' and the power of becoming visible in the United States through literature.

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]]> https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/07/27/esmeraldasantiago/feed/ 0 210117 Environmental Activists in Puerto Rico Face Severe Repression https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/07/25/puertoricoenvironmentalactivistsrepression/ https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/07/25/puertoricoenvironmentalactivistsrepression/#comments Tue, 25 Jul 2023 17:34:09 +0000 https://www.latinorebels.com/?p=209958 Threatened, arrested, attacked, and shot, Puerto Rico’s environmental activists have endured a lot while trying to enforce the environmental protection laws they feel the government refuses to enforce. Still, most of them refuse to back down.

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]]> https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/07/25/puertoricoenvironmentalactivistsrepression/feed/ 1 209958 Fire in Paradise: Fighting Wildfires in Puerto Rico https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/07/21/puertoricowildfire/ https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/07/21/puertoricowildfire/#respond Fri, 21 Jul 2023 17:33:41 +0000 https://www.latinorebels.com/?p=209844 As the effects of climate change intensify across the Caribbean, it will only lead to more extreme weather events that will in turn force Puerto Ricans out of the places they once considered "safe" and make many reconsider their life plans.

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]]> https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/07/21/puertoricowildfire/feed/ 0 209844 UPR Graduation Rate Up in Last Decade Despite Its Dismantling https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/07/17/uprgraduationup/ https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/07/17/uprgraduationup/#respond Mon, 17 Jul 2023 17:42:40 +0000 https://www.latinorebels.com/?p=209277 Graduation rates have risen at the University of Puerto Rico even though the cost of tuition has doubled, there are fewer professors, fewer students, fewer courses available, and fewer academic support staff.

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