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Friday, September 29, 2017

News Alert: Trump scrambles to contain Puerto Rico crisis

 
 
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Trump scrambles to contain Puerto Rico crisis
The Trump administration scrambled Friday to show it is on top of the crisis in Puerto Rico as it faced criticism from lawmakers in both parties that its response so far has been lacking.

Puerto Rican officials are amplifying their warnings of an imminent humanitarian crisis, with San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz making an emotional plea for someone — anyone — to take charge of emergency relief operations, heightening the sense of urgency on the hurricane-ravaged island.

“I will do what I never thought I was going to do: I am begging, begging anyone that can hear us, to save us from dying,” Cruz said Friday afternoon. “If anybody out there is listening to us, we are dying and you are killing us with the inefficiency.”
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