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Mar 21 2024
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AponteART Gallery, Inspired By Owner's Puerto Rican Roots, Opens In Jefferson Park
JEFFERSON PARK — For years, painting has helped Janice Aponte feel connected to her homeland of Puerto Rico — now visitors who stop by the artist’s new gallery can be transported to the Island, too. Colorful paintings of bomba dancers and bright tropical scenes fill the walls of AponteART. Puerto Rico’s “so full of nature, it’s so beautiful, it’s so colorful. … Wherever you travel on the
Block Club ChicagoMar 15 2024
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Borinqueneer's offers Puerto Rican dishes at new Columbia restaurant
A small restaurant featuring a variety of Puerto Rican dishes has opened in Columbia. Located at 438 Locust St., Borinqueneer’s offers a rotating menu that includes rice and beans, empanadas, fried plantains, soups, salads and stewed meats served along a cafeteria-style line. The restaurant has seating for around 40. Borinqueneer’s is owned by Michelle DeJesus and her husband Duesdennis Colon
Lancaster OnlineOct 12 2017
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Trump on Puerto Rico Recovery: FEMA, Military Can't Stay Forever
While President Trump has been supportive of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, which devastated the island—he has not shied away from criticizing their dire economic situation.
TownhallOct 27 2017
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The shadiest details in Puerto Rico's leaked electricity contract with Whitefish Energy
Puerto Rico has now endured the longest power failure in U.S. history, after Category 4 Hurricane Maria tore a path of destruction across the island on Sept. 20. One of the contracts the island's beleaguered government signed in order to get the lights turned back on is with a tiny Montana-based company named Whitefish Energy.
MashableOct 10 2017
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White House lets Jones Act waiver expire for Puerto Rico
The White House has let a 10-day shipping waiver expire for Puerto Rico, meaning foreign ships can no longer bring aid to the hurricane-ravaged island from U.S. ports.
The HillSep 28 2017
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Puerto Rico: Trump lifts shipping ban for storm-hit island
US President Donald Trump has waived shipping restrictions to help fuel and supplies reach storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, the White House has said.
BBC NewsSep 30 2017
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Carnival, Royal Caribbean ships to help Puerto Rico aid efforts
Nearly a week after Hurricane Maria slammed Puerto Rico, many residents are in critical need of supplies. Food, water, and medicine are dwindling and the island is expected to be without power for several months.
Fox News DigitalSep 30 2017
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Trump slams Puerto Rico: ‘They want everything to be done for them’
President Trump on Saturday criticized Puerto Rico's "poor leadership" and defended his administration's response to the aftermath of Hurricane Maria's devastation on the island in an early morning series of tweets that earned immediate backlash from Democrats and other critics.
The HillSep 27 2017
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Trump 'thinking about' lifting Jones Act to help Puerto Rico
President Trump said Wednesday that he is "thinking about" lifting the rule barring foreign-flagged vessels from delivering goods between American ports to help hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico despite pressure from the shipping industry.
The Hill