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Puerto Rico: A troubled treasure

Posted by | Jun 5, 2015 | | 0 |

Al Jazeera America’s Inside Story goes to Puerto Rico to provide the latest glimpse of the ongoing disaster that life on the territory is becoming. If you’ve seen our posts before, this one just repeats the usual facts ($70 billion of debts, high unemployment, high amount of residents leaving, etc.) while adding interviews of locals receiving +$1,000 electric bills for a single home.

So yeah, keep panicking.

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William-Jose Velez Gonzalez

William-José Vélez González is a native from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, and a graduate from Florida International University in biomedical engineering, engineering management, and international relations. A designer with a strong interest in science, policy, and innovation, he previously served as the national executive vice president of the Puerto Rico Statehood Students Association. William-José lives in Washington, DC, where he works at the Children's National Research Institute and runs Opsin, a nonprofit design studio dedicated to making design more accessible. You can see him on Love is Blind as Lydia's brother. He is the founder and Editor in Chief of Pasquines.

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