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01/01/2025
What do we know about the government of Puerto Rico? Well, for one thing...this most recent Island-wide power outage is yet again proof of corruption in the administration that oversaw billions, yes…billions with a B, of financial aid sent by the Federal Government, what happened with that money?
What happened to the power grid that was getting fixed? Puerto Rico Energy and Power Authority or PREPA was given billions to fix the energy grid. How did that work out? To date, FEMA has obligated over $17.7 billion to PREPA for emergency work and permanent work projects related to Hurricane María and subsequent natural catastrophes since 2017.
The complete political distraction of the LUMA involvement (a private company that was awarded a contract to distribute electricity around the island, but PREPA continues to operate the power plants, controls the funds, and has used LUMA as a political and media shield). The net result of years of planning and hundreds of millions being spent on the PREPA problem?
Power started going out on the island before Hurricane Fiona ever made landfall. This is a very important subject because this is a matter of life and death. Remember that more than 3,000 people died after Hurricane Maria because they were electricity-dependent people.
When you have different people who worked in top-level positions during the administration - past administrations of both parties who were hired by Luma in top positions, how do you suppose things were going to change? The cold reality is there's not a single project completed with reconstruction funds. They're still planning and designing, spending hundreds of millions which is going to consultants, advisors, and bureaucracy.
Instead of pointing fingers, laying blame, or stating the obvious (okay, we'll state it, corruption must be addressed, perpetrators must be held accountable, and money must get to local communities to solve these issues), I still believe solutions are possible.
What do we know about the PEOPLE of Puerto Rico? Well, can anyone say Ricky Renunciacíon? The administration that oversaw billions, yes…billions with a B, of financial aid sent by the Federal Government, what happened with that money? Ricky Renuncia: the Demand of Puerto Rican People. Early in the summer of 2019 in Puerto Rico, historic protests by the Puerto Rican people showed that the power, for just a moment, lay with the people.
Unless and until there is an Island-wide PREPA/LUMA Renunciacíon led by Puerto Ricans for Puerto Ricans, nothing is going to change and stories like this will continue to be "la normalidad".
Is there anyone among you willing to lead the PREPA/LUMA Renunciacíon?
About 90% of the island's customers lost power - the latest in a series of blackouts since Hurricane Maria in 2017.
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