San Juan, Puerto Rico
Neighbors of a strangled channel in the heart of San Juan look for relief.
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Carmen Yulín Cruz called out the president for not even tweeting his condolences after new estimates of Hurricane Maria-related deaths were released.
Full power restoration on the island isn’t expected until May, officials said.
The Vermont senator has been an outspoken critic of U.S. policies toward the island.
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Controversial contractor Whitefish Energy had worked on the transmission line that failed.
"We will no longer be able to hide our poverty and our inequality with palm trees and piña coladas," Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto told HuffPost.
Sick people, older people and the very young are especially vulnerable right now.
Ricardo Rosselló wants the islanders to be treated equally to any other U.S. citizens after a disaster.
FEMA Director Brock Long dismissed her complaints as "political noise."
Kim Weaver says she feels a "special sisterhood" with Carmen Yulín Cruz.