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"Launching a propulsive middle grade nonfiction series, a young man shares how he combated Puerto Rico's public health emergency after Hurricane Maria. Suffering heavy damage in the wake of Hurricane Maria in 2017, Puerto Rican communities lacked access to clean water and electricity. Salvador Gómez-Colón couldn't ignore the basic needs of his homeland, and knew that nongovernmental organizations and larger foreign philanthropies could only do so...
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xii, 267 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Chef José Andrés arrived in Puerto Rico four days after Hurricane Maria ripped through the island. The economy was destroyed and for most people there was no clean water, no food, no power, no gas, and no way to communicate with the outside world. Andrés addressed the humanitarian crisis the only way he knew how: by feeding people, one hot meal at a time. From serving sancocho with his friend José Enrique at Enrique's ravaged restaurant in San...
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"In the rubble of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans and ultrarich "Puertopians" are locked in a pitched struggle over how to remake the island. In this vital and startling investigation, New York Times bestselling author and activist Naomi Klein uncovers how the forces of shock politics and disaster capitalism seek to undermine the nation's radical, resilient vision for a just recovery."--Page [4] of cover.
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160 pages ; 23 cm
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"Puerto Rico, 2017. Apenas una semana despǔs de restablecida la electricidad, las noticias alertan de la llegada de un segundo hurac̀n, m̀s potente que el anterior. Propensos a la inexactitud y la exageraci̤n, los reportes meteorol̤gicos esta vez parecen ser reales. Han pasado muchos ąos desde que un hurac̀n con un potencial tan destructivo azot̤ la Isla. Si Irma la hab̕a dejado una semana sin luz, ¿qǔ podr̀ esperarse ahora de Mar̕a?......
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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An investigation into FEMA's failure to provide adequate relief in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria in 2017. Looks at the role Wall Street and a debt crisis fueled by the U.S. government have played in Puerto Rico's ongoing humanitarian and economic crisis.
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