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The wake of Hurricane Maria lingers in struggling Puerto Rico

by Andy Uhler
Mar 7, 2018
Piles of debt and a fraying social safety net hamper the island’s recovery, even six months after the storm. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 
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Puerto Rico's search for investors amid disaster recovery

by Lizzie O'Leary
Feb 23, 2018
The government estimates an 11 percent drop in the economy next year.
Department of Economic Development and Commerce Secretary Manuel Laboy, left, speaks onstage during the Pathway to the Future: Opportunities of an Economic Transformation Forum at PlayStation Theater on Feb. 15 in New York City. Top Puerto Rico government officials announced that Puerto Rico is open for business.
Cindy Ord/Getty Images of Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development & Commerce
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What will happen to all the abandoned homes in Puerto Rico?

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jan 25, 2018
A foreclosure wave is coming.
Protesters rally against foreclosures on Puerto Rican families affected by Hurricane Maria, outside the offices of TPG Capital, Dec. 20, 2017 in New York City. The activists claims that TPG Capital's mortgage service companies are aggressively foreclosing on families in Puerto Rico after many people were displaced from their homes following Hurricane Maria.
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Why the lights are still out in parts of Puerto Rico

by Marketplace Weekend Staff
Jan 12, 2018
A check in on the state of recovery after Hurricane Maria
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The blackout in Puerto Rico is hurting hospitals

by Kai Ryssdal and Shaheen Ainpour
Jan 8, 2018
Puerto Rico still hasn’t recovered from Hurricane Maria. Along with the enormous human impact, the island’s infrastructure is in disrepair. The Associated Press reports that over 40 percent of the island’s power customers continue to live without electricity. Now the effects are being felt in the wider American economy. A big chunk of the IV […]
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Puerto Rico hopes to hold on to medical manufacturers

by Renata Sago
Dec 29, 2017
The new U.S. tax law will put an end to Puerto Rico’s longtime status as a tax shelter for U.S. multinational companies. Companies will now have to pay 12.5 percent on what they make on the island. One-third of Puerto Rico’s tax base now comes from medical manufacturers. If they flee, it would mean more […]
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The long recovery: 2017’s biggest natural disasters

What recovery looks like for a small, historic Puerto Rico town

by Kimberly Adams , Paulina Velasco and Katie Long
Dec 29, 2017
San German's lights are mostly on, but the city's mayor says bureaucracy is slowing down progress.
A view of Porta Coeli in San German, Puerto Rico.
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Bond remains strong between Puerto Rican evacuees and those who stayed

by Renata Sago
Dec 22, 2017
Families, now divided between the mainland and the island, start new endeavors and try to preserve old ties.
Wireless internet at an extended-stay FEMA hotel in Orlando is the main way the Hernandezes keep in touch with family still in Puerto Rico.
Renata Sago/Marketplace
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How businesses in Puerto Rico are recovering after Maria

by Lizzie O'Leary
Dec 18, 2017
"It's basically been a lot of effort to try and stay on my feet."
A convenience store in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico is open, after the owner lost $25000 in spoiled goods after Hurricane Maria.
Joanne Griffith/Marketplace
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Puerto Rico’s hurricane damage derails debt repayment plan

by Ryan Kailath
Dec 12, 2017
Economists say the island is economically crippled for the foreseeable future.
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