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Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico as a Category Four hurricane, two weeks after Category Five Hurricane Irma wrought severe wind and flood damage to much of the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB224665
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Politics and economics update for Puerto Rico.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB229071
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Hurricane impacts, both Fiona in Puerto Rico and Ian, which hit Florida on September 28, have become factors in the US midterm elections as government assistance becomes a means…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273197
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US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had earlier denied a request from Puerto Rico to waive certain provisions of the Jones Act which would allow vessels of any registry to ship…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB224906
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PUERTO RICO: Hurricane Fiona hits power grid anew
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES272807
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Fiscal pressures are causing controversy in Puerto Rico, but so too is fiscal policy-making. On July 5, Governor Ricardo Rossello announced that he would seek a court injunction…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB236100
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Much of the formal agenda consists of work of a technical nature to develop rules and procedures to implement the Paris Agreement. However, Fiji, the first island state to serve…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225551
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This provides a 25-year debt servicing schedule, but leaves suppliers with unpaid public service contracts as the main losers. Puerto Rico’s finances will be under renewed…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260767
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Trump’s commitment to building a US-Mexico border wall means he may try to redirect additional funds from elsewhere for the purpose. Some of these could come from Puerto Rican…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB241833
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The Board has now argued the case for federal endorsement of this latest version of the plan before the judge overseeing the process. The process has taken four years to reach…