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So I’m on vacation but I see Hurricane Maria trending so I wanted to give some light to this situation. So the reporting say 4600 people died because of Hurricane Maria and I’m going to break it down for why it’s not just the Hurricane.
1. Let’s take it back with some facts Puerto Rico is a colony of the United States and has been since 1917 (Puerto rico before that was owned by Spain and there was the Treaty of Paris but that’s for a different day).
2. Puerto Rico for many years was known as a “commonwealth” which means it is an owner property of the United States where people born there have what I call “citizenship lite” meaning you get a passport but no vote in Congress, Senate or for who serves as President of the US
