Puerto Rico's Recovery Is More Uncertain Than Ever
As the island continues to face dire conditions, President Trump suggested Thursday he may pull back on federal aid.
by Vann R. Newkirk II
Oct 12, 2017
3 minutes
Updated at 12:20 p.m. ET
SAN JUAN, P.R.—The Luis Muñoz Marín Airport here is bustling even in the earliest hours of the morning. People wheel around elderly relatives in need of dialysis, hoping to get a spot on flights that have been overbooked, even though many airlines have resumed full menus of flights to the mainland. Several other people are visitors with no intent at all of flying out—it’s just that the airport is one of the few stable sources of power and cell signal in the city, where street lights
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