Puerto Rican group in Chicago calls for action after Hurricane Fiona cuts down power in the island. ‘It feels like Groundhog Day,’ alderwoman says.

With the backdrop of a 59-foot Puerto Rican flag made of steel in Humboldt Park’s Paseo Boricua, local elected officials and community leaders called for action Tuesday after Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico, which made landfall over the weekend — shortly after the fifth anniversary ofIn 2017, the Puerto Rican Agenda of Chicago led relief efforts for the island, landing a plane with essential supplies in Puerto Rico, opening a welcoming center for displaced families and providing $600,000 in...

Playa Salinas is flooded after the passing of Hurricane Fiona in Salinas, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 19, 2022. Many speakers referred to LUMA, the private company in charge of power distribution in Puerto Rico, expressing disbelief with what they called an inability to build a resilient electrical grid for the island. They also called on the U.S. government to investigate the company.

“We must all do more to recognize our duty to those in Puerto Rico; to draw attention to these crises not only because they are tragic, but because too often Puerto Ricans are not allowed to speak for themselves,” the statement read. “We must recognize at root that their inequitable place in this nation will push them to the sides. We stand with you.”

At the news conference, Aileen Velazquez, Chicago’s chief procurement officer, expressed grief on behalf of Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her colleagues for those affected by Category 3 Fiona. Pacione-Zayas said Hurricane Fiona is not the only disaster the island, which she called a modern-day U.S. colony, is experiencing at the moment.“The people of Puerto Rico have never been able to be self-determined. All of their structures have to be channeled through the federal government,” she said.

And still not a peep from the diaperboy in the White House. I remember the orange man was racist because.. well.. he's not a Democrat. Let's see how dementia Joe handles this 😏

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