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Puerto Rico fires emergency director after finding warehouse full of - wasted Hurricane Maria aid

Posted: Jan 19th, 2020 - 12:56 pm

Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vazquez has fired the island’s director of emergency management after officials found a warehouse full of emergency supplies dating back to 2017's Hurricane Maria.

Vasquez dismissed Carlos Acevedo on Saturday and gave officials two days to investigate why the wasted supplies were forgotten. The warehouse was initially investigated for damage following recent earthquakes in the area, and investigators found thousands of items of supplies, including food, water, diapers, and medicine that were intended to help those affected by Hurricane Maria years ago...

In September 2018, hundreds of pallets of water were found abandoned on an airstrip. The water had gone bad sitting in the sun for months, while many in Puerto Rico lacked access to clean water. A month prior, a local radio station found crates of food, water, medicine, and other supplies left to rot in a state elections office. By the time the discovery was made, rats and other animals had already broken into the supplies and torn through trailers full of aid.

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Puerto Rico fires emergency director after finding warehouse full of - wasted Hurricane Maria aid (Views: 189, 2020-01-19, 12:56 pm)
- Will CNN apologize for accusing the President of not - sending aid? I remember that woman (Views: 108, 2020-01-19, 12:58 pm)
  - Here's an article about how Trump treated - Puerto Rico. SM (Views: 129, 2020-01-20, 5:07 am)
    - Yet the Islanders agreed with Trump. At point about - 15 years ago, they had a (Views: 90, 2020-01-20, 5:26 am)
      - Look at the source of the anti-Trump article, Common Dreams. - A progressive far left publication (Views: 73, 2020-01-20, 5:30 am)
        I could also say "look at the source" when - articles appear in (Views: 85, 2020-01-20, 6:01 am)
        I'd challenge anyone to - clear his head, compare (Views: 121, 2020-01-20, 11:45 am)
        Trump is a convenient target. FEMA was folded into the - DHS after Katrina and the fedgov can (Views: 57, 2020-01-20, 7:47 am)
      - So, then it's okay for ordinary people - to suffer...sm (Views: 70, 2020-01-20, 5:50 am)
        It's their own officials fault. That's who withheld aid. - That's who is corrupt. No it's (Views: 81, 2020-01-20, 5:53 am)
        Everything is Trump's fault now. It's the new default. - nm (Views: 75, 2020-01-20, 5:55 am)
        You betcha. - No message (Views: 73, 2020-01-20, 6:18 am)
        He's the leader of our country. Who - else should we blame (Views: 83, 2020-01-20, 6:03 am)
        How about Puerto Rico. They withheld the aid. - DUH (Views: 106, 2020-01-20, 6:05 am)
        That's not a completely proven fact... - so you can't say that. (Views: 85, 2020-01-20, 6:07 am)
        Sure. The water, food, diapers - and medicine holed up (Views: 78, 2020-01-20, 9:11 am)
        Don't try to reason with someone with Trump Derangement - Syndrome. Don't waste your breath. (Views: 94, 2020-01-20, 6:07 am)
        That is not what he said. - BS (Views: 70, 2020-01-20, 6:04 am)
        When he descended that escalator to kick - off his campaign... (Views: 95, 2020-01-20, 6:15 am)
        Can't any of you exercise a - modicum of imagination (Views: 54, 2020-01-22, 9:19 am)
        You want them living - in your house? (Views: 37, 2020-01-23, 5:50 pm)
      - Many people didn't wait on their corrupt govt and helped - other people and themselves. (Views: 118, 2020-01-20, 6:15 am)
        Which is what usually happens when - disasters occur. (Views: 79, 2020-01-20, 6:49 am)
      - Let’s look at Puerto Rico, the U.S. territory whose govt - has also long been run by utterly (Views: 73, 2020-01-20, 7:28 am)
    - "Common Dreams." Yep, that's - my go-to source for (Views: 74, 2020-01-20, 9:08 am)
  - I saw about 250K worth of MREs for sale in Porto Rico - about two weeks ago on the GSA (Views: 90, 2020-01-20, 5:36 am)
  - Trump Was Right! Warehouse in Puerto Rico Discovered - FILLED with U.S. Survival Aid (Views: 83, 2020-01-20, 6:17 am)
    - One warehouse found. Oh please... - give me a break. (Views: 116, 2020-01-20, 6:22 am)
  - This is just like they do in Africa, where the bosses use - the suffering of millions of people (Views: 86, 2020-01-20, 11:43 am)
- They are ALL DEMOCRATS in Puerto Rico that gets TONS - of our TAX Money but they (Views: 104, 2020-01-20, 5:33 am)
  - The Clinton Foundation tool money that was supposed - to go to Haiti, plus Hillary's brother (Views: 102, 2020-01-20, 6:00 am)
    - We're not talking about them right now. - Irrelevant. NM (Views: 65, 2020-01-20, 6:05 am)
      - Entirely relevant. Demonstrates a pattern. - Corruption is rife among leftists. (Views: 78, 2020-01-20, 9:15 am)
  - Can you verify that there is not one - Republican in PR (Views: 89, 2020-01-20, 6:27 am)
    - Are you the same poster who tells people to "educate - yourself" and says stuff about (Views: 81, 2020-01-20, 6:30 am)
    - Here's a link about PR taxes. - No message (Views: 95, 2020-01-20, 6:36 am)
      - Puerto Ricans are required to pay federal income taxes - on income FROM FEDERAL SOURCES (Views: 68, 2020-01-20, 6:45 am)
        Yes, correct. That's what the link stated. - See message (Views: 95, 2020-01-20, 6:59 am)
        They got humanitarian aid. Their govt didn't distribute - it (Views: 83, 2020-01-20, 7:18 am)
        Right, territories don't pay income tax, and PR - vacuums up a lot of welfare. (Views: 52, 2020-01-20, 7:50 am)
    - Has commondreams.org - replaced Wikipedia as the (Views: 99, 2020-01-21, 9:16 am)
    - What is this? Is commondreams.org - sending out spooksmen now? (Views: 48, 2020-01-23, 5:59 pm)
- The warehouse was "discovered" after the last earthquake. - The word discovered is in quotes because the wareh (Views: 80, 2020-01-20, 5:38 am)