Borinquén

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Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.7 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Puerto Rico became a U.S. territory in 1898 and for much of the next fifty years Puerto Ricans fought fiercely about this status. Should they struggle for independence, or to be a U.S. state, or something in between? In this episode, we look at Puerto Rico's relationship with the mainland U.S. and the key figures who shaped the island's fate.

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0:00.0	The first pictures now coming in from Puerto Rico after taking a direct hit.
0:06.0	Hurricane Maria slamming into the island and as you heard, one official saying the island
0:10.7	is destroyed.
0:13.9	The number of people who were killed in the storm and its aftermath is now exponentially
0:19.7	higher.
0:20.7	See, the foot that's not enough, the gas is not enough.
0:24.0	An agonizing weight, people desperate to escape.
0:27.4	Now I hate to tell you, Puerto Rico, but you've thrown our budget a little out of whack
0:31.6	because we spent a lot of money on Puerto Rico.
0:34.1	Times that President Donald Trump raised the possibility of selling Puerto Rico in 2017
0:39.4	after Hurricane Maria.
0:40.4	2020 tropical storm season has already been more active than usual and forecasters say
0:45.8	there could be as many as six major hurricanes.
0:49.1	Puerto Rico has had its fair share of difficulties during this pandemic.
0:52.6	It has struggled to get food, supplies and test and so is the question of what the
0:56.9	future of Puerto Rico looks like is now up for debate.
1:02.8	You're listening to Thru Line from NPR.
1:05.5	Where we go back in time.
1:07.5	To understand the present.
1:09.7	Hey, I'm Ramti Nadalbli.
1:13.1	I'm Ram Dabdad Fetah.
1:14.6	And today on the show, Puerto Rico.
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