Puerto Rico In Crisis [Pt. 1] Inside The Storm, Controversy And Recovery | AJ+ Docs

Hurricane Maria, the strongest storm to hit Puerto Rico in a century, shredded the island's electrical grid and cut power to the entire island. Puerto Ricans, stunned and wondering where FEMA was, instead looked to each other for help.
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[@jerziboricua1]

they want puertoricans to leave the island...they want to build and sell the lands do not leave stay strong!!!! God Bless Puerto Rico!!!

[@pacomiguel6923]

Gabriel Cubas yea your probably right trump wants to turn it to a palm beach island and name it after him perhaps Puerto Trump

[@peaceforall3122]

@@pacomiguel6923 trump did say when he was, (a few years ago) vacationing in Puerto Rico, That he wanted to buy the island and name it after him.

[@carloserivera7149]

How the hospital were afected to care the

[@carloserivera7149]

How the hospital were able to care to ill ones if they need to be trasfer to the hospital if all the roads were block by drebree

[@MightiestArm]

This breaks my heart

[@PURITA-jg3el]

THANK YOU AJ, GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS AND GOD BLESS PEOPLE FROM PR AND ALL ISLANDS AND OUR LATINO PEOPLE AROUND THE 🌎🌍🌎🌍 WORLD 🙏🏽🙏🏾🙏🏿🙏🏻🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THESE VIDEOS AND MRS JULIN. "NOS DOBLARON , MAS NO NOS ROMPIERON". MAY GOD BLESS US ALL 🙏🏻🙏🏾🙏🏿🙏🏽🙏🏻🙏🏾🙏🏿🙏🏽🙏🏻 🙏🏾🙏🏿🙏🏽🙏🏻

[@derrickperez2930]

Wtf!!! P.R. is a u.s. territory.. Therefore America is responsible to help!!. There's enough money, not enough compassion!!

[@radrook2153]

They don't notice that.

[@PURITA-jg3el]

CORRECTLY 💯👍💯👍👍💯👍💯👍 TRUMP KNOWS AND KNEW THAT, HE JUST DIDN'T CARE, IT'S NOT HIS PEOPLE AND HE DOESN'T LIVE THERE, HE COULD CARELESS.

[@seanmastro6782]

The hardest and most rewarding thing is to bring your people together to make your island right. The reward to take responsibility for yourselves is the greatest joy and love you can feel for each other, don't let hate blind or take away from the loving and beautiful people you all are. Let the leaders rise who empower the people to succeed and achieve together without expectation that they are automatically deserving. Get tough Puerto Rico, and make your ways functional again!!!

[@izunaragnhildr7180]

I'm seeing this 2 years later, and I'm still mad at my "government", they didn’t do shit to help us, WE HELPED EACH OTHER! even though some of us lost everything. Oh! And like 4 months ago, the people found more FEMA supplies hidden in a warehouse. Beds, food, batteries, water, EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE for us to at least “live better” during the emergency.

[@gredisant]

Keep doing the videos on Puerto Rico they are great information exposing colonial state

[@caleromusic]

Great job to the one that recorded this documentary, I saw the entire thing. Very accurate!

[@zhangyixing6524]

Puerto Rico needs to be independent. All of this colonial attitude expressed by the United States is humiliating.

[@geeganzo5072]

it is humiliating but Puerto Ricans don't have any shame, they never did.

[@zhangyixing6524]

Some of them do. Remember the attempted assasination of the POTUS by a Puerto Rican nationalist? However, somehow, the sentiment died down. But I'm sure the spirit for independence will be reignited after this hurricane. A people can't live in shame like this forever,

[@GustavoRodriguez-qr5po]

Zhang Yi Xing oscar rivera lopez a puerto rican hero

[@GustavoRodriguez-qr5po]

PRIndependencia Capitalista hey... i see u everywhere my fellow bouriquan

[@MattZiggy]

Riiiight. They are corrupt, being independent would only make it even worst. I mean, you're talking about idiots who hired an electrical company that had 2 employees to rebuild the entire infrastructure. LOL

[@Sheislove144]

god bless you for making this video

[@derrickperez2930]

And we are all HUMAN. DIVISION is an illusion. Everyone should help everyone no matter race, or country or state. We are ONE! Live and learn

[@duffmckagan7020]

I agree with you I'm Mexican american someone said that we are ugly short fat migets is that true

[@MichaelA.2499]

This made me sad

[@Sheislove144]

this world is in shambles humans are cruel..look at all the horrible negative comments towards Puerto Rican and Puerto Ricans .it breaks my heart..there is no love or humanity left..I'm heartbroken ..I pray for my island and my brothers and sisters of the island..

[@LeMoveableFeast]

thanks for the info, Reporting, Journalism.......Fascists running TV Media today do not even mention PR, Houston, any Reconstruction Efforts.... Thanks for Keeping this Awareness Alive On lIne.

[@gameboyinc4694]

It turned out that PR own mayor and governor were holding supplies from their own people. Do a documentary on that por favor.

[@inzoria7727]

I love how the love each other and stick together 🥰 Nothing like the states where they help you only because they will get sued if they dont

[@radrook2153]

Well, if the Puerto Rican politicians fell into that category things would greatly improve.

[@OGSuki.]

Oh my god.

[@poisonouspagan1690]

A natural disaster is a natural disaster.It means severe limitations and very slow recovery. I should know. I was here and still am. I consider the help we got in the mountains was pretty efficient. And we had no power for 6 months. The the upper crust had their electric power restored in 2 weeks. Go figure.

[@tonymontanap.r1432]

Puerto rico se levanta más fuerte ✊✊✊

[@anatitan5546]

Here is Reno we dump astronomical amounts of fresh glasses of waters in our restaurants. Just because the customer gets the wonderful privilege to have it for free on the house. They just let us throw it away in the sink so they don't have to pee so much. It's stupid.They do some other things with the garbage that is against the science of good nature physics.EVEN though they have the tools & materialism to correct their waste. I am cam imagine the Snow Blizzard full of Garbage Trash Masoon- Typhoon here in Lake Tahoe. Transmission sent from Mount Rose,NV. 9.11am 10.31.22

[@gredisant]

You should do one on la ley de Cabotaje

[@OsirisMalkovich]

Can a not shitty country adopt Puerto Rico? Because the US is doing fuck all for these people.

[@HockeyJock]

Osiris Malkovich - Are there any left though?

[@Stopsign32v]

So quit asking for our American help or American money.

[@radrook2153]

They don't want another country. They want the USA.

[@zudust1984]

i live in puerto rico

[@curtisgrantham2392]

Puerto Rico's need to send people to all 50 states and get them elected to public office and then Puerto Rico will have the political power they need to help them self's out.

[@berenicelopez5662]

What I want to know what happen to all the donations all these artists like Jennifer Lopez and fat joe ? Where did it go too? Obviously not Puerto Rico 🙁 this is so sad god bless them please they need you more then ever ❤️

[@RonsmooveTI]

Berenice Lopez Puerto Rico government is corrupt

[@americanexplorer459]

Explain!

[@CANControlGRAFFITI]

Homie brought ice.

[@P3ashooter025]

4 years.....

[@vetherz]

Almost 2 years later, and they are still people with out electronicity, also without houses.

[@bennyblanco4008]

Yea? Is that a shock to you? What you think the whole island should be rebuilt by now? Yea, piece of cake.

[@emilym3139]

@@bennyblanco4008 nobody expects the island to be rebuilt by now but people still not having electricity after all this time is ridiculous. Some people with money were able to have their electricity back on weeks later and we are going on years later and there are people who still don't have any power thats just awful

[@brendarivera6058]

Did Trump came to Puerto Rico and compared to Katrina saying a real catastrophe why the comparison ?

[@noeld5292]

I just went to puerto rico...its amazing how you can't tell it happened.

[@britneyhouston-escajeda7246]

Where did you stay? Im here now and I can tell, there are areas that are destroyed still only areas that look recovered is San Juan to Ocean park

[@noeld5292]

@@britneyhouston-escajeda7246 durado del mar it was nice. I did notice many places had no one home. The locals said a lot of people left and went to the states to live with relatives whe the power was out.

[@inzoria7727]

I'm very confused as to why that drank there water from ( 5:03 ) a sewage well when their and island with ocean water on all 4 sides. Can't you boil sea was water and drink it?

[@franceslopez8242]

🤦🏻‍♀️🙄

[@bronxspider1944]

They know our culture They know Rice Meat More potatoes Okay Seasoning Fish Dough for backing Bread These are the items needed

[@bronxspider1944]

HELICOPTERS FOR ONE!!!!!!!

[@Crazystuffyousee]

How about asking Puerto Rico's legislators for help since instead of giving $113 MILLION in Christmas bonuses to current and former government employees, according to Bloomberg. Oh but the mainstream media wont talk about that.....

[@rushokim]

How is it $70 billion dollars in debts though?

[@bronxspider1944]

Oil

[@nereidapr1]

The mayor of San Juan should speak with the truth. 70 % has not gotten anything from San Juan. The representative came and gave per house 2 small bottle of water and 3 small pks pf cookies. I still have all the rubbish around my house and a giant tree in front of my door. Con que cara?

[@leljdam3189]

*couldn't play ps4 for a month lol*

[@marcomarkproductions]

Can't they travel to the US?

[@radrook2153]

Sure! That's one escape that they take advantage of.

[@franceslopez8242]

Yes but it’s not easy for everyone. We left because my husband already had a job and we rented an apartment within a week of arriving. But not everyone has the money or family. I’m great full that I’m in the mainland for the past 5 years.

[@bronxspider1944]

FEMA NADA NADA NAAAAAADDDDDDAAAAASSSSSSSSSS NOTHING

[@johnnyflores8116]

So beautiful island government for us to put his money through his pocket

[@juanramirezgonzalez2213]

PR should look into getting a federal prison and maybe a toxic superfund or something.#TaiwanNumberOneFREE EAST TURKISTAN

[@carloserivera7149]

Nothing was done for the New Orleans POEPLE on there ruff waiting to be help whit there olderly love ones and there pets

[@radrook2153]

That would mean maybe not being able to send money to Israel, Ukraine, North Korea, etc.

[@brendarivera7470]

To think Puerto Ricos owned Governor Ricardo Rossello Party profited and limited the help total deceit ...

[@radrook2153]

There is a tendency to consider being a successful thief as being very clever.

[@agustindejesus7398]

Please stop constructing wooden houses. Puerto Rico can be hit by any storm during the storm season. The more wooden houses or buildings the more garbage after a hurricane.

[@valenry]

They didn’t help us from cayey😡

[@manishbhatta7728]

Why does puerto rico needs to suffer because of trump ?

[@Justmylukc]

no, because of the political corruption in puerto rico itself.

[@dannycheek8118]

Your forgetting we are a republic. It's not just Trump that would be responsible. We're not a monarchy so think before mindlessly blaming on a single person.

[@punnymoney3692]

We should cut off PR. Let them be like the Dominican republic. 60% of the people are on government assistance before the hurricane.

[@-moumou-]

Punny Money have you lost all capacity for empathy?

[@punnymoney3692]

"sigh" your right but.... PR such a drain on the rest on America! 73 Billion in debt before the hurricane. So lets say we fix up PR and it happens again.

[@punnymoney3692]

I hope so too :) I wanna come down there with my USD and live like a KING!! lol 3 girls, cheap hotels just like the DR is now!!

[@punnymoney3692]

lol, you know damn well Americans are going to do whatever they want. If we take you guys off the USD Americans will buy up everything!! My advice is buy up as much as you can now while the prices are low.

[@GustavoRodriguez-qr5po]

jjcp292 they didnt need help, they wanted land, its simple empire building

[@bronxspider1944]

Trumps Dis Dis Respected!

[@rubenmirandamiranda1105]

I'm Puerto Rican and I can tell you that the main issue is corruption and bureaucracy. Thank you very much President Trump and God bless you.

[@rubenmirandamiranda1105]

Thank you very much President Trump and God bless you.