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Protestors Demand Puerto Rico’s Governor Resign After Residents Discover Warehouses Full Of Relief Supplies

Emily Zanotti
Protestors Demand Puerto Rico’s Governor Resign After Residents Discover Warehouses Full Of Relief Supplies
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Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in Puerto Rico Monday and Tuesday, demanding that the island’s governor resign over what they are calling the complete mismanagement of emergency relief.

Over the weekend, a Facebook video went viral showing residents of Ponce, Puerto Rico, breaking into a warehouse full of emergency supplies, apparently delivered in the wake of Hurricane Maria, which devastated the island back in 2017. The warehouse was full of pallets of bottled water, non-perishable food, baby supplies and diapers, blankets, and bedding, that was never distributed to those who were in dire need, but, instead, kept under lock and key by local government and Puerto Rico’s emergency management authority.

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