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Hurricane Fiona assaulted Puerto Rico just a month after the Bluetide Caribbean Summit, where a speaker suggested the jurisdiction’s place on the “hurricane highway” argues for an opportunistic focus on resilient economic development. Juan Bauzá, an economic...
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This article was updated on 9/17/2022 to clarify certain information and add additional detail. In September 2017, Puerto Rico was hit by a catastrophic double whammy — Hurricane Irma and, just two weeks later, Maria, both devastating storms with Category 4+ winds....
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