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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

How Bad Bunny is highlighting Puerto Rico's blackouts – and the long dark colonial history behind them

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History has a way of repeating itself in Puerto Rico.

On Sunday, 22 September, Hurricane Fiona struck the US territory, knocking out power for nearly the entire island, almost exactly five years after Hurricane Maria left Puerto Rico’s 1.5m customers without electricity for a week. As of this Thursday, a million people are without power.

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