SALINAS, Puerto Rico — Leida Rodriguez had always desired to own a little home by the sea.
Six years ago, she and her husband, Jaime Castellano, arrived in Villa Esperanza, a small community in the southern municipality of Salinas where the Caribbean Sea meets the Nigua River, to make that dream come true.
“It is a very peaceful place, a lot of humble people,” said Rodriguez, 50. “Quickly, they took us in like family.”
