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Coral Murphy Marcos in New York

‘We would go back’: will Hurricane Fiona worsen Puerto Rico’s population drain?

A man walks through a closed commercial area in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Austerity measures and budget cuts to public services have left the island bereft of talent. Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/AFP/Getty Images

Bad Bunny blasted from the jukebox, filling the air at the Caribbean Social Club in Brooklyn, a bar Puerto Ricans have been coming to since the 1970s.

After Hurricane Maria hit and devastated the US territory in September 2017, reggaeton artists gradually trumped decades-old salsa favorites, as more new and young New Yorkers such as Paula Colón and Roberto Cruz began frequenting the bar.

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