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The President has been forced to defend himself as the media and some leftists in Puerto Rico like the San Juan mayor attempt to cast blame on FEMA and the President for allegedly not helping Puerto Rico. None of this is his responsibility.
There is no question the supplies are on the island but the conditions on the island are dismal. There are two significant factors our media won’t report. In fact, they are lying about them the roving gangs and the demands of at least one private union.
Problems on the island are devastating. The loss of power, shortage of diesel fuel, the collapsed infrastructure, and lack of cell phone service, are monumental, but, on top of that, union drivers are being told by leadership not to drive and there are roving gangs robbing the trucks.
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Pasqualina Ghilardi, 87, (center) is flanked by carer Michela Valle (left) and director Maria Giulia Madaschi as she talks on a video call Dec. 19 with Caterina Damiano, a donor unrelated to her, who bought and sent her a sweater as a Christmas present through an organization dubbed âSantaâs grandchildren,â at the Martino Zanchi nursing home in Alzano Lombardo, northern Italy.
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Caterina Bertocchi, 91, talks via video call on Dec. 19 with Irene Schiavone, a donor unrelated to her, who bought and sent her a Christmas present through an organization dubbed âSantaâs grandchildren,â at the Martino Zanchi nursing home in Alzano Lombardo, northern Italy.
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Celestina Comotti, 81, is comforted by director Maria Giulia Madaschi as she cries as she talks on a video call with Alessia Mondello a donor unrelated to her who bought and sent her a shawl as Christmas present through an organization dubbed Santa s Grandchildren , at the Martino Zanchi nursing home in Alzano Lombardo, one of the area that most suffered the first wave of COVID-19, in northern Italy, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) December 23, 2020 - 11:51 PM
ALZANO LOMBARDO, Italy - Emotions are running high this holiday season at the Martino Zanchi Foundation nursing home in northern Italy near Bergamo after months of near-total isolation for its residents.
ALZANO LOMBARDO, Italy (AP) Emotions are running high this holiday season at the Martino Zanchi Foundation nursing home in northern Italy near Bergamo after months of near-total isolation for its residents.
Long-time resident Celestina Comotti was disbelieving as a staff member read aloud a Christmas greeting from a family peering at her expectantly over a video call.
“Damn!’’ Comotti exclaimed when nursing home staff confirmed that her well-wishers - 9-year-old Simon, his sister Marta and mother Alessia - were people she had never met before. The 81-year-old woman dissolved into tears. I am trembling,” she said, adjusting her eyeglasses.
Despite a grim year marked by death and loneliness, the holiday spirit is descending on the Zanchi nursing home, one of the first in Italy to shut its doors to visitors after a COVID-19 case was confirmed in the nearby hospital on Feb. 23.
ALZANO LOMBARDO, Italy (AP) Emotions are running high this holiday season at the Martino Zanchi Foundation nursing home in northern Italy near Bergamo after months of near-total isolation for.