By SYRA ORTIZ-BLANES | The Miami Herald | Published: January 24, 2021 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Tribune News Service) Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi declared a state of emergency Sunday over the island s gender violence crisis, a measure local groups have demanded from the government for years. The executive order which allocates public resources to address femicides and other forms of violence against women is considered an important step in addressing a long-existing issue that jumped back into the spotlight after a recent murder. Gender violence is a social evil, based on ignorance and attitudes that cannot have space or tolerance in the Puerto Rico that we aspire to, said Pierluisi in a press release. It is my duty and my commitment as governor to establish a STOP to gender violence and for these purposes I have declared a state of emergency.
Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi declared a state of emergency Sunday over the island s gender violence crisis, a measure local groups have demanded from
Puerto Rico’s nonprofits fear history repeating itself in homeless aid
Homeless providers in Puerto Rico fear that the history of federal emergency funding problems in the U.S. territory will continue with homeless aid provided by the CARES Act and impede their ability to care for those trying to survive the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Howard Center for Investigative Journalism
Since the coronavirus pandemic hit Puerto Rico in March, many homeless relief organizations have been scrambling to meet the basic needs of the island’s homeless population because the majority of federal homeless aid that was allocated has not yet reached them.