Mexie | There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster. Part 2: Puerto Rico @Mexie | Uploaded February 2018 | Updated October 2024, 19 minutes ago.
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Part 1: youtube.com/watch?v=ZjsvG595Gf8&t=

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Cuba’s Response to Hurricanes:
jacobinmag.com/2017/08/hurricane-harvey-cuba-disaster-plan
telesurtv.net/english/news/A-Lesson-for-the-US-Cubas-Response-to-Hurricanes-20170828-0025.html

Democracy At Work with Dr. Richard Wolff: EconoMinute, Price Gouging: youtube.com/watch?v=ZtZNw360x6c

Democracy at Work with Dr. Richard Wolff: Economic Update, Corporate Capitalism in Decline: youtube.com/watch?v=SqJUTPcQ23g

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Kranz, Michael, 2017. Here's how Puerto Rico got into so much debt: businessinsider.com/puerto-rico-debt-2017-10

Massol-Deya, Arturo, 2018. Why Privatizing Puerto Rico’s Power Grid Won’t Solve it’s Energy Problems: theconversation.com/why-privatizing-puerto-ricos-power-grid-wont-solve-its-energy-problems-91179

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