Puerto Rico’s infrastructure is so damaged that it can’t distribute aid.

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By Eve AndrewsSep 28, 2017, 5:04 pm138 ptsTrending
On Thursday, President Trump announced — after much feeble deliberation — that he would waive the Jones Act, a century-old law that requires all shipping to U.S. territories to be made through American ships and companies. This massively expensive policy, Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello noted,…

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