Puerto Rico: Treasury abruptly cuts $4.7 billion loan by more than half
Gov. Ricardo Rossello said federal officials reduced the amount to $2 billion without providing an explanation
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Gov. Ricardo Rossello said federal officials reduced the amount to $2 billion without providing an explanation
Three months after Hurricane Maria savaged Puerto Rico, the U.S. territory is still struggling; DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and HUD Secretary Ben Carson visited the island Tuesday
The blackout hit just as the government announced it had met its goal of 50 percent power generation
Ricardo Ramos, power company director, said Sunday that he's bowing to a demand by the U.S. territory's governor, Ricardo Rossello
"We really want to take all the big picture into consideration, recognizing that we're in this together," Ricardo Rosello said after meeting with Sen. Marco Rubio Thursday
CBS News' David Begnaud, who has covered the crisis extensively, reports that a man sent him pictures of people standing in long lines waiting to get water
Relief supplies are arriving on the island, but getting them to the nearly 3.5 million people in desperate need is close to impossible
So far, $1 billion has been earmarked for recovery by the U.S. government, but on the ground in Puerto Rico, it's not apparent yet
Nearly half a million votes were cast for statehood, about 7,600 for free association/independence and nearly 6,700 for the current territorial status, according to prelim results