Podcasts Culture Latino Rebels Radio Of Earthquakes and Pandemics

Of Earthquakes and Pandemics

Published: May 5, 2020, 2:54 a.m.

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Less than 36 hours after Puerto Rico governor Wanda V\\xe1zquez announced that the U.S. territory would gradually reopen in the middle of a global coronavirus pandemic, another earthquake struck the island\'s southern region.

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Crisis response in Puerto Rico continues to be a challenge, and questions still remain if the V\\xe1zquez administration is even following the advice of scientists and public health officials. For this episode of Latino Rebels Radio, host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes M\\xf3nica Feli\\xfa-M\\xf3jer of CienciaPR to discuss.

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Featured Image: A resident wears a protective face mask as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus as he looks at damage caused by a 5.4-magnitude earthquake, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Saturday, May 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

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