After a massive New Year’s Eve blackout, nearly all of Puerto Rico’s power has been restored — though the island is also projected to face power shortages later in the day on Thursday. LUMA, the company that manages electricity for the island, said that 99 percent of its customers had power as of Thursday morning.…
Puerto Rico has been plunged into darkness on New Year’s Eve by a nearly island-wide blackout. More than 1.2 million out of almost 1.5 million customers have no electricity, said Luma Energy, the island’s main power distributor. Fully restoring service could take between 24-48 hours, the company said. The blackout prompted renewed calls to address […]
While it was the first time the artist, who went on to perform his song “Una Velita,” publicly endorsed Alianza, this election year he has been vocal about local politics. In June, the rapper, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, announced a buy-one-get-one-free concert ticket deal for his Most Wanted Tour stops in Puerto Rico to […]
Aubrey Plaza is the latest star with Puerto Rican heritage to fire back at comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s controversial joke about Puerto Rico during Donald Trump‘s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday. Speaking at the WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards on Tuesday night, the Agatha All Along actress said she wanted to “very quickly respond to the […]
In the days since comedian Tony Hinchcliffe insulted Puerto Rico at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally in New York City on Sunday by calling it “a floating island of garbage,” there’s been mounting evidence that this might be the rare gaffe that actually matters. The Puerto Rican community around the country is furious — […]
The controversy over an offensive joke about Puerto Rico at a Trump rally has reached the battleground state of Wisconsin. Reaction there shows a divide between supporters of Trump and Harris. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The controversy around an offensive joke about Puerto Rico told at a campaign rally for former President Trump on Sunday […]
The Republican vice-presidential nominee, who spoke at Sunday’s rally where comedian Tony Hinchcliffe described Puerto Rico as an “island of garbage,” said Monday that “we have to stop getting so offended at every little thing.”
Watch: Trump rally speaker calls Puerto Rico ‘a floating island of garbage’ A comedian at a Donald Trump rally called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage”, sparking fury from Republicans and Democrats and accusations of racism. The comic, Tony Hinchcliffe, was among the speakers at the Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. […]
Multiple Republican lawmakers have denounced comments from a speaker at former President Trump’s rally in New York on Sunday about Puerto Rico. At the rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe said “I don’t know if you know this but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the…
Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny and other Latino celebrities shared an appeal from Vice President Kamala Harris to their millions of followers on Sunday night as a guest at a Trump rally declared the territory an “island of garbage” in a racist comedy set. “There is so much at stake in this election for Puerto […]
