San Juan Mayor On Conditions In Puerto Rico And The BBC On Hurricane Mitch, 20 Years Later

San Juan, Puerto Rico Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, attends a House Democratic Leaders news conference with Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017.
San Juan, Puerto Rico Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, attends a House Democratic Leaders news conference with Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP
San Juan, Puerto Rico Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, attends a House Democratic Leaders news conference with Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017.
San Juan, Puerto Rico Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, attends a House Democratic Leaders news conference with Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

San Juan Mayor On Conditions In Puerto Rico And The BBC On Hurricane Mitch, 20 Years Later

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On today’s show: 

  • An exclusive interview with San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz from a April 20 conference titled “Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria, and the Crisis of Colonialism” at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
  • The BBC looks back at 1998 when Central America was hit by Hurricane Mitch. Over 18,000 people died, hundreds of thousands were left homeless.