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Covid-19, Hurricane Maria, and the looming threat of natural disasters are testing Puerto Rico’s resilience

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“The combination of all of these disasters have just accelerated Puerto Rico’s downward spiral,” says Amílcar Barreto, a native of Puerto Rico and the interim chair of Northeastern’s Department of Cultures, Societies and Global Studies.

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