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Ceclia Butini

Ceclia Butini is a correspondent with Agence France Presse in the Washington, D.C. bureau. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School.

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Puerto Ricans displaced to Mainland by Hurricane, Trump Neglect, abandoned by FEMA

Puerto Ricans displaced to Mainland by Hurricane, Trump Neglect, abandoned by FEMA

Ceclia Butini

New York (AFP) – They arrived in New York from Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island in September 2017, leaving widespread devastation in its wake and a death toll that would spiral to almost 3,000. A year on, Joannelly Cruz and her mother Gloria Martinez are in a homeless shelter, part of a […]

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