Criticism of Puerto Rica response to Hurricane Maria devastation

The situation in Puerto Rico is becoming politicised and now there is a backlash against mainstream media coverage.

From what I have observed the position of Trump is unconscionable.

However, for balance I am posting these two items.

I am no fan of lamestream media so, given what I have heard about other centralised responses to previous disasters there may be an element of truth here.

Or not?

The Truth About The Puerto Rico Crisis Exposed

How Mayor Carmen Yulis Cruz is using it to circulate propaganda in Puerto Rico and what has been accomplished in Puerto Rico so far.

BREAKING NEWS: POLICE OFFICER IN PUERTO RICO CALLS NYC RADIO STATION TO REPORT SAN JUAN MAYOR WITHHOLDING FOOD & WATER FROM DYING CITIZENS!

Hal Turner Show,
1 October, 2017

In a startling development in the crisis facing Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria destroyed much of that island, a Police Officer from Puerto Rico used a Satellite Phone to call-into a New York City Radio Station to expose the Mayor of San Juan asdeliberately withholding food and water from dying citizens!

The female officer, sometimes crying and sobbing at what she personally saw, says San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz is not allowing anyone to distribute emergency supplies.  The officer went on to say that some people in Puerto Rico are beginning to DIE of STARVATION because of what the Mayor of San Juan is doing!

Here is a Youtube video of the Police Officer calling-in to a New York City radio station; WARNING: Utterly heartbreaking

The mayor of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico cast serious doubt Saturday on the claims made by San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz, who has repeatedly attacked President Trump and accused him of abandoning Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

Guaynabo’s mayor, Angel Perez, said in an interview with The Daily Caller that his experience with the federal government has been different from Cruz’s, in part because — unlike Cruz — he has been participating in meetings with officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other federal agencies.

When asked about Cruz’s “genocide” statement, Perez said, “I don’t know why she is saying that. What I can tell you is my experience. She is not participating in any meetings and we had a couple already with the governors and with representation of FEMA and of HUD, of these whole federal agencies that have given us help and she’s not participating in those meetings and some mayors from her political party have been participating, so I don’t know why she is saying that.

Worse, this very same Mayor went on International TV to claim there was no aid coming to Puerto Rico from the US, and she said this while standing in front of a warehouse with PALLETS FULL OF AID!

Now we know why the people have no aid.

The Teamsters Union drivers did not show up to work. Only 20% of drivers arrived at the ports to distribute the relief supplies.

Former Puerto Rico AG Cut Off By CNN After Accusing San Juan Mayor Of Being A Political Hack

Zero Hedge,

October, 2017

Donald Trump's feud with San Juan mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz got an unexpected reinforcement today, when Former Puerto Rico Attorney General Jose Fuentes, a Republican, on Sunday took aim at Cruz, accusing her of attacking President Trump and using hurricane relief efforts to lay the groundwork for a gubernatorial bid.

Speaking on CNN's "New Day", Fuentes accused Cruz of making an about-face, saying she supported Trump just a few days ago, until her political adviser suggested the idea of running for governor.

"The mayor of San Juan is a political hack," Fuentes said. "She was singing the praises of the president until her political adviser, [Rep.] Luis Gutiérrez from Chicago, got there and brought her the t-shirts and said, 'Hey you want to run for governor, if she wants to run..." at which point the CNN anchor cut him off, pointing to audio issues, and claiming he could no longer hear Fuentes, handing over the mic  to CNN's Democratic Political Commentator Maria Cardona, who unleashed a scathing critique before somehow audio returned at which point Fuentes was once again given the platform, when he again repeated that any logistical problems were the result of political posturing by the San Juan mayor at which point both the CNN anchor and and Cardona doubled down their attack, and so on.

Watch CNN's anchor shut down Fuentes 2 mins 38 seconds into the clip below.

Also on Sunday, FEMA administrator Brock Long defended the Trump administration's response to the Puerto Rican humanitarian crisis, warning of a fragmented response if mayors do not take part in the relief effort.  "If mayors decided not to be apart of that [relief effort] then the response is fragmented," Long told Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday" in response to criticism from the mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulin Cruz.

"What I don't have patience for is the fact that what we're trying to do and we have successfully done is we've established a joint field office in San Juan. And you should go there, you should go see that operation, where we're having daily conversations with all of the mayors, we're working with the government and his leadership to create unified objectives," Long said. "We can choose to look at what the mayor spouts off or what other people spout off or we can also choose to see what's actually being done," he continued.

For those who may have (blissfully) missed it, dominating the weekend newsflow (again), the Trump administration came under fire from critics who said it has failed to help Puerto Rico as it struggles with widespread power outages, collapsed infrastructure and ongoing shortages of water and supplies.

On Saturday, Trump launched a series of tweets attacking Cruz, and accusing the mayor of exhibiting poor leadership in the midst of the recovery efforts and claiming Puerto Rican leaders want the federal government to do everything for them. His tweets came one day after Cruz issued an emotional plea for help, saying people are dying on the American territory and blaming stalled recovery efforts on the federal government's inefficiency and red tape.

"I will do what I never thought I was going to do. I am begging, begging anyone who can hear us to save us from dying. If anybody out there is listening to us, we are dying, and you are killing us with the inefficiency," Cruz said during a Friday press conference, just days after praising Washington's response.

The president is scheduled to travel to the Hurricane devastated Puerto Rico on Tuesday.

It does seem odd that these people should be silent for a week and only speak up when the whole thing has become politicsed with the San Juan’s plea.

The Americans, if they want to know how to do things should look at how the little island state of Vanuatu are managing things.

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