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Nine years after María, Hernández Rivera says reconstruction aid has not arrived

On the ninth anniversary of Hurricane María, Puerto Rico's resident commissioner blames bureaucracy and coordination failures for the shortfall in promised aid.

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On the ninth anniversary of Hurricane María, Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández Rivera said Puerto Ricans remain frustrated because much of the promised reconstruction aid has not arrived, blaming coordination failures at federal and local levels, bureaucracy, lack of technical training, and managerial incompetence.[2]