Commentary: Puerto Rico needs more than a morale boost to recover from its disasters
by Luisita Lopez Torregrosa, Los Angeles Times
Mar 29, 2019
3 minutes
After a stretch of disastrous years that included a recession, a debt crisis, bankruptcy, a hurricane and the exodus of thousands of residents from the island, 2019 is shaping up to be a good year for Puerto Rico - or at least for Puerto Rican morale.
Several things came together, mostly by chance, to lift the island's spirits and give Puerto Ricans a sense of hope. That is due, in important measure, to two New York Puerto Ricans, Lin-Manuel Miranda and
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