Ramtin Arablui
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There's a before and after Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.
Bad Bunny makes his message clear.
On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria, a Category 4 storm with 155 mph winds, hit Puerto Rico.
It completely devastates the island.
No one is left unaffected.
Homes were just obliterated.
People can't get water.
People can't get food.
The entire roof was blown off, she says.
The response is horrifying on the part of the U.S.
federal government.
Tarps never get there.
FEMA is like nowhere to be found.
They lied to Puerto Ricans saying that only a handful of people had died.
And we're seeing our family members die.
They said that they had done a good job because only a handful of people had died.
The reality was different.
A study by the Universidad Carlos Albizu and Harvard University basically argued that the number was more around 4,645 people.
And that was a conservative estimate.