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Puerto Rican Day Parade spotlights Hurricane Maria

The traditional celebration held yesterday in New York focused on calling the attention on Puerto Rico´s needs almost nine months after the hurricane

11 de junio de 2018 - 9:42 AM

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In black and referring to the 4,645 victims of Hurricane María, according to a Harvard University study, Rubén Díaz Jr., the Borough President of the Bronx in New York City, Congressman Adriano Espaillat and Assemblyman Marcos A. Crespo carried a banner (Carmen Graciela Díaz)

By Carmen Graciela Díaz

New York - This time, the celebration was different. Joy at the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York had certain solemn nuances: those victims of Hurricane Maria and the diaspora that also carries the weight of the loss and frustration before an island that has changed forever.