Symbol copyright AFP Image caption Puerto Rico has struggled to get over the results of Storm Maria
The mayor of the Puerto Rican capital San Juan says President Donald Trump’s reaction to the hurricane that devastated the united states territory remaining yr is a “stain on his presidency”.
Carmen Yulin Cruz’s feedback came an afternoon after officers mentioned 2,975 folks had died in Puerto Rico following Typhoon Maria final September.
The revised death toll is almost 50 instances the previous estimate of SIXTY FOUR.
“The Trump administration killed the Puerto Rican with neglect,” she mentioned.
Speaking to CNN, she delivered: “The Trump management led us to consider that they had been serving to after they weren’t really up to par.”
What does the record say?
Researchers tracked the collection of deaths using demise certificate and other mortality data between mid-September 2017 to mid-February of this yr.
The Caribbean island is house to 3.3 million other people, a few EIGHT% of that have considering left the island, the look at mentioned.
It also stated that the ones from poorer backgrounds in Puerto Rico were FORTY FIVE% more likely to have been killed in the aftermath of the storm.
The governor of Puerto Rico mentioned he could sign an executive order to create a committee to inspect and positioned into observe the document’s recommendations.
