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Bianca Graulau

9 months

We have too many cars and we’re paying for it with our quality of life. Why are we not prioritizing public transportation? Who benefits from our dependence on cars? Full video is out now👇🏼

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

1 year

Picture this. An investor from the U.S. buys an abandoned building in Puerto Rico for $108k. Holds it for 7 years untouched and lists it for $360k. In the meantime, locals illegally enter and use it to cook for ppl after the hurricane. The “squatters” get to keep the building.

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Bianca Graulau

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2 years

The statue of Spanish colonizer Juan Ponce de León in San Juan is destroyed on the same day the King of Spain is scheduled to visit Puerto Rico. Picture by Telemundo.

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Bianca Graulau

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2 years

All of Puerto Rico lost power last Sunday. Today is Friday and more than 920k people are still without power. People have died because of generators exploding or their house catching fire due to candles. Some supermarkets will have to shut down bc they’re running out of fuel.

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Bianca Graulau

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7 months

I’m confused. When Ukrainians attacked back after Russia’s invasion, the US celebrated them. When Palestinians do the same against Israeli occupation, they’re condemned. Filter the propaganda through this lens: the US empire will always choose sides based on its own interests.

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Bianca Graulau

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1 year

It happened in Caguas. A group needed a place to feed ppl after hurricane María. They found an abandoned building, broke the lock and went in. They cleaned it, installed solar panels and built a kitchen. They used it for 4 years and invested $120k before anyone came to claim it.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

1 year

In the end, Morgan Reed agreed to a sale price of $187k. Comedores Sociales raised the money through grants from different foundations. In December, they announced to the community they held the title. They sang together: the mutual aid center is ours, it belongs to all of PR.

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Bianca Graulau

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2 years

House members just announced the Puerto Rico Status Act. They're proposing a vote between the options of: statehood, independence and free association. The territorial option would be left out. They're calling it a 'historic' move to decolonize PR. Interview with @AOC coming up.

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Bianca Graulau

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1 year

The song brought tears to my eyes. A building that stood behind a lock is now open to a community that desperately needed a place to support each other after the disaster. I have personally seen elders enjoying the services there instead of sitting at home in isolation.

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Bianca Graulau

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1 year

Here are some of the things they offer: - free monthly groceries to 150 families - free massages & acupuncture for the community - ping pong classes for the youth - monthly community farmer’s market with produce at a low cost

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

1 year

The community group started looking for the title holder and found a name that has become familiar to Puerto Ricans: Morgan Reed. The same real estate company tied to the purchase of the former school I told you about in the video with Bad Bunny.

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Bianca Graulau

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1 year

If you think Puerto Ricans being treated like foreigners in the U.S. is infuriating, wait until you hear about the 3+ million of them who are governed by a board they can’t elect. Oh & that board doesn’t owe them transparency, as ruled by the Supreme Court last week.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

1 year

The group in Caguas, Comedores Sociales, says that the company’s first communication was to tell them to either start paying rent or get out. They responded: no, we’re here to negotiate because this building now belongs to us.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

1 year

Morgan Reed also bought this shut down school in Aguadilla and was the company that intended to buy the 40-acre protected plot of land I told you about in Camuy. The company’s executive, Brian Tenenbaum, is a top donor of Puerto Rico’s 3 leading politicians, including the gov.

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Bianca Graulau

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1 year

The community group wanted the investor to donate the building to them. The investor wanted close to the full profit they intended to make on the building. During the negotiations, Comedores Sociales kept using the building to serve the community.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

1 year

How they’re fighting displacement in Puerto Rico:

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

10 months

After the hurricane, some Puerto Ricans realized they had to grow food or they would go hungry. But not everyone had access to land, so some have been occupying abandoned land & turning it into food gardens. And they can’t always compete with wealthy investors moving here. 1/2

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

2 years

Puerto Rico has the highest sales tax in the U.S. The local govt passed a law to allow Puerto Ricans to buy items to prepare for this hurricane season tax-free. But the unelected U.S.-imposed board said “no” bc the govt hasn’t specified where the lost revenue will come from. 1/2

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

7 months

3 reasons to care about what’s happening with Israel & Palestine: - Your taxpayer money is supporting the killing of innocent ppl - The propaganda used to justify violence against Palestinians is the same one colonizers have historically used to demonize colonized/oppressed ppl

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

1 year

I tell you this story and other similar ones currently happening in Puerto Rico in my latest video. Outside investors buying properties is not happening in a vacuum. There are locals who also want those spaces. Who gets to keep them? Watch here:

They're occupying buildings to fight gentrification

Some Puerto Ricans are illegally occupying land and buildings to resist gentrification and displacement.This story was possible thanks to @therealnews and th...

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

3 years

Today, I’m taking off my reporter hat to tell you about a personal situation. The land behind my house is being bought by a realtor group that promotes luxury apartments. I’ve been crying all morning. That’s the land where I feed the horses, that gives me access to the beach.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

2 years

It’s not just Puerto Rico. Mexico’s Indigenous Purepecha knocked down the statue of a colonial-era Spanish priest. The statue showed a Purepecha being forced by the priest to haul and work stones. The statue was put up in 1995. Pictures by Reuters.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

2 years

Remember the construction of a pool on the beach in the town of Rincón? A judge has just declared the construction permit null & ordered the owners of the condos to demolish what they have built & return the land to its natural state in 120 days. Photo: El Nuevo Día

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

11 months

So apparently 77k people agree that saying the name of my country in my native language “sounds really stupid.” Idk whether to laugh or cry.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

3 years

It feels so weird to be in this position as a reporter. But I don’t want to wake up one day and see that our natural resources have been destroyed and our communities locked out of the land where they were born. I’m happy to take a stand for nature and our people.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

1 year

Hawai’i was an independent nation when the descendants of missionaries from the U.S. decided to overthrow its government. Today, Native Hawaiians are struggling to afford to live on the land that was once stolen from their ancestors. Full video:

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

8 months

The U.S. is obsessed with cars. And as a U.S. colony, so is Puerto Rico. Being so car dependent is keeping us poor, sedentary and isolated. So why don’t we have better mass transit? 1/2

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

9 months

I struggle where you vacation. I’ve lost count of the days we’ve gone without running water. I didn’t realize how often it happens bc I had a reserve. But the pump broke & that’ll be $400. Nvm what we already pay for water. I’m tired. And we wonder why so many leave Puerto Rico

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

7 months

This situation is laying bare what some Puerto Ricans have known for a long time. When it comes to the injustices faced by colonized people, it makes little difference if it’s Dems or Reps in power. Neither stand for liberation if it threatens the interests of the empire.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

2 years

There’s an influx of people moving from the states to Puerto Rico invited by tax breaks. Some locals say they’re getting pushed out by investors looking to make money. Investors say they’re creating opportunities. Watch the rest of the video here:

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

6 months

This is why I left corporate US news. They will pretend to embrace your identity as long as they can monetize it, and then discard you as a liability as soon as it makes them uncomfortable.

Soraya Shockley

@sorayashock

6 months

I was working @nytimes on The Daily in May 2021 when Israel began another deadly bombing of Gaza While recording the show, I pushed back, called out the wishy washy pro-Israeli slant. In response, an editor outright said “you shouldn’t work on this bc you’re Palestinian” 🧵

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1 year

Was statehood good for Native Hawaiians? What can Puerto Ricans learn from their experience? I asked them. Watch the full video here:

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@bgraulau

2 years

Watching my 86-yr-old grandpa carry buckets of fuel to fill up the generator. Running to buy batteries for my dad’s fan bc it’s close to 90 degrees today. And relatives throwing out their groceries that have gone bad. This is life in PR now. And we’re some of the lucky ones.

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Bianca Graulau

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1 year

Let me give you another example of how colonialism operates in Puerto Rico. Cost of living increases for Puerto Ricans with public pensions - rejected. Cost of living increase for the private U.S.-Canadian energy company with an already billion dollar contract - approved. 🧵

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

2 years

We’re approaching 2 weeks since Hurricane Fiona came to Puerto Rico. More than 250k are still without electricity, according to Luma. The south & west regions won’t get full power restored until the end of next week. We hear accounts every day of how hard life is w/o the basics.

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Bianca Graulau

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3 years

Another example of Puerto Rico's colonial status. And this one is pretty blatant. The legislature (elected by PRicans) voted against turning over $750 million of taxpayer money to the company privatizing the electric grid. The U.S.-imposed board (not elected) is doing it anyway

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Bianca Graulau

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1 year

Yesterday, Gov. Pedro Pierluisi said it is ‘racist’ and ‘xenophobic’ to criticize outside investors buying property in Puerto Rico. Here’s what he didn’t say:

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Bianca Graulau

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8 months

Me duele y avergüenza aceptar lo mucho que me he cuestionado últimamente si debo seguir viviendo en Puerto Rico. Recientemente, me fui unos días para despejarme y tan pronto regresé, se fue la luz, con la temperatura en 90 grados. Hoy no hay agua.

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Bianca Graulau

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1 year

I just did an interview and was asked about my wish for Puerto Rico. I responded with something I don’t think I had said before: sovereignty. Because no matter what status you prefer for PR, I think we should all want people to have a say over their own lives. Let me explain:

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Bianca Graulau

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2 years

I want to tell you about one of the groups on the list @sanbenito shared to help Puerto Rico. They occupied a building in order to feed ppl after hurricane María. They’ve fixed it, installed solar panels and built a kitchen. But the title is in the hands of an Act 22 beneficiary

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

2 years

Bitcoin billionaire Brock Pierce just bought a 150-room oceanfront hotel in Vieques. Pierce became known in Puerto Rico after a NYTimes article about how he wanted to create a crypto utopia here. He’s an Act 22 (now Act 60) beneficiary, the tax break inviting wealthy ppl to P.R.

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Bianca Graulau

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7 months

Yes, killing innocent civilians is absolutely horrendous. And anyone with a heart doesn’t want to see it happen anywhere, against any group of people. That’s why the U.S. should have been condemning Israel all along for doing it. And stop calling this attack ‘unprovoked’.

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@bgraulau

2 years

Puerto Ricans threw a party to send a message that “the beaches belong to the people.” They believe some beaches are being illegally privatized in places like Dorado.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

3 years

Puerto Ricans already pay among the highest electricity rates in the U.S. for a service that’s unreliable and proved deadly after Hurricane Maria. Now they’ll be subject to higher rates to pay back the debt. And a “sun tax” for those who transition to renewable energy.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

3 years

As the United States celebrates its independence, Puerto Rico reaches the 5-year anniversary under the control of an unelected board imposed by the US. That board is suing the local government (elected by the people) to stop it from protecting public employees’ pensions.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

1 year

Some Puerto Ricans are illegally occupying land and buildings to resist displacement. (This video is bilingual with subtitles in both languages) Watch the full video here:

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

2 years

Protesters won in Rincón, Puerto Rico. On the surface this was over the construction of a pool. But it was really about who does the beach belong to. (Click video to see captions at the bottom)

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

2 years

Cuando el gobernador de Puerto Rico dijo que esperaba que “gran parte” del país tuviera electricidad antes del final del día de ayer, casi 27% de clientes tenían luz. A las de hoy 2am, Luma publicó un tweet que el 28% tenía luz. A esta hora casi 1 millón sigue sin electricidad.

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Bianca Graulau

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2 years

Puerto Ricans haven’t had power since last night. Classes & work have been canceled. Long lines at gas stations & ppl worry about their insulin & medical equipment. I’m reminded that 2 years ago I was interviewing experts about the risks of a centralized electricity grid.

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Bianca Graulau

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2 years

My dad got power restored but the water went out. So we’re debating whether it’s worse to live without electricity or running water. Not as a fun hypothetical. But as our reality in Puerto Rico.

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Bianca Graulau

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3 years

When Puerto Ricans say our land is being bought up, this is what they mean. One of the things I love about being back home is that it still feels very much of the people. That feels like it’s changing. Mind you, that is protected land by law. But everyone I say that to scoffs.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

2 years

Every single-family residence, except one, sold in Old San Juan between 2020 & 2021 was bought by a foreign investor, according to real estate agent Coral Bouret in an interview with El Nuevo Día. In 2021, there was a record number of Act 22 beneficiaries in Puerto Rico.

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Bianca Graulau

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4 months

Estados Unidos bombardeó a los puertorriqueños que exigían independencia en los ‘50s. Con violencia, vigilancia y arrestos logró debilitar la resistencia. Hoy la opresión toma otras formas pero ahí están los paralelismos. No somos tan diferentes al pueblo palestino.

AJ+Español

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4 months

¿Qué tienen en común Puerto Rico y Palestina? Checa lo que @bgraulau tiene que decirte al respecto.

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Bianca Graulau

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1 year

In Puerto Rico ppl still suffer the consequences of weeks’ long power outages while private companies profit. We documented the contrast between PRicans living in poverty who can’t even keep their insulin cold, while the CEO of the company in charge of restoring pwr makes $1M/yr

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

7 months

Vergüenza ajena siento al ver a todos los canales gastando tiempo y recursos en acosar a esta mujer, otra vez. Con tantos otros temas…

Juan Carlos Pedreira

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7 months

La respuesta del año 😆

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Bianca Graulau

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2 years

Public servants like teachers & firefighters took to the streets today in Puerto Rico to demand living wages & pensions.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

2 years

I’m so tired of the “Puerto Ricans are lazy” narrative. We’ve internalized it. And it’s harmful. I know that 750 ppl signing up to become farmers doesn’t make the front page of a newspaper like images of a corporation’s rotting tomatoes does. But we can change the narrative.

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Bianca Graulau

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2 years

Almost 800k are still without power in Puerto Rico on day 6 after hurricane Fiona. Last night, Luma reported that more than 56% of clients now had electricity. This morning that percentage is back down to 46% after a failure with a transmission line, according to Luma.

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Bianca Graulau

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7 months

Surely, it will happen now, right? Surely, if it is confirmed that Israel bombed that hospital killing hundreds, the president of the U.S. will condemn their actions and announce they will be taking away their support unless Israel stops killing innocent Palestinians. Right?

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Bianca Graulau

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2 years

The board said they’re willing to make an “exception” and reconsider allowing the law to stand if the local govt sends a request by Friday. Note: Puerto Rico also has the most generous capital gains tax break in the U.S. that only applies to newcomers. 2/2

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Bianca Graulau

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10 months

The most basic needs of the Puerto Rican people represent lucrative business for U.S. companies.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

3 years

Puerto Ricans are back on the streets shutting down the freeway like they did in 2019. This time they’re protesting the power outages & rate hikes. I see many elders today. A gentleman told me he’s here bc he’s retired & can’t extend his dollars any more than he already does.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

11 months

This week 100k+ clients lost power during record-breaking temps in Puerto Rico. We could see this info on a public page that reports outages in the U.S. PR was often in the top 5 with most clients w/o power. So the U.S.-Canadian company now in charge started blocking the data.

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@bgraulau

7 months

Israel uses Palestine as a weapons and surveillance laboratory.

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3 years

Protests are heating up in #rincon over the construction of a pool on the beach.

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1 year

Privatization was supposed to bring reliable electricity to Puerto Rico but outages now last longer under the U.S.-Canadian company the govt chose for the job. Now they’re about to get a 15-yr contract. What does that mean for Puerto Ricans? Video here:

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

3 years

The best way to help is to support the organization already working to protect the land for agricultural use. They’re helping me because this land was meant for agriculture, not development. Here’s their link:

Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

3 years

It feels so weird to be in this position as a reporter. But I don’t want to wake up one day and see that our natural resources have been destroyed and our communities locked out of the land where they were born. I’m happy to take a stand for nature and our people.

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2 years

I was in Ponce last week when the emergency mgmt director got a call that another person died due to lack of electricity. It was a woman with health conditions who was still w/o power almost 4 wks after the hurricane. There are ppl in Puerto Rico who still don’t have electricity

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3 years

Residents of Vieques are scared. The island is on red alert after getting 27 COVID-19 positive test results in one day. At the end of Nov, tourists from Texas traveled there for vacation & tested positive when they returned home. Now, restaurant employees are testing positive.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

2 years

In Puerto Rico - where electricity is still unstable and outages are regularly in the news - the bill is going up for the seventh consecutive time. This at the request of the US-Canadian company LUMA that privatized part of the operations of the power utility.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

3 years

What the Biden-Harris campaign promised Puerto Rico regarding its debt vs what’s currently happening.

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@bgraulau

2 years

"Many Puerto Ricans say they can no longer afford to remain in their homes with outside investors buying up properties and driving up prices." The average annual income in Rincón is approx. $19k. But 2-bedroom condos that were listing for $290k in 2017 can now go for $420k.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

10 months

Pregunta seria pa’ Twitter PR. Estoy trabajando un reportaje del transporte público y aprendiendo a usarlo para mis propios viajes pq el tapón, la gasolina y buscar parking nos quita vida. Si les hago una guía con paradas en mis negocios locales favoritos usando guagua y tren…

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1 year

Nuestra gente merece mejor contenido noticioso. Que frustración cuando visito a papi y me siento a ver las noticias con él. Lo que veo es el tipo de noticia que cuando me las asignaban a mí me daban ganas de renunciar (hasta que finalmente lo hice) 🧵

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Bianca Graulau

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9 months

This was day 2 of getting around the metro area on public transportation. I’m not sugarcoating it. There are many ways in which our govt is letting us down in regards to mass transit. But we picked the friendly routes & put them in a guide for you. Get it below.

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Bianca Graulau

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1 year

Investors buying property in Puerto Rico are facing off with locals who also want the spaces. Communities have a need for that land - other than profit - like housing, growing food & mutual aid. So some are illegally occupying it. Our latest video here:

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3 years

The government of Puerto Rico designated most of that land for agricultural purposes. But according to activists and community members, exceptions to that rule have become the norm. I’ve been working on a story about this and then it hit my own home. I’m scared and I’m sad.

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Bianca Graulau

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9 months

Harta es poco. Anoche me meto a bañar y el chorro de agua era tan poco que tuve que buscar un galón. Hoy estoy fregando y se va lo poquito que estaba saliendo por la pluma. Voy a bañarme a casa de papi, tampoco tiene agua. Así se vive en la colonia. Y esto es ahora…

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Bianca Graulau

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2 years

LUMA Energy (the private company that took over distribution of energy in PR) is facing accusations that they lack the personnel to inspect power lines and that’s delaying restoration. Today, the ex-linemen who say they’ve tried to join efforts but have been denied will speak.

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Bianca Graulau

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2 years

A group claimed responsibility for taking down the statue & said in a press release: Ahead of the visit of the King of Spain to Puerto Rico & “the escalation of gringo invaders taking over our lands we want to send a clear message: no kings, no gringo invaders, Borikén is ours.”

Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

2 years

The statue of Spanish colonizer Juan Ponce de León in San Juan is destroyed on the same day the King of Spain is scheduled to visit Puerto Rico. Picture by Telemundo.

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3 years

After going back and forth with the Puerto Rico Planning Board, they finally admitted the information about the reserves is not publicly available. They said they would get it to me by the end of the month. I’m asking: why hasn’t it been available since the court order in 2019?

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Bianca Graulau

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1 year

Que noche mala. Casi 12 horas sin luz. Con bajo voltaje que va y viene. Una preocupada por que se dañen los enseres y sin poder dormir con este calor infernal. Y pensando en no decir nada por eso de no quejarme. Condición del Boricua: aguantar y aguantar en la tropicolonia.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

3 years

Our natural resources, food sovereignty, and people’s peace in these neighborhoods are at stake. I keep thinking of the story I just did where the young farmer says: “my dream right now is to have land to grow food.” But instead land like this is at risk of being developed.

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Bianca Graulau

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7 months

Hamas killed 1,200. Israel has killed 1,500 in Palestine - including 447 children. How many more until Israel is done “defending” itself? How many more until the US condemns Israel’s airstrikes? Will we hear the president lament the death of almost 500 Palestinian children?

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

10 months

Illegal construction in Puerto Rico that threatens beautiful, unique and delicate ecosystems. Agencies have known about it since the 70s. Why was it allowed to continue?

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

11 months

Freedom for whom? Comic by @delanadapr

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

2 years

For context, hundreds of linemen who used to work for the public utility were transferred to other govt agencies when LUMA took over. The private company didn’t honor their accumulated benefits and some workers didn’t accept starting over. Some have decades of experience.

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@bgraulau

1 year

Conversación real con mi hermano que vive en Gainesville, Florida. Yo: esto no lo hay en Gainesville (le envío una foto de la playa de mi pueblo en Puerto Rico) Al rato le digo que se fue la luz. Él: esto no lo hay en tu pueblo (me envía una foto de una bombilla prendida)

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

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“Speak like your current colonizers, not the previous ones.” Mind you, this was on a video about how they’re cutting people’s access to public beaches in Puerto Rico to make them only available to multimillionaires (some of whom have recently moved from the U.S.)

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

2 years

Are Puerto Ricans being pushed out? Tax breaks, beautiful views and cheap real estate are attracting people to Puerto Rico. Some locals say they’re being displaced by newcomers looking to make money. My latest video:

Are Puerto Ricans being pushed out?

Tax breaks, beautiful views and cheap real estate are attracting people to Puerto Rico. Some locals say they're getting pushed out by newcomers looking to ma...

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

2 years

Venía guiando del campo y fijándome en mis alrededores. Se veía la costa hermosa. Un señor tocando guitarra en el balcón. Una señora cargando sus paquetes del colmado. Los dones tomándose la cerveza de sábado con los panas. Y yo pensando que amo a esta tierra y a su gente.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

2 years

On Tuesday, the governor said he expected a “great portion” of Puerto Rico to have electricity again in the next couple of days. But customers with power have only gone up from 27% to 37%. His second expectation was that “the majority” of PR would be reconnected by yesterday.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

9 months

There’s a rush to buy waterfront land in Puerto Rico. Will we see more deforestation and construction on ecologically sensitive land? Excellent reporting by @sharonminelli for @ElNuevoDia

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

9 months

Me pidieron guía de transporte y se las hice! Es un itinerario haciendo parada en negocios locales que me encantan. Llegamos en guagua, tren, lancha y scooter. 1/2

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

3 years

The company that privatized the power utility in PR wanted to charge Puerto Ricans more partly because the outages of the past weeks prevented them from selling as much electricity as they were expecting. Read that again. Ppl almost had to pay more for getting bad service. 1/4

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

2 years

Puerto Rico allows people who move to the island to avoid paying capital gains tax. The law could be hurting Puerto Ricans with higher real estate prices, according to Nobel Laureate in Economics Joseph E. Stiglitz.

Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

2 years

Stiglitz also said the law that gives tax breaks to people who move to Puerto Rico (Act 22) is having negative effects rather than stimulating growth. He said beneficiaries are raising real estate prices & cost of living for Puerto Ricans while not adding much to the economy.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

11 months

My suspicion is this attitude is the byproduct of an education system uninterested in other parts of the world, sometimes the very ones the empire stands on. Rather than curiosity, it fosters disdain for what’s different.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

3 years

I will keep making calls so I can give you more information as I confirm it. It has been a real struggle to decide whether to speak publicly about this given that I’m a reporter. But this is too important. And like with my stories, I will stick to the facts and be fair.

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

2 years

Yes, gentrification & inflation are happening in other parts of the world too. Here’s what’s different about Puerto Rico: - a generous tax break that invites newcomers & is not available to the local population. - yrs of budget cuts & cost increases for locals to pay the debt. 1/

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

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Bianca Graulau

@bgraulau

3 years

I found out about this through a tip. And while I’m writing this from the heart, I have been trying to do my due diligence to get the facts. I called the number on the company’s website this morning to verify this information. They hung up on me when I asked about that land.

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