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San Juan, Sep 17 (EFE News) (CAMERA: Thais Llorca) .- Puerto Rico continues almost three years after Hurricane Maria struggling to recover from that powerful cyclone, with some 23,000 people still homeless.
San Juan, Feb 17 (EFE).- Former US president Bill Clinton was on Monday in Puerto Rico, where he is slated to convene the fifth meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Action Network on Post-Disaster Recovery in San Juan between Feb 18-19.Ahead of the scheduled meeting of his initiative on Tuesday, Clinton on Monday visited the Sagrada Familia Cooperative in Corozal, a municipality in the interior of Puerto Rico, where he recognized the social work of said institution and the cooperative savings movement throughout the Commonwealth. He also visited the nonprofit Caras con Causa, in Catano and met with the music band Viento de Agua during a visit to La Goyco, a school that was closed by the Department of Education and reopened by the community as a community center, in Caguas, San Juan. (Camera: THAIS LLORCA).FOOTAGE SHOWS THE VISIT OF FORMER US PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON TO NGO CARAS CON CAUSA IN CATANO AND THE SAGRADA FAMILIA COOPERATIVE IN COROZAL, PUERTO RICO.SOUNDBITES: BILL CLINTON (IN ENGLISH).
U.S. President Barack Obama signs into law a relief plan to help Puerto Rico address its $70 billion debt. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
In his weekly address, U.S. President Barack Obama urges the Senate to move quickly to pass a bill to help Puerto Rico deal with its debt. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Pelosi said Democrats in the House could not agree to latest Republican bill on Puerto Rico's debt crisis, but the two sides should be able to produce a deal within a few days. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).