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Weather Report #7: Judge Accuses San Juan Climate RICO Attorney of Plagiarism, Redacted Kamala Harris Puerto Rico Visit Documents, Trump Targets Climate Change Laws, and More...
Roundup 04/11/2025
Carlos Berríos Polanco
Award-winning freelance journalist covering the intersection of conflict and climate.
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Weather Report #6: New Fortress Energy Has More Problems, an Ominous Fishing Video Game, a Paranoid Political Thriller, and More
Roundup 04/06/2025
Essay
'Liberation' Today. Bread Riots Tomorrow.
If bread lines become commonplace because of Trump's tariffs, then so too must bread riots.
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Weather Report #5: New Fortress Energy Sells Jamaican Business & A Polemic About Ghibli, AI, and Fascism
Roundup 03/30/2025
News
'Operation Cupid's Nest'; Court Documents Shed Light on Immigration Enforcement at Puerto Rico Airport
At least seven migrants have been detained at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport between February and March.
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Weather Report #4: The Taxman Works for the ATF and Puerto Rico Municipalities Climate RICO Update
Court records show at least one PR Treasury Dept (Hacienda) employee has been "deputized" by the ATF, and a look into the objections submitted to a recent report and recommendation in the Puerto Rico municipalities climate RICO case.
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President of Outsourcing Company with Puerto Rico Gov’t Contracts Pleaded Guilty to Covid-19 Relief Aid Fraud
The company had a nearly $84,000 contract to work on a program meant to teach high schoolers about college and entrepreneurship.
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Weather Report #3: France Prepares for the World to Burn & New Fortress Energy Annual Finance Report
France published its third national climate adaptation plan, where it prepares by 4°C of warming by 2100. A look at New Fortress Energy's yearly financial report, as well as a recent loan amendment.
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Weather Report #2: Puerto Rico is "perhaps the biggest gas to power opportunity in the world"; Don't Coordinate Drug Buys at Supermarkets with Undercover DEA Agents; Tourist Arrested While Smuggling Gun Through Aguadilla Airport
This one has got it all: New Fortress Energy Q4 investor call, undercover DEA agents involved in a high seas drug operation, and gun smuggling through the airport.
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Weather Report #1: Fossil Fuel Companies Have to Face Climate RICO Claims; New Allegations in New Fortress Energy Securities Litigation; Elvis Crespo Sues Ex-Wife, Music Label for Control Over Recordings
Magistrate judge says fossil fuel companies will have to face part of Puerto Rico municipalities' climate RICO lawsuit. New Fortress Energy's FLNG1 was allegedly "constructed in a manner that risked catastrophic safety disaster."
News
'Your Trip is Not International, But It’s Not Really a Domestic'; Secret Service Documents Detail Jill Biden Puerto Rico Visit
Secret Service had to tell its agents Puerto Rico's water was safe to drink.
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CIA Documents Shed Light on Puerto Rico's Role in Bay of Pigs Invasion, Confirm Surveillance of Pro-Independence Activists
New CIA documents released in late December 2024 reveal Puerto Rico's role in the Bay of Pigs Invasion and confirm CIA surveillance of pro-independence activists.