'Examine All Passengers and Crew Members'; New Details About Puerto Rico CBP Airport Operation
The total expenses for "Operation Cupid's Nest" were $59,487.
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Weather Report #59: the US AI 'kill chain' and a decade of PROMESA
Consuming 09/20/2026
ICE Awards Billion Dollar Contracts for Detention Center in Texas and Training Center in Georgia
📄Heavy Weather is a 100% reader-funded site. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber to support this work, send me a one time donation or telling your friends about the newsletter. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) awarded two contracts collectively worth $2.2 billion for the construction of a training
Weather Report #58: The Mexico-US Water War & a Wannabe Robin Hood
Consuming 09/13/2026
Weather Report #57: Every Comic Book Recommended on this Website
Consuming 09/06/2026
Weather Report #56: A folk horror political thriller about Indigenous genocide in Latin America, and more...
Consuming 30/08/2026
Weather Report #55: A Beautiful Musical about Colonialism in the West Indies, and more...
Consuming 08/23/2026
Former Puerto Rico Public Security Chief Has Exclusive Flock Distribution Contract, Court Records Say
The situation is FLOCKed up!
Weather Report #54: The Heavy Weather Spy/Surveillance Watchlist
Consuming 08/16/2026
Caribbean CBP Operation Named in Court Documents
CBP agents are currently engaged in "Operation Eastern Front" in the Caribbean
Weather Report #53: The settler-colonial legacy of the US and narco-slavery in Mexico
Consuming 08/02/2026
Raw Sewage Spilled into Puerto Rico's Water Because Water Utility Misled Contractor, Lawsuit Alleges
The contractor alleges that PRASA misled them about permits and environmental assesments.
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Weather Report #52: Puerto Rico's blackouts, Ukraine's drone kill zone, and an oil company's tax haven
Consuming 07/26/2026
News
Ice Surveilled Him for Nearly a Month Before Arresting Him
Per court documents, he had stopped leaving his home because he feared being detained during an immigration raid.
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Weather Report #51: An eco-horror true crime novel, the French New Wave proto-Blade Runner, and more...
Consuming 07/19/2026
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Weather Report #50: The afterlife of Fordlandia, Christopher Nolan's best film, the postliterate world, Miami Cubans debating the future of their country, and more...
Consuming 07/11/2026
FOIA
The Army Tested Their Augmented Reality Goggles in Puerto Rico, and They Failed Spectacularly
The documents I obtained through a FOIA request paint the picture of the type of device that is endemic in the tech space, fun in science-fiction stories but ridiculous and useless in real life.
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Weather Report #49: Repression on antifascists, Reflections on the 2024 Nairobi protests, the anti-Amazon, the FBI and the Green Scare, and more...
Consuming 07/05/2026
News
Puerto Rico State Power Company Sues Private LNG Supplier for Breach of Contract
The state power company claims lack of timely LNG deliveries cost it $55 million in diesel fuel costs.
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Weather Report #48: A neo-noir J-horror thriller, a podcast about the Dominican Republic's immigration enforcement, and more...
Consuming 06/29/2026
Essays
On Puerto Rico's Current and Coming Water Crisis
Things will probably get worse before they get better.
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This Fighter Jet Had an Accident in Puerto Rico Months Before Being Retired
“Urgency is necessary to prevent fuel leaks and other damage to the surrounding area,” reads the document.
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Federal Government Wants to Buy New Vehicles for DHS to Use in American Colonies
They've already purchased several Highlanders and Tacomas to use in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
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Weather Report #47: The Rise and Fall of Gawker, the CIA in LatAm, the Border Security Expo, and More...
Consuming 05/19/2026