From Domingo Garcia, LULAC National President <[email protected]>
Subject LULAC Asks For Federal Aid To Puerto Rico Following 6.4 Tremor
Date January 8, 2020 3:03 PM
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LULAC Asks For Federal Aid To Puerto Rico Following 6.4 Tremor
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Nation’s Oldest and Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Urges US Airlines to
Offer Emergency Reduced Airfares for Travel from Stricken Island

Washington, DC - The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) today
reported that its members and leaders in Puerto Rico are already in active
contact with teams across a large swath of communities assessing the extent of
damage and injuries caused by Tuesday morning’s powerful earthquake off its
southwestern coast.

“We are thankful that the people of Puerto Rico are resilient and that their
spirit is strong to again endure another natural disaster but we call upon the
federal government of the United States to dispatch help with urgency to its
citizens on the island,” said Jennie Rivera, State Director. “Today, the images
we are again witnessing are a haunting reminder of the devastation left by
Hurricane Maria in 2017, an event from which we have yet to fully recover.
However, LULAC Councils throughout Puerto Rico are also in contact via text
messages with one another to see where help is needed most urgently and we are
doing everything within our resources to assist,” added Valdez.

Cal Sur, a power generation plant located in the southern region of Puerto Rico
has been damaged by the earthquake and millions of people are without electricity
or communications, except via cellular texting where towers have not been knocked
out. Another threat to the residents is the loss of access to clean drinking
water with an estimated 300,000 people affected by the outage of municipal
utility systems responsible for pumping potable water. There is growing concern
that in addition to collapsed buildings and other structures which have been left
uninhabitable, patients on life-saving equipment may be again stranded, as were
thousands including many who died in the aftermath of Maria.

“I am urgently asking Americans everywhere to contact their elected
representatives in Congress and their senators and ask for immediate assistance
to Puerto Rico,” said Domingo Garcia, National President. “We also ask that US
airlines reduce fares to and from Puerto Rico to allow emergency evacuations and
travel. We cannot repeat mistakes of the past that will prove to be as costly in
terms of lives lost or human suffering because of prolonged loss of vital public
services. All indications are that more aftershocks will continue to threaten
already fragile buildings and homes so we must move quickly to provide refuge,
food, water and medical assistance to Puerto Rico. It is our duty to do so as a
nation and I call upon the Administration to act now.”

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About LULAC
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the nation’s largest and
oldest civil rights volunteer-based organization that empowers Hispanic Americans
and builds strong Latino communities. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with 1,000
councils around the United States and Puerto Rico, LULAC’s programs, services and
advocacy address the most important issues for Latinos, meeting critical needs of
today and the future. For more information, visit www.LULAC.org.







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