Puerto Ricans in Chicago are outraged that millions of people on the island are spending the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Maria in the dark.
"It is unfortunate that five years later, practically to the date, that we are here talking about the same thing," State Senator Cristina Pacione-Zayas said."We have to hold Luma accountable," said Billy Ocasio, the National Puerto Rican Museum CEO and president. "How does a company get all these billions of dollars and yet people are complaining the blackouts are coming more often and lasting longer.""We need a sustainable electric system," she said.
"We are a colony of the richest and the most powerful country in the world and you are telling me that the United States of American can't not go and fix that grid," Rodriguez Sanchez said.
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