Disaster governance, energy insecurity, and public health in rural Puerto Rico: how communities resist political abandonment

Puerto Rico, an unincorporated US territory, faces systemic governmental neglect that disproportionately affects public health, particularly in the wake of disasters. Systemic patterns of political corruption, and post-disaster mismanagement, rooted in colonial governance, have shaped PR’s longstand...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Public Health
Main Authors:	Sergio Rivera-Rodríguez, Adrian Santiago-Santiago, Sheilla R-Madera, Mark Padilla, Nelson Varas-Díaz, Kariela Rivera-Bustelo, Claudia Mercado-Rios, John Vertovec, Arturo Massol-Deyá, Jeffrey Ramos, Genevieve Reid, Rebecca Rodríguez-Banch, Kevin Grove, Emil Varas-Rodríguez
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-07-01
Subjects:	disasters political abandonment energy insecurity solar power rural communities aging population
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1595830/full