DPDC Test Blog: The Nation Magazine features our Gala speaker, Mayor Carmen Cruz.

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SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO MAYOR,

CARMEN CRUZ

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Carmen Yulin Cruz

POLITICIAN ON THE RISE! By George Zornick, THE NATION

The Puerto Rican politician has emerged as one of Trump's most effective foes.

When Hurricane Maria lashed Puerto Rico in late September, wreaking havoc upon the island, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz was cast into a familiar role: the local official scrambling to secure aid for her beleaguered constituents. When she wasn't wading through the capital's flooded streets and personally guiding residents to safety, she was agitating for a stronger response from the federal government, which was struggling to get food and rescue workers to the commonwealth.

After viewing the wreckage, then-acting Secretary for Homeland Security Elaine Duke claimed the disaster was "really a 'good news' story in terms of our ability to reach people and the limited number of deaths." Cruz's response to Duke, aired on CNN, was unsparing. "This is, damn it, this is not a 'good news' story. This is a 'people are dying' story. This is a 'life or death' story. This is 'there's a truckload of stuff that cannot be taken to people' story," she said. (finish the article here)

Come meet Mayor Carmen Cruz of San Juan, Puerto Rico who dared to speak truth to power while simultaneously hip-deep in the fray helping her people through a tremendous disaster which is still ongoing.

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