Jorge Rodriguez, 49, is the Harvard-educated CEO of PACIV, an international engineering firm based in Puerto Rico that works with the medical and pharmaceutical sectors. The Puerto Rican-born engineer says he has dispatched 50 engineers to help FEMA rehabilitate the devastated island — a commonwealth of the United States — after Hurricane Maria. He refuses to work with the local government, which he called inept and riddled with corruption.
Jorge L. Rodriguez
For the last 30 years, the Puerto Rican government has been completely inept at handling regular societal needs, so I just don’t see it functioning in a crisis like this one. Even before the hurricane hit, water and power systems were already broken. And our $118 billion debt crisis is a result of government corruption and mismanagement.
The governor Ricardo Rossello has little experience. He’s 36 and never really held a job and never dealt with a budget. His entire administration is totally inexperienced and they have no clue how to handle a crisis of this magnitude.
For instance, shortly after the hurricane hit, the government imposed a curfew from 6 pm to 6 am and then changed it. Now, it’s 7 pm to 5 am, and makes no sense. The curfew has prevented fuel trucks from transporting their loads. These trucks should have been allowed to run for 24 hours to address our needs, but they have been stalled, and so we have massive lines at gas stations and severe shortages of diesel at our hospitals and supermarkets.
I’m really tired of Puerto Rican government officials blaming the federal government for their woes and for not acting fast enough to help people on the island. Last week I had three federal agents in my office and I was so embarrassed; I went out of my way to apologize to them for the attitude of my government and what they have been saying about the US response. When the hurricane hit we had experts from FEMA from all over the US on the ground and I was really proud of their quick response. The first responders and FEMA have all been outstanding in this crisis, and should be supported.
I have 50 engineers that I have sent out pro bono to help local companies get back on their feet. This includes getting people gasoline and cash, and helping them connect to others that can assist with repairs without delays.
I won’t allow my people to work with the local government.
I have a message for the U.S. Congress: Watch out what relief funds you approve and let our local government handle. Don’t let the Puerto Rican government play the victim and fool you. They have no clue what they are doing, and I worry that they will mishandle anything that comes their way.
They don’t need another aircraft carrier. They need experienced people to run a proper disaster command center.
Ref.: http://nypost.com/2017/09/30/inept-puerto-rican-government-riddled-with-corruption-ceo/
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⚡️ “#AirForce relief efforts in #PuertoRico & #VirginIslands”https://t.co/gonmsZusSe
— U.S. Air Force (@usairforce) September 29, 2017
Other Mayor says San Juan's Mayor AWOL So, Trump's tweets were attacking someone who deserved to be attacked. https://t.co/79Fzsfhisz
— Funkytown (@hotfunkytown) October 1, 2017
Tonight former Gov of Puerto Rico commends @realDonaldTrump for the good response. Seems like the only ones complaining are the San Juan Mayor & MSM. #MAGA
— Steven Rogers (@LtStevenLRogers) September 30, 2017
?Just when u think u know all the loons in the "news" along comes left wing nut #PR mayor @CarmenYulinCruz ? #Idiothttps://t.co/L1Ygrd7fm2
— ?Catia??Merica? (@CB618444) October 1, 2017
Leftist San Juan Mayor Lies About Fed Aid: @realDonaldTrump Should Order Fed Control of Corrupt Puerto Rico https://t.co/5KFxm237eX #MAGA
— Lou Dobbs (@LouDobbs) October 1, 2017
The Mayor of Puerto Rico is just as vile as Hillary and the anti Trump MSM ➡️Using Disaster to attack @realDonaldTrump! Shame on them pic.twitter.com/Hc9eHZmi6U
— Ex-Dem??Latina (@ExDemLatina) September 30, 2017
Trump lashes out at Puerto Rico mayor of San Juan because politics is being put before people.
He is right.
Poor leadership for mayor!
— PinkAboutIt ?? (@Pink_About_it) September 30, 2017
#SanJuanMayor says residents are "dying," & somehow @realDonaldTrump is to blame. I'm here. Who is dying? Why? Where? Let me help save them.
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) September 30, 2017
Did mayor of San Juan mention union workers at port are on STRIKE & demanding money first before distributing supplies off boat? #amjoy
— Kambree Kawahine Koa (@KamVTV) September 30, 2017
Mayor .@CarmenYulinCruz is a Joke! You got time Time to make T-shirt’s but claim y’all dying and not getting help #PuertoRicanLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/CubblBMqVX
— Terrence Williams (@w_terrence) October 1, 2017
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San Juan Mayor Praised Convicted FALN Terrorist
San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz, who attacked President Donald Trump for his response to the hurricane devastion in Puerto Rico, has previously praised FALN terrorist leader Oscar Lopez Rivera.
Yulin Cruz is a member of Puerto Rico’s Popular Democratic Party that wants the island to remain a U.S. territory. But she sounded more like a member of the island’s Independence Party in a video that surfaced back in January when President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of Rivera Lopez.
The mayor is shown praising the convicted Puerto Rican terrorist in the video below.
“Hello, San Juan. Freedom for Oscar Lopez Rivera.. soon he will be with us. We have to thank every Puerto Rican man and woman, who for a long time, many of us didn’t know Oscar Lopez Rivera. He was fighting the fight,” she said.
“We’re going to give you more details when we welcome this great Puerto Rican patriot in a cause that unites us and to know that, in spite of our differences, we can do big things in this country,” she continued.
Yulin Cruz added, “This great celebration is going to be in the streets and it is going to be extraordinarily large. So do come by starting Thursday to celebrate what our hearts scream for. Thanks, President Obama. Long live Oscar Lopez Rivera.”
Lopez Rivera was sentenced to 35 years in prison for his involvement in the FALN, a Puerto Rican separatist group that was responsible for more than 100 bombings in the U.S. during the 1970s and 1980s.
Four people lost their lives in 1975 when an explosion happened at Fraunces Tavern in New York City, an attack the FALN was responsible for. The organization was also responsible for seriously injuring three NYPD officers in several bomb attacks on New Year’s Eve in 1982.
During a press conference Friday, Yulin Cruz attacked the Trump administration’s response to the hurricane’s destruction. “We are dying, and you are killing us with the inefficiency and the bureaucracy.”
“This is what we got last night: four pallets of water, three pallets of meals and 12 pallets of infant food — which I gave them to the people of Comerio, where people are drinking off a creek,” she added. “So I am done being polite. I am done being politically correct. I am mad as hell.”
Ref.: http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/30/san-juan-mayor-praised-convicted-faln-terrorist/
EXCLUSIVE: Fellow Puerto Rico Mayor Rips San Juan Mayor — ‘She’s Not Participating In Any Meetings’
