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Jorge Ferrer, S.J., is director of the Bioethics Institute at the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Hurricane Maria removed the delusions of prosperity and first-world status that blinded so many to the realities of Puerto Rico, including the fragility of its infrastructure, its high levels of social inequality and its status as a U.S. colony.