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The livelihood of the Puerto Rican parrot, an endangered species, found on the island is of special concern since the hurricane. Credit Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo for The New York Times
Photo by Chief National Guard Bure | CC BY 2.0
Puerto Rico is dying.Let those words sink in.Three and a half million people are without power, water, fuel, food, and support. This isn’t some uninhabited atoll. This is where I grew up. This is where my family lives. This is my home.And my home is dying. More
Puerto Rico’s Mijo de la Palma has extended their Northeast Tour and will present two encore performances in Cambridge, MA and Hartford, CT as well as presentations in New Jersey and Washington, D.C.
Friday, Dec. 28 • 8pm • $10 sliding scale • Democracy Center, Harvard Square
Saturday, Dec. 29 • 8pm • $10 sliding scale • La Paloma Sabanera, Frog Hollow, Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT
Melvin Lopez Rivera: guitar / main vocals
Adaliz Ortiz Toro: harmonies
Surprise Guest Artists
Lo otro… by mijodelapalma on SoundCloud – Hear the world’s sounds.
~ translated by Jack Agüeros and read by bilingual Hartford, CT public school teacher Glaisma Perez-Silva
