Recently, Hurricane Maria demonstrated what the US thinks of Puerto Rico. Around 3,000 people died as a result of this catastrophic event—an American tragedy, supposedly. As the late, great Anthony Bourdain wrote, “It has been six weeks since the hurricane, and 70 percent of Puerto Rico’s 3.4 million American citizens are still without power. About 25 percent are without fresh drinking water—people are drinking from streams and other contaminated sources. They are burning their dead. This is, of course, unthinkable. And grotesque. It is also true.”
