Borinquen MadeDated notes on Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico news: economy and politics
This desk gathers dated notes on the economy and politics of Puerto Rico, taken from named outlets. It is not the magazine's historical archive. Each note cites its outlet. It is not original reporting.
A dated, sourced desk. Each note names its outlet. It is not original reporting. Figures are those the source published. If sources disagree, both layers are left in place.
Portal de datos de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias: tras María quedan designados los 78 municipios en 1,170 filas de áreas de declaración
Peg 2026-09-21 (lastDataSetRefresh). DR-4339: 1,170 filas PR / 78 municipios × 15 programas; designaciones 2017-09-20, 2017-10-02, 2017-11-02; 0 closeouts. Contraste Fiona 4671: misma malla 78×15. Cousin 1338. Allocated ≠ obligated ≠ disbursed ≠ theft.
Portal de datos de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias: tras María los inquilinos suman cerca de 339 mil registros válidos y cerca de 212 million en ayuda aprobada
Peg 2026-09-21 (lastDataSetRefresh). DR-4339 renters: 338,791 valid / 145,212 approved / IHP $212,283,520.52 (~$212.28M); rental ~$32.09M; ONA ~$179.72M. Contraste Fiona 4671: 459,983 valid / 273,687 approved / IHP ~$218.83M. Cousin 1325. Allocated ≠ obligated ≠ disbursed ≠ theft.
Portal de datos de FEMA: tras María hay cerca de 475 mil hogares con ayuda individual aprobada por cerca de 1.34 billion
Peg 2026-09-21 (iaLoadDate). DR-4339 IA 475,314; IHP $1,336,693,929.10 (~$1.34B); HA $768.07M; ONA $568.62M; contraste Fiona 4671 IA 741,074 / IHP ~$649.14M. Cousin 1313. Allocated ≠ obligated ≠ disbursed ≠ theft.
FEMA lista 11,353 proyectos de asistencia pública tras María con la misma cifra de 35.71 billion obligados
Peg 2026-09-21. PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsDetails count 11353 for disasterNumber 4339; federalShareObligated sum = $35,709,366,299.46. Cousin 1313. Allocated ≠ obligated ≠ disbursed ≠ theft.
Portal de datos de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias: tras María hay 1,810 órdenes de misión a otras agencias por cerca de 4.55 billion
Peg 2026-09-21. DR-4339: 1,810 mission assignments; obligationAmount $4,552,343,044.49 (~$4.55B); fedCostShare ~$4.46B; USACE SAD ~$3.20B; DLA ~$809.58M. Contraste Fiona 4671: 214 MAs / ~$1.52B. Cousin 1337. Allocated ≠ obligated ≠ disbursed ≠ theft.
Portal de datos de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias: el programa de mitigación de riesgos tras María fija un techo de cerca de 3.00 billion y obliga cerca de 572 million
Peg 2026-09-20 (lastDataSetRefresh). DR-4339: lock-in/ceiling project $2,999,975,000 (~$3.00B); totalProjectFundsObligation $571,676,175.36 (~$571.68M); remanente ~$2.43B; mgmt ~$73.03M. Contraste Fiona 4671: ceiling ~$621.51M / projects ~$6.49M. Cousin 1349. Allocated ≠ obligated ≠ disbursed ≠ theft.
CDC archived nearly $60 million in ELC Zika funds for states and territories
Sep 18, 2026. Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity awards — obligated history, not a new cash pile.
COR3 refreshes the board: $42.8 billion allocated and $13.7 billion disbursed
Sep 18, 2026. Transparency Portal financial summary: allocated ≠ obligated ≠ disbursed. Cutoff 16 Sep 2026.
Congress report: Puerto Rico’s Medicaid cap drops hard in 2028
Sep 18, 2026. Congressional Research Service R47601 on territorial Medicaid cliffs — projected, not spent.
Federal energy loan closes $489.4 million for batteries in Arecibo and Santa Isabel
Sep 18, 2026. Department of Energy / Energy Department loan path — closed loan ≠ battery megawatts online.
EPA: CWSRF capitalizes Puerto Rico inside $194 billion of historic totals
Sep 18, 2026. Clean Water State Revolving Fund program pages — capitalization is not a one-day transfer.
Commonwealth publishes OE-2026-044: AAA, DRNA and AFI may contract wells and water works in emergencies
Sep 18, 2026. Executive order on water infrastructure contracting — authority to hire, not a FEMA obligation.
Oversight Board offers $3 billion to non-consenting bondholders to close PREPA’s Title III case
Sep 18, 2026. PROMESA Title III restructuring offer — proposed settlement, not cash already paid.
HMA Projects v4 freezes 1,232 Puerto Rico rows before it sunsets
Sep 18, 2026. Hazard Mitigation Assistance Projects v4 still shows PR rows while the next version is the live path.
OpenFEMA lists 1,134 HMA subapplications for Puerto Rico
Sep 18, 2026. Hazard Mitigation Assistance Subapplications v2 counts PR rows — not dollars paid out.
Vivienda: el portal de recuperación marca acceso a unos $10 billion en fondos federales de desastre
Portal recuperacion.pr.gov CDBG-DR/MIT: ~$10 billion de acceso según grant agreements PRDOH–HUD — acceso ≠ drawn HUD ≠ hurto.
Senate bill would move Puerto Rico from the NAP block grant to SNAP
Sep 18, 2026. Nutrition assistance fairness legislation — a bill is not an enacted program change.
USASpending: Fiona PA 4473 obligates $1.095 billion and outlays $103.9 million
Sep 18, 2026. Treasury USASpending trail for Public Assistance disaster 4473 — obligation vs outlay.
Housing files HUD the revised draft of CDBG-MIT Amendment 6
Sep 18, 2026. Community Development Block Grant Mitigation plan amendment — draft filing, not final HUD approval.
Vivienda: el portal de mitigación marca rondas de awards en decenas de million
Peg 18 sep 2026. recuperacion.pr.gov CDBG-MIT: rondas con awards total hasta ~$52.5 million en una serie — award de ronda ≠ hurto del grant HUD.