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.
Pesquera leaves the AAA president in the governor's hands; Soto asks for resignations
El Vocero covers Carlos Pesquera after the Drought Committee; Lornna Soto speaks on WAPA on Monday.
Senate posts CRLA Esencia brief (S.R. 9 and 459) in document vault
31 Aug 2026. 30-page PDF in initiatives; vault ≠ endorsement or permit.
Rivera Montañez: the IIC falls 0.5 percent in FY2026; he does not call a recession
Luisa García Pelatti, Sin Comillas, August 31, 2026 at 5:20 p.m.; four warning readings.
Vocero: Rivera Schatz discloses file — Esencia without public water or power
31 Aug 2026. 318 pages of exhibits; ~1.253 MGD RO wells; 12 MW / 68 MW solar. File dump ≠ building permit.
FEMA obligates $81.9 million for 59 reconstruction projects in Puerto Rico
August 31, 2026: $81,903,943.10 obligated from August 24 to 31; $64.7M for María, $16.2M for Fiona, and $1.0M for earthquakes.
Carraízo stands seven centimeters from control; 48-hour cuts continue
Alex Figueroa Cancel dates the August 30 monitor at 7:46 a.m.; Primera Hora, at midday, uses other customer counts.
Dolly remnants will give Carraízo relief; they will not end rationing
Gloria Ruiz Kuilan dates the 30th at 3:25 p.m.; Ernesto Rodríguez speaks after the weekly briefing at Fortaleza.
LUMA and Genera point at each other over the Costa Sur blackout; two figures of customers without power
El Vocero covers units 5 and 6 on Sunday; Metro and Infobae do not print the same total.
El Nuevo Día: Dolly's remnants will make a rainy Sunday in the east
Lee Ann Inglés Serrano, of the NWS, dates the note on the 29th at 9:48 a.m.; one to three inches in the east, not a Sunday total.
The economists' association rejects Esencia; the resolution is from the 20th, not a vote on the 29th
Génesis Ibarra Vázquez dates Saturday the 29th at 6:00 p.m. AST; the two-page document came out unanimous from the board.
NotiCel: La Plata enters operational adjustments; rationing is not activated for that system
González Delgado, on Saturday, will watch Dolly's rains Sunday and Monday on that basin.
El Vocero: La Plata drops 10 centimeters to 44.83 meters; 16 of 19 reservoirs fall
Peter Amador Rivera copies the 5:00 a.m. report; the D3 map the paper still prints runs at 33.3 percent.
González Delgado: Dolly is unlikely to move the rationing plans
Manuel Guillama Capella dates Friday at 6:36 p.m.; the photo caption warns that low La Plata could add another plan.
CNN: San Juan completes a third week of rationing; Pica Quiñones collects water in Loíza
The Friday piece places the drought next to the infrastructure; González Colón does not rule out asking for a national emergency.
“Unless they dry the sea, Esencia goes”: five brief axes and ~$497.7 million in credits
31 Aug 2026. 1,664 units; 75% preserved; tourism credits in 6 phases. Credit≠disbursement; decree≠permit.
Tourism raised ~$304 million in projected CTPR credits for Esencia
28 Aug 2026. From $193.9M to ~$497.7M over six phases; 950 jobs. Credit≠cash already paid.
NotiUno: Esencia collides with water supply — Senate
28 Aug 2026. Llenín: southwest scarcity is physical; AAA >1.25 MGD unmet; 1,000+ hearing requests. Radio≠litigation.
Puerto Rico today: the water reaches the Capitol; AAA and PREPA say there is none
On August 28, 2026, the Senate has already heard the agencies. The consulta remains approved. OGPe, DRNA, and the proponents are still due Tuesday.
New York sends 49,920 bottles; Hochul and Afya date the aid on the 27th
Univision Puerto Rico puts 26 pallets for San Juan and adjoining cities; El Nuevo Día, the next morning, prints 45,000.
Comptroller OC-27-25: contracting and property failures at the Retirement Board
Carmen A. Vega Fournier, August 27, 2026; period July 2021–May 2025. A finding is not a charge.