Philly artists fundraising getting Puerto Rico motivated in part by political fervor

Grimaldi Baez was a Philadelphia-dependent artist who was born in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. He or she is increased more $10,100000 getting solar power lighting and you can water filter systems to transmit to Puerto Rico within a resident recovery effort. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Grimaldi Baez cannot mince terms and conditions as he discusses your local bodies authorities he states is botching hurricane rescue efforts inside the local Puerto Rico.

“They are simply a bunch of chubby, pink-faced people just who browse well-perfumed, dressed in jackets, cleanshaven, giving instructions to people they are ultimately fragmented regarding,” the new Northern Philadelphia artist fumed. “They look for example he has loads of liquid and you will air conditioning. Meanwhile, the folks regarding Puerto Rico, for instance the mayor from San Juan said , is dying.”

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