From the NYTimes on Feb. 9, right after the second short federal shutdown: What Puerto Rico Is and Isn’t Getting in Disaster Relief.

From Vox, this article re Puerto Rico’s blackout, the largest in American history, explained. More than a million Americans are still without power because of the botched recovery after the hurricane.

Puerto Rico has been in the news frequently, but apparently conditions in the USVI are quite serious as well. See this article in the Washington Post: Shredded roofs, shattered lives. Back-to-back hurricanes may have blown a generation of Virgin Islanders out of the middle class.

If Congress and the White House fail to deliver a massive infusion of cash to the islands, analysts warn, this Caribbean paradise could quickly unravel into a permanent decline that would send thousands of economic refugees to the mainland.

As the old saying goes, never let a crisis go to waste.  While many of us are wondering what it will take to achieve recovery in PR, some entrepreneurs have a plan.

From the NY Times: Making a Crypto Utopia in Puerto Rico. An excerpt from the article:

Puerto Rico offers an unparalleled tax incentive: no federal personal income taxes, no capital gains tax and favorable business taxes — all without having to renounce your American citizenship.

The Diva wants to point out that during recovery some business interests that are not those most desirable by many will consider the disaster an opportunity — for example, casino owners move quickly to acquire coastal property.  This crypto currency venture is a new one.