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Oral history interview with Alejandro Yara Valle, March 12, 2022

(Oral History Lab @UPRM, ) Yara Valle, Alejandro (Narrator) ; Keyla (Interviewer)

After going through the horrible night of September 2017 when Hurricane María made landfall on Puerto Rico, Alejandro had to go back to work. He faced different situations and needed to head back as soon as possible since he was the electrical engineer in charge of the generator from five hospitals. During this time, he also had to help several family members who were at the hospital and, tragically, he had to face the death of a loved one. This all lead him to be under a lot of stress, but right now, he is able to share his story. The audience can see how resilient and strong he was during these chaotic times.

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Oral history interview with anonymous narrator, October 28, 2022

(Oral History Lab @UPRM, ) Anonymous (Narrator) ; Anonymous (Interviewer)

The narrator is a professional doctor and head medic in a clinic. Therefore, the narrator's services are highly important to many patients, especially the elderly and poor. The events of Hurricane Maria severely damaged the clinic and the workers’ routine; therefore, the work was not running well for weeks. Due to the power outages, the clinic lost its medications and vaccines; they were unable to fully help their patients in need. Mayagüez’s countryside roads were blocked with debris and some patients were also unable to walk, consequently, the narrator and her co-workers had to travel and visit these patients at their homes. They were able to complete these duties with the help of the national guard and the Mayagüez government. The narrator was astonished when visiting these places and describes the extreme poverty in these places and how people lost their homes and many other belongings. The points and details the narrator mentions in this interview demonstrate the financial crisis Puerto Rico is in and how unprepared the island is in case of a natural disaster.

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Oral history interview with Carlos Eziel Vega Rosario, May 4, 2022

(Oral History Lab @UPRM, 2022-05-04) Vega Rosario, Carlos Eziel (Narrator) ; Morales Gonzalez, Andre Jose (Interviewer)

The interview is about inflation and fluctuation of prices throughout the past five years in Puerto Rico where the narrator had some stories from his point of view being a high school student and now a college student. During Maria he had a few stories that involved his grandparents losing their house and spending the night in their bathroom. During the earthquakes, he had a situation with the demand of gasoline which involved going through four municipalities in search of gasoline. He also talked about the instability of the UPR system with the cuts and everything which involved him leaving after a semester because he saw that things were not going to get better. Moving to another university during the current inflation became a hassle to a point where he decided to get a job in a shoe store for him to cope with the cost of living in 2022.

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Oral history interview with Carlos Rodríguez García, March 11, 2022

(Oral History Lab @UPRM, ) Rodríguez García, Carlos (Narrator) ; Claudia (Interviewer)

In this interview, I sat down with Carlos Rodríguez García, and we talked about when Hurricane Georges hit Puerto Rico. At that time, he lived in Humacao with his wife and his son, who was about 9 months old. Carlos mentioned his experience and some social justice problems he and others were facing. Throughout the interview, Carlos talked about how scary it was when he heard a loud sound and when he went to his baby’s room, he realized that the window had broken because of the pressure of the air. He then realized that water was coming in. He mentioned how important the help of many private sectors and the Church were.

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Oral history interview with Celimar Adames, April 2, 2022

(Oral History Lab @UPRM, ) Adames, Celimar (Narrator) ; Ramallo, Carola (Interviewer)

This interview is about the experiences Celimar Adames had during hurricanes Irma and María. This was a very difficult time for every Puerto Rican, all the devastation that these natural disasters caused left many citizens with nothing. Celimar’s work was all about going out into the cities and finding stories about these people who have no homes because of the floods, or no water to drink. She had to process all of this and then go and do her job without letting her feelings interfere. She expressed her feeling of desperation at times when she felt like she wasn’t doing enough for the people. When she was feeling like this, she reached out to help groups and joined them. She also expressed her worries about climate change and how that is affecting the intensity of the hurricanes. This interview is a point of view of the hurricane that is not acknowledged enough, and I believe that the space that Prof. Chansky created is the perfect place to expose it.

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Oral history interview with Ismael Pérez Cordero, March 12, 2022

(Oral History Lab @UPRM, ) Pérez Cordero, Ismael (Narrator) ; Acosta González, Ana B. (Interviewer)

Ismael talks about his journey with agroecology after taking a course with El Josco Bravo. He highlights key issues with industrialized agriculture and its agroecological alternatives and talks about the importance of teaching the youth about agriculture and its ties to food security. He also discusses his family’s history with agriculture. His great grandmother worked the land to raise seven daughters after becoming widowed. Being in touch with agriculture and agroecology has allowed Ismael to share a common bond with some of his relatives. It’s also helped him relate the principles he’s learned about agroecology now, to old traditional agricultural practices that his great grandparents used.

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Oral history interview with Luis, November 21, 2023

(Oral History Lab @UPRM, ) Luis (Narrator) ; Acevedo López, Luis Javier (Interviewer)

The narrator in this interview is Luis. The interview provides a personal perspective of the narrator's experiences during Hurricane Maria in Moca, Puerto Rico. The narrator is depicted as a humble, responsible, and hardworking man who, as a cook at San Carlos Hospital, played a crucial role during the hurricane in ensuring patients received necessary nourishment. The interview primarily addresses the period surrounding Hurricane Maria in September 2017, specifically focusing on the narrator's experiences as he navigated the challenges of working in a hospital during the storm, the devastation to his home, and the subsequent process of reconstruction. The interview references significant events such as the arrival of Hurricane Maria, the challenges faced by essential workers like the narrator during the aftermath, and the community's collective efforts to rebuild in the tight-knit neighborhood of Naranjo, Moca. Other significant elements in the interview include the narrator's childhood memories, his early work experiences in a bakery, and his passion for animals, especially horses. The broader societal trend highlighted is the resilience of Puerto Ricans in the face of natural disasters, emphasizing community strength and determination in overcoming adversity.

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Oral history interview with Luz María Merle Rodríguez, November 12, 2022

(Oral History Lab @UPRM, ) Merle Rodríguez, Luz María (Narrator) ; Santos Perez, Daniel Enrique (Interviewer)

Luz María Merle Rodríguez has lived her entire life by the beach, “Los Almendros”, in Rincón. Where once there stood an entire neighborhood on the beach with an active community full of people and a fishery, is now a thin, empty, sandy shore next to the ocean. As time passed, coastal erosion destroyed these houses and businesses, meanwhile others were offered deals to sell their beachside plots of land. The loss of fishing in the wake of Hurricane Maria also led to the decline of the fishing community at the beach. Luz describes how this beach has changed over her lifespan and gives insight into the community, the traditions and the people that she had growing up and how they too have changed in the wake of coastal erosion.

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Oral history interview with Miguel L. Figueroa Villavicencio, November 18, 2022

(Oral History Lab @UPRM, ) Figueroa Villavicencio, Miguel L. (Narrator) ; Pérez Viruet, Sebastian (Interviewer) ; University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

The narrator is Miguel Figueroa Villavicencio. Miguel was born on June 21, 2004. His father and mother are both civil engineers with degrees from UPRM. Miguel is presently enrolled in a civil engineering bachelor's program. About four years ago, a mutual friend introduced Miguel and me. Since then, our friendship has grown to be quite strong. The period of the narrator's life is september 17,2017. This day was when Hurricane Maria came over Puerto Rico. The narrator's life experiences fit into the social movements of community help, we talk about how the community came together to help each other in very difficult period where everyone lost something.

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Oral history interview with Sheyla A. Mercado Sánchez, September 8, 2022

(Oral History Lab @UPRM, ) Mercado Sánchez, Sheyla A. (Narrator) ; Candelaria Mercado, Jeriel R. (Interviewer)

The narrator’s name is Sheyla Arleen Mercado Sanchez, from Añasco, her birthday is on August 19, 1975. The interview takes place in Añasco. The date was September 8, 2022. Sheyla was born and raised in Añasco throughout her life. She has always been very responsible, dedicated, and hardworking. She has always been fond of working in finance and that is why all the jobs she ever had have been related to that. The interview focuses on social aspects regarding hurricane Maria, Electric Energy Company, COVID, abortion, and the government. In the interview the time periods go from 2017 to 2022. Starting from Hurricane Maria all the way to COVID and recently the situation regarding gas prices. The interview mostly focuses on the events that happened on the island and with the narrator. The narrator's experiences do have a relation with diverse social issues because it relates to their health, their economic status, and their daily life. They deal with political failure, overall structural care in most of the island and with managing to work on the minimum wage. The point is that there are many issues that need to be addressed that have not been done yet properly. All these things shaped and made the interview that later became a story possible.

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Oral history interview with Yamilet Aponte Claudio, April 2, 2022

(Oral History Lab @UPRM, ) Aponte Claudio, Yamilet (Narrator) ; Santana Rodriguez, Wilmary (Interviewer)

Yamilet Aponte Claudio is currently majoring in Journalism, with a minor concentration in Accounting and Foreign Languages. I chose her for this project because I based the climate justice issue I chose for this on one of her articles titled El sargazo y los esfuerzos del Caribe. During the interview, we discussed the current status of the extent of Sargassum on the shores of Puerto Rico. We talked about proposals made by the government and non-profit organizations involved in the efforts of removing Sargassum in the most efficient and sustainable ways, such as other factors that are being affected by this situation. Some of them are the risk of extinction of the turtles, the lack of good water quality for our society, and the tourism quality, which is one of the main sources of economy for our island and therefore, is a serious problem for our society and our incomes.

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