Myrna Izquierdo visits patients last week at Casa Ismael, the clinic she runs in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. The impasse comes amid a hardening opposition by the president against extending additional aid to Puerto Rico. He has occasionally groused about how ungrateful political officials in Puerto Rico were for the administration’s help, the official said. The Agranel supermarket chain in Puerto Rico has hired at least two employees in each of its 37 stores since Hurricane Maria. Izquierdo’s parents founded Casa Ismael after their son — Izquierdo’s brother — died of HIV in Puerto Rico.

Source: Washington Post March 25, 2019 18:15 UTC