Power relations and its ripple effects in humanitarian aid: A study in the post-years of the aftermath of hurricane María in Puerto Rico

Abstract

In 2017, a major hurricane had its landfall in Puerto Rico, a territory of United States of America. My topic is centered in hurricane María and the subsequent years of this hurricane (2017-2022). The reference is María, but the hurricane was the climatological event that unveiled and made visible other crucial elements of crisis like management of aid received, human rights’ protection, sustained embedded ideologies and problems of socio-economic-political nature. María is the perfect context for my project that aims to explore human rights during the century of climate change under a colonial framework.