Bernie in Puerto Rico - part 4

On his last day in Puerto Rico, Bernie Sanders chose to visit the poorest community in Puerto Rico and one of the poorest in the entire caribbean region, located in San Juan, the Comunidad del Caño Martín Peña, a community that was born along with the industrialization boom of the island in the mid 20th century, it is located in mangrove wetlands bordering a long tidal channel. In 2015 it received the United Nations World Habitat Award.

GRForSanders: RT ErikaAndiola: Bernie visits Caño Martin Peña to hear from the community about the environmental e… pic.twitter.com/jUqhHZG300

— E.J. Thribb (@blessedjester) 17 de mayo de 2016

.@BernieSanders capped #PuertoRico trip w/ look at polluted (&often flooded) Canal Pena -threatens health of locals pic.twitter.com/0AOPp233Vn

— MaryAlice Parks (@maryaliceparks) 17 de mayo de 2016

Sanders speaks with Ms. Rodríguez, the executive director of Corporación Proyecto Enlace Caño Martín Peña

GRForSanders: RT DannyEFreeman: .BernieSanders visits Caño Martín Peña in San Juan, an impoverished community w ma… pic.twitter.com/eBdGqjkR9O

— E.J. Thribb (@blessedjester) 17 de mayo de 2016

Rodriguez told Sanders that the more than 2,000 residents had formed a community land trust to protect their neighborhood from encroaching developers. She said the land trust was modeled on an affordable housing initiative which Sanders pioneered in the 1980s when he was the mayor of Burlington, Vermont.

The Martín Peña land trust gave residents a legal, long-term claim to land where their families have lived for generations.

Sanders told Rodriguez that he was “deeply impressed” and called the land trust “an excellent effort by a very poor community to fight to stay in homes they have lived in for decades against the forces of gentrification.” — berniesanders.com

On his last morning in PR Sanders tours Fideicomiso de la tierra del Caño Martín Peña pic.twitter.com/cCKERnGh8D

— Kylie Atwood (@kylieatwood) 17 de mayo de 2016

@BernieSanders con los líderes del #CañoMartinPeña #BernieInPR #dragadoya pic.twitter.com/USCaKNthY6

— Edgardo J. Ortiz (@PRSURFF) 17 de mayo de 2016

@BernieSanders en el @CanoMartinPena #BernieInPR #dragadoya pic.twitter.com/ENcZT77wvt

— Edgardo J. Ortiz (@PRSURFF) 17 de mayo de 2016

My favorite photo from his trip is this one below

Thank u #BernieSanders for visiting & supporting the Caño Martin Peña Community Land Trust! #BernieInPR #FeelTheBern pic.twitter.com/KvGQ5UdJqG

— Line Algoed (@linealgoed) 17 de mayo de 2016

Sanders leaves Puerto Rico, returns to US after an almost 3 day stay

Thank you @berniesanders for choosing our facilities for your flight needs on your #PuertoRico visit! pic.twitter.com/iD9BwlqqgG

— Pazos FBO Services (@PazosFBOSanJuan) 17 de mayo de 2016

thank you all for reading, this is the last one, you can read my other diaries here

Bernie in Puerto Rico part 3

Bernie in Puerto Rico part 2

Bernie in Puerto Rico