Blackout in Puerto Rico: Whole Island Loses Power Amid Hurricane Fiona as Privatized Grid Collapses

More than 1.5 million people are in the dark after Hurricane Fiona knocked the power out across all of Puerto Rico Sunday, triggering floods and landslides. We go to San Juan for an update from Democracy Now! correspondent Juan Carlos Davila, who describes how privatization of the island's electrical grid coupled with a legacy of U.S. colonialism has really caused the crisis." We also speak with former San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz as President Biden has declared a national emergency and federal aid pours in. The distribution has to be robust and has to be people-centered and community-centered," notes Cruz.