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Jessie Fuentes: In Politics Out of Necessity
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After running and winning 26th Ward for the Democrats in Chicago, she is still skeptical of that party and has her feet firmly anchored in her community.
After running and winning 26th Ward for the Democrats in Chicago, she is still skeptical of that party and has her feet firmly anchored in her community.
Jessie Fuentes and Cristina Pacione Zayas are two Puerto Rican politicians in Chicago who have experienced government abandonment in various stages of their lives, but who have also witnessed the power of community organizing that achieved anti-gentrification legislation.
The privatization proposals for the docks in the southern part of the islet of San Juan will bring changes to the area’s coastal ecosystem, vehicular access, public services, and affordable housing, according to residents and experts.