https://emsenn.net/tags/puertorico/ Recent content in PuertoRico on emsenn.net Hugo en-us Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://emsenn.net/library/domains/humanities/domains/sociology/domains/critical-theory/domains/anarchism/domains/disaster-response/domains/emergent-disaster-response/domains/centros-de-apoyo-mutuo/texts/centros-de-apoyo-mutuo-in-post-maria-puerto-rico/ Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://emsenn.net/library/domains/humanities/domains/sociology/domains/critical-theory/domains/anarchism/domains/disaster-response/domains/emergent-disaster-response/domains/centros-de-apoyo-mutuo/texts/centros-de-apoyo-mutuo-in-post-maria-puerto-rico/ <p>The centros de apoyo mutuo that emerged in Puerto Rico after Hurricanes Irma and Maria are one of the clearest examples of emergent disaster response becoming territorial, autonomous, and explicitly political [@camcoconspirators2019; @cambuilding2020]. Faced with state collapse, FEMA abuse, and colonial abandonment, people organized self-managed spaces to meet urgent needs while building durable community power.</p> <h2 id="self-managed-spaces">Self-managed spaces</h2> <p>Mutual Aid Disaster Relief&rsquo;s CAM materials describe these centers as self-managed spaces created around the island after Maria [@camcoconspirators2019]. This matters because the centers were not only distribution points. They were institutional forms through which communities could organize themselves rather than wait to be governed.</p>