JUST WATCHED Food shortages cripple Puerto Rico Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Food shortages cripple Puerto Rico 02:04There is the incessant buzz of emergency generators, and the constant smell of the diesel fuel that powers them. So this holiday season, as their fellow Americans on the mainland eat leftover turkey and shop for gifts, many Puerto Ricans will still be struggling just to feed and shelter themselves. "This could be the Christmas that moves Puerto Rico forward," agrees musician Roberto Silva, one of the island's leading backcountry troubadours. The holiday season in Puerto Rico is typically marked by parrandas, a time-honored form of Christmas caroling in which families and friends gather and move from house to house, singing and dancing. Workers repair a damaged road in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, a month after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island.

Source: CNN November 23, 2017 18:56 UTC