<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:identifier>doi:10.7916/0myv-m011</dc:identifier><dc:title>Oral history interview with Carlos Bonilla Rodríguez, 2018</dc:title><dc:creator>Bonilla Rodríguez, Carlos</dc:creator><dc:format>oral histories</dc:format><dc:type>mixed material</dc:type><dc:subject>Farmers</dc:subject><dc:subject>Hurricane Maria, 2017</dc:subject><dc:subject>Dwellings--Puerto Rico</dc:subject><dc:subject>Hurricane damage--Puerto Rico</dc:subject><dc:subject>Agriculture--Puerto Rico</dc:subject><dc:subject>San Sebastián (P.R.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Bonilla Rodríguez, Carlos</dc:subject><dc:subject>United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency</dc:subject><dc:description>In the first session, Bonilla Rodríguez describes the wooden contstruction of his family home. He then recalls leaving school in order to work at the family farm. He recalls working in coffee and sugar cane fields. He discusses the 9/11 attacks. He describes all the things he lost as a result of Hurricane María. He compares the help he received from the US government to the one he got from the Puerto Rican government. He discusses a programmed back surgery he will be having soon and how it slows down the construction of his new house. Bonilla Rodríguez discusses fondly the help he has received from his neighbors in the reconstruction of his home. He reflects on the fact that even though Hurricane María was a climatic disaster, he got to build a house out of cement, which is better than the one he used to have. He comments on his relationship with agriculture.

In the second session, Bonilla Rodríguez is recovering from his back surgery. He discusses his family and his childhood. He then recalls how he met his wife. Bonilla Rodríguez describes what happened when Hurricane María started to hit his house. He recalls helping out an older neighbor, Yinda, whose house was filled with water.

In the final session, Bonilla Rodríguez comments on the help he is receiving from his family in order to reconstruct his house. He describes how the construction is going. Finally, he recalls a childhood experience in which he fell out of a tree and was severely injured. Miriam Latorre Vega, Bonilla Rodríguez's wife, is present throughout the whole interview

En la primera sesión, Bonilla Rodríguez recuerda cómo se construyó la casa de su familia con madera. Luego recuerda que dejó la escuela para trabajar en la granja familiar. Recuerda haber trabajado en los campos de café y caña de azúcar. Habla del atentado del 11 de septiembre. Describe todas las cosas que perdió como consecuencia del Huracán María. Compara la ayuda que recibió del gobierno estadounidense con la que recibió del gobierno puertorriqueño. Comenta una operación de espalda programada a la que se someterá pronto y de cómo retrasa la construcción de su nueva casa. Bonilla Rodríguez comenta con cariño la ayuda que ha recibido de sus vecinos en la reconstrucción de su casa. Reflexiona sobre el hecho de que, a pesar de que el huracán María fue un desastre climático, consiguió construir una casa de cemento, que es mejor que la que tenía antes. Comenta su relación con la agricultura.

En la segunda sesión, Bonilla Rodríguez se recupera de su operación de espalda. Habla de su familia y de su infancia. Luego, recuerda cómo conoció a su mujer. Bonilla Rodríguez describe lo que ocurrió cuando el huracán María empezó a golpear su casa. Recuerda cómo ayudó a una vecina mayor, Yinda, cuya casa se llenó de agua.

En la última sesión, Bonilla Rodríguez comenta la ayuda que está recibiendo de su familia para reconstruir su casa. Describe cómo va la construcción. Por último, recuerda una experiencia de su infancia: se cayó de un árbol y resultó gravemente herido. Miriam Latorre Vega, esposa de Bonilla Rodríguez, está presente durante toda la entrevista porque el narrador quiso que así fuera</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>