One of the prisoners who was offered the amnesty by Clinton, Oscar L pez, turned it down, claiming the conditions it imposed were humiliating. The terms of Clinton's amnesty require that the prisoners acknowledge that their acts were criminal and wrong, and that they renounce to the use of violence to achieve political ends. Also, they will have to report their whereabouts and movements to a parole officer and submit to drug tests whenever the parole officer sees it appropriate. Many in Puerto Rico are concerned that the former prisoners might face harassment from U.S. federal authorities, and that they might even be rearrested for alleged violations of their clemency conditions. All over Puerto Rico, whole communities spend weeks, months and even years without water.
Citizens asking for help get no answers.
It would seem that none of the employees know anything or are responsible for anything. Some customers don't receive water, but get their bills with great punctuality, charging them for water they never get. Not surprisingly, civil society and grassroots communities have taken matters into their own hands, given the failure of both government and private enterprise to solve the water crisis. In 1996, the Cubuy ward of the municipality of Can vanas spent 45 days with no water. In the ensuing three years, over a dozen similar community groups have sprung up all over Puerto Rico for the same purpose.