Sonia Nieves at her home in Bayamón, Puerto Rico on March 13, 2020. Photo: Erika P. Rodriguez for GEN

What Puerto Rico’s State of Emergency Means to a Mother Who Lost Her Daughter to Domestic Violence

Activists, survivors, and families have been calling for the government to take action since 2018

Andrea González-Ramírez
Published in
5 min readFeb 3, 2021

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Nearly three years ago, Suliani Calderón Nieves, a 38-year-old health care worker in Puerto Rico, was murdered by her ex-husband in front…

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Andrea González-Ramírez
GEN
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Award-winning Puerto Rican journalist. Senior Writer at New York Magazine’s The Cut. Formerly GEN, Refinery29, and more. Read my work: https://www.thecut.com/