Judy Woodruff:

It's hard to fully comprehend, but more than four months since hurricanes swept through the Caribbean, about half of Puerto Ricans remain without electricity.

This week, Governor Ricardo Rossello announced the island's public energy monopoly would be sold off to private companies following a series of scandals.

In the first of two reports from Puerto Rico, special correspondent Monica Villamizar looks at what's behind the delay in restoring power and how people are coping.