SALINAS, Puerto Rico — Leida Rodriguez had always desired to own a little home by the sea. Six years ago, she and her husband, Jaime Castellano, arrived in Villa Esperanza, a small community in the southern municipality of Salinas where the Caribbean Sea meets the Nigua River, to make that dream come true. “It is a very peaceful place, a lot of humble people,” said Rodriguez, 50. “Quickly, they took us in like family.” The couple from the central town of Naranjito, who celebrated their 30th anniversary last month, lived in a camper someone had given them while they built the home little by lit…
