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Hurricane Fiona a threat to Puerto Rico’s fragile recovery
September 23, 2022Hurricane Fiona slammed into Puerto Rico Sunday afternoon, causing widespread destruction.
Read moreMassive demonstrations demand resignation of Puerto Rico governor
July 23, 2019The Workers Central Union declared, “Today we show the indignation of a people. We the honest people are in greater numbers and we are not afraid."
Read more25,000 march for public education in Puerto Rico
February 22, 2008After showing its strength with a march of 25,000 teachers and their supporters Feb. 17, the Puerto Rico Federation of Teachers (FMPR) has been able to make progress toward a new labor agreement, averting for the moment a nationwide work stoppage that had been threatened for Feb. 19. FMPR officials said agreement had been reached on some of the teachers’ demands. But they cautioned that the union was on “stand-by...
Read moreLas criptomonedas, haciendo de Puerto Rico un paraíso perdido
March 06, 2022En su libro La Batalla por el paraíso, Puerto Rico y el Capitalismo del Desastre (2018) Naomi Klein, una reconocida periodista, dice “entre los escombros del huracán María, los puertorriqueños y los puertopians ultra ricos están enfrascados en una lucha irreconciliable por cómo rehacer la Isla”. Hoy en el 2022 esas palabras resuenan más que nunca. No es secreto que luego del paso del huracán en el 2017 la isla...
Read moreLópez Rivera pide unidad boricua por un mejor Puerto Rico
May 21, 2017En medio de la aclamación popular, el independentista mostró su solidaridad con la lucha de los estudiantes ante los recientes anuncios neoliberales del Gobierno de la isla.
Read moreAlex Cora recibido con júbilo en Puerto Rico
November 04, 2018Con los brazos alzados al cielo en señal de júbilo, centenares de personas en la ciudad puertorriqueña de Caguas recibieron al piloto de los Medias Rojas Alex Cora, en tributo a uno que de los suyos condujo al equipo de Boston al título de la Serie Mundial.
Read moreLabor unions bring real rebuilding assistance to Puerto Rico
October 13, 2017Trump blames the Puerto Ricans for their own problems and threatens to cut off all federal aid, but union volunteers are showing up withe real help.
Read moreWORLDNOTES: Argentina, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe, Gaza, Thailand, Puerto Rico
July 10, 2009Argentina: Elections mirror economic stresses In parliamentary elections June 28 the center-left Peronist bloc headed by President Cristina Fernandez and former president Nestor Kirchner lost congressional majorities. Voting in Buenos Aires Province, home to 40 percent of Argentinians, was decisive. The results opened the door to potential opposition presidential candidates in elections set for 2011. Kirchner had to give up leadership of his Victory Front grouping to a Peronist rival...
Read moreAFL-CIO, several unions send volunteers to Puerto Rico
October 03, 2017Some 275 volunteers – pilots, mechanics, flight attendants, and others – will take off on a union-sponsored relief mission to hurricane-smashed Puerto Rico.
Read morePuerto Rico: Una gran protesta contra el gobernador
July 22, 2019Días antes, la fiscalía ordenó el arresto de seis funcionarios acusados de malversar 15 millones de dólares de fondos federales para la recuperación de Puerto Rico tras el azote de María en 2017, su peor huracán en un siglo.
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