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El sol es el mejor desinfectante para Puerto Rico
August 19, 2019Ha quedado claro que una gran porción de la clase política puertorriqueña está tiznada de la corrupción, incluyendo la alimentada por la industria de combustibles fósiles.
Read moreAn island adrift: Debt, disaster and destiny for Puerto Rico
January 30, 2018In 1944, under the title “An Island Adrift,” Juan Bosch published an article in solidarity with the struggle for the independence of Puerto Rico.
Read moreWorld Notes: Somalia, Spain, Cuba, Puerto Rico and UN
May 10, 2010In Somalia, soldiers aren't getting paid, Spain's jobless rate soars, Cuba celebrates May Day, students in Puerto Rico strike against privatization, and the United Nations reports on press freedom.
Read moreWorld Notes: Puerto Rico, Colombia, Gaza, Italy, Kenya, Nepal
May 15, 2009Puerto Rico: Workers nix layoffs, privatization On International Workers Day, May 1, public sector unions organized under the Broad Front of Solidarity and Struggle launched demonstrations in San Juan. The police put the crowd at 30,000. Utility workers, bus drivers, firefighters and teachers carried out a warning strike. The protests were directed at Governor Luis Fortuño’s plans, approved by the legislature, to lay off up to 60,000 workers, privatize state...
Read moreStudent strike shuts down University of Puerto Rico indefinitely
April 29, 2010Students at the main campus of the University of Puerto Rico, at Río Piedras, on Tuesday, April 13, voted overwhelmingly in favor of a tentative 48-hour campus occupation the following week.
Read moreEn precario los derechos laborales en Puerto Rico
May 06, 2017Durante los pasados veinte años los patronos han promovido una agenda neoliberal dirigida a recortar o eliminar los derechos laborales de la clase obrera en el país.
Read moreNew York City rally in solidarity with University Of Puerto Rico students
May 19, 2010On the rainy afternoon of May 18, hundreds converged in front of the Manhattan office of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration (PRFAA), The group, made up of political, student and community representatives, came to demonstrate against the budget cuts to the University Of Puerto Rico, a public university, and against the massive wave of lay-offs which workers are currently suffering in Puerto Rico.
Read moreAFL-CIO Report: Santander bank exec looted Puerto Rico’s infrastructure fund
May 16, 2017Labor leaders call on Carlos M. Garcia to resign from the “Junta” or PROMESA Control Board.
Read moreTrump waives Jones Act, opening Puerto Rico to foreign relief ships
September 29, 2017It took Trump a week to lift the port restrictions, bringing flak for the delay, as well as for what Puerto Ricans on the street call a lack of federal response.
Read morePuerto Rico’s plight, Trump’s response dominates a day at AFL-CIO
October 24, 2017Puerto Rico’s plight, a month after Hurricane Maria smashed the island commonwealth to smithereens, dominated a day at the AFL-CIO convention.
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