Why Half a Million Puerto Ricans Are Protesting in the Streets

Item

File Name
JG_PuertoRicansAreProtesting_20190719
Title
Why Half a Million Puerto Ricans Are Protesting in the Streets
Summary
This article concerns itself with the reasons that inspired the movement to demand the resignation of Governor Ricardo Roselló, as well as the context and trajectory of those protests. The article focuses on the events that appeared in the governor’s leaked messaging group to show how they reflect the corruption of the government. The article also attempts to evaluate the island’s political future in the case of the governor’s resignation, and power vacuum it would create.
Date Created
2019-07-19
Author
Morales, Ed
Publisher
The Nation
Type
Newspaper
Place Created
Remote
Language
English
Pages
10
Community Organization
JG: JunteGente
Emergencies
School closings
Political corruption
Depressions
Debts, Public
Hurricane Maria, 2017
Women--Violence against
United States. Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act or PROMESA
Responses
Public art
Protest songs
Demonstrations
Protest movements
Item sets
JunteGente
Documents