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WNU #1030: Puerto Rican Students Strike Against Cuts
Support for the strikers has come from a number of groups, including the Teachers' Federation of Puerto Rico (FMPR) and the All Puerto Rico for Puerto Rico Coalition, which had led the struggle against layoffs of government employees last fall.
Weekly News Update on the Americas
Issue #1030, April 25, 2010
1. Puerto Rico: Students Strike Against Budget Cuts
2. Honduras: Anti-Sweatshop Campaign Hits Nike
3. Guatemala: NGO Blasts Maquilas’ Abuse of Women
4. Haiti: Government Suspends Forced Evictions
5. Uruguay: Junta Foreign Minister Gets Jail Term
6. Links to alternative sources on: Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Honduras, Haiti, US
ISSN#: 1084 922X. Weekly News Update on the Americas covers news from Latin America and the Caribbean, compiled and written from a progressive perspective. It has been published weekly by the Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York since 1990. For a subscription, write to weeklynewsupdate [at] gmail.com . It is archived at http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/
*1. Puerto Rico: Students Strike Against Budget Cuts
As of Apr. 25 students were continuing an occupation of the Río Piedras campus of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) in San Juan to protest plans to cut next year’s budget by $100 million. The cutbacks might mean an end to exemptions for students with less resources at the public university. About 65,000 students are enrolled in the UPR’s 11 campuses, of which Río Piedras is the largest. [...]
Read the full Update:
http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/2010/04/wnu-1030-puerto-rican-students-strike.html
Issue #1030, April 25, 2010
1. Puerto Rico: Students Strike Against Budget Cuts
2. Honduras: Anti-Sweatshop Campaign Hits Nike
3. Guatemala: NGO Blasts Maquilas’ Abuse of Women
4. Haiti: Government Suspends Forced Evictions
5. Uruguay: Junta Foreign Minister Gets Jail Term
6. Links to alternative sources on: Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Honduras, Haiti, US
ISSN#: 1084 922X. Weekly News Update on the Americas covers news from Latin America and the Caribbean, compiled and written from a progressive perspective. It has been published weekly by the Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York since 1990. For a subscription, write to weeklynewsupdate [at] gmail.com . It is archived at http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/
*1. Puerto Rico: Students Strike Against Budget Cuts
As of Apr. 25 students were continuing an occupation of the Río Piedras campus of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) in San Juan to protest plans to cut next year’s budget by $100 million. The cutbacks might mean an end to exemptions for students with less resources at the public university. About 65,000 students are enrolled in the UPR’s 11 campuses, of which Río Piedras is the largest. [...]
Read the full Update:
http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/2010/04/wnu-1030-puerto-rican-students-strike.html
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