PUERTO RICO: Student strike paralyses university

A showdown is looming in the student strike that has paralyzed all 11 campuses of the University of Puerto Rico for more than six weeks, writes Juan Gonzalez for the Daily News. On Tuesday, protest leaders rejected a 16h00 deadline from university President José Ramón de la Torre to cease campus occupations and end the strike, which has kept 65,000 students out of classes since 21 April.

De la Torre and Puerto Rico's Governor Luis Fortuño warned the rebellious students they will seek court orders to have them arrested and removed.

The strike, one of the longest and biggest in modern US history, has garnered considerable support from both the university's faculty and the Puerto Rican public.
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Comment:
I think that they are ridiculous. It seems like Puerto Rico is becoming a third world country and communist as well. Since when do the people trash and destroy government property? And the law allows it! The United States has given everything to those unappreciative people and that's how they thank them. I think the US needs to let the island go. The US doesn't need anything from them, so what's the point? My family is from Puerto Rico and I am embarrassed for it. Puerto Ricans always want something for nothing, always depending on the government to support them, but when it comes down to it, they talk trash about the US. I honestly think that the government and the law over there needs to put a foot down and do something about this. I don't think they should give in.

Isa