Puerto Ricans rise up against US-imposed austerity, protest

Puerto Ricans rise up against US-imposed austerity, protest poverty wages

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Puerto Rican public workers are protesting the neoliberal policies imposed by US colonialism and Washington's unelected Financial Oversight and Management Board. I speak with Ángel Rodríguez Rivera, president of the Puerto Rican Association of University Professors, about how teachers are rising up, after the minimum wage hasn't increased in 13 years. VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=hCKxWXuEYUc

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