University of Puerto Rico Closed by Student Protests
Students at the University of Puerto Rico staged massive protests this morning, at the start of a planned 48-hour student strike. The students are opposing budget cuts and program changes.
English-language news on the situation is scarce so far, but a brief Associated Press story reports that the university’s Rio Piedras campus has been closed “indefinitely” after clashes between protesters and security guards allegedly left nineteen guards injured.
There’s a Facebook page in solidarity with the occupation, and the website Emancipating Education for All is posting info as they get it. The Twitter feed for the protests is #ParoUPR, and some background on the strike
English-language news on the situation is scarce so far, but a brief Associated Press story reports that the university’s Rio Piedras campus has been closed “indefinitely” after clashes between protesters and security guards allegedly left nineteen guards injured.
There’s a Facebook page in solidarity with the occupation, and the website Emancipating Education for All is posting info as they get it. The Twitter feed for the protests is #ParoUPR, and some background on the strike
