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Puerto Ricans unite against Rosselló – and more than a decade of cultural trauma

  • Written by Elizabeth Aranda, Professor of Sociology, University of South Florida

Puerto Ricans wrote a new chapter in their history on July 24.

Governor Ricardo Rosselló finally resigned after 12 days of massive protests in Puerto Rico, as well as protests abroad, that demanded his resignation; all the protests used the hashtag #RickyRenuncia.

The beginning of the protests can be traced to the release by Centro de...

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