The Unemployment Crisis In Puerto Rico.

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A difficult week in Puerto Rico: governor Luis Fortuño layed-off nearly 17,000 government employees. In total this year, the recently elected government has laid off around 25,000 public employees. After the announcement, people mobilized. Workers, women, students, professors, and members of the civil society in general, have organized press conferences and demonstrations in order to protest the decision that leaves thousands of families in a desperate situation. In an act of civil disobedience a group of people chained themselves and blocked the main entrance to the Governor's Mansion, La Fortaleza, in Old San Juan. They set up what they called “The Camp of Dignity”, but were soon removed by a special police force. Trade unions have announced a national strike for October 15."