Wednesday, July 30- August 5, 2019 - // no. 014
Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
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PRECEDENCE FOR A FEDERAL COORDINATOR FOR RECOVERY FUNDS P6 COURT IMPOSES 120-DAY PAUSE ON BANKRUPTCY SUITS P8
“TOO PREMATURE” TO ASSESS THE EFFECT OF THE POLITICAL CRISIS
In spite of ousting a governor scorned by demonstrators and the particularities of the unprecedented event, analysts have a sense of confidence in the future
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>Josian Bruno Gómez
Cynthia López Cabán
“IN THE HEIGHTS” BACK IN SANTURCE P18
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or two weeks, the intersection of Cristo Street and Fortaleza Street was the epicenter of the protests that brought down the government of Ricardo Rosselló. Just two days after the embattled politician announced he was stepping down on Aug. 2, a sense of normalcy and joy percolated in the touristy neighborhood. The scribbling on the walls demanding his resignation disappeared, and the city gleamed in the sunshine, while
the concrete barricade that kept demonstrators a block away from La Fortaleza became a memorial of the popular movement as well as a tourist attraction, with locals and travelers stopping by to take pictures. “What one destroys, one must rebuild,” Lety Díaz told to THE WEEKLY JOURNAL shortly after buying some crafts in a store on Resistencia Street, the new name protesters gave to Fortaleza Street after the massive demonstrations. Díaz and her husband, Marlon Villagra, participated in the demonstrations but, on this GO TO PAGE 4
>Gabriel López Albarrán
MEET THE WOMAN BEHIND THE LARGEST LOCAL MAKEUP BRAND P16