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<h1 class="reader-title">Puerto Rico: Police Dispersed Protest
Against Governor Wanda</h1>
January 24, 2020</div>
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<p>The Puerto Rican police Thursday night launched tear
gas to disperse the massive concentration that took
place in downtown San Juan to demand the resignation of
Governor Wanda Vazquez, who is responsible for
the mismanagement of resources donated to victims of
earthquakes.</p>
<p>This concentration was preceded in the afternoon by an
impressive march that moved from the local
Congress to the headquarters of the Executive branch.</p>
<p>"Down with Wanda," "To an abusive government, a
combative people" and "Let them rot in jail" were some
of the phrases that Puerto Ricans chanted while
participating in the march, which was convened by singer
Rene Perez (known as "Resident") and San Luis Cardinals
baseball player, Yadier Molina.</p>
<p>The citizens' indignation against their governor was
lit on January 18, when the people discovered a
warehouse that was full of food that had not been
delivered to the victims of natural disasters.</p>
<p>The unjustified storage of humanitarian aid led Puerto
Ricans to think that it was either a new corruption case
or an expression of negligence.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">ENGLISH SUBTITLES<br>
Ricky Martin's message to the Governor of Puerto
Rico, Wanda Vázquez, asking her to resign. As I
think you'll notice, Ricky is a really well-spoken
guy. <a href="https://t.co/poqbLunwDj">pic.twitter.com/poqbLunwDj</a></p>
— midnucas ���� (@midnucas) <a
href="https://twitter.com/midnucas/status/1220587813806039040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January
24, 2020</a> </blockquote>
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<p>"My grandchildren will not believe me when I tell them
that, in less than 17 months, Puerto Rico faced two
hurricanes, 1,800 tremors, an earthquake, and two
governments that hid supplies," artist and journalist
Reimillan said, as reported by La Izquierda
Diario.</p>
<p>Governor Vazquez came to power last July after intense
anti-government protests led to the resignation of
former Governor Ricardo Rosello.</p>
<p>Carlos Acevedo, who was dismissed as commissioner of
the Bureau of Emergency Management (Nmead), said the
governor, the secretary of state and the head of the
National Guard if they knew about the existence of the
warehouse with supplies.</p>
<p>After the latest intense seismic activity (Dec.
2019-Jan. 2020), the U.S. government signed a
declaration of "major disaster status" in favor of
Puerto Rico, which would thus access federal aid funds
for municipalities such as Guanica, Guayanilla,
Penuelas, Ponce, Utuado, and Yauco.</p>
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