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Puerto Ricans Return to Streets in Anger at Unused Emergency Aid

Associated Press

   SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - Hundreds of people joined a protest Thursday
   organized by Puerto Rican singer Rene Perez of Calle 13 fame in a
   demonstration reminiscent of those that ousted the island's former
   governor last year. Anger is growing over emergency aid that until
   recently sat unused in a warehouse amid ongoing earthquakes.

   Protesters gathered under the heavy rain at the governor's mansion as
   they waved flags and banged on pots, demanding the ouster of Gov. Wanda
   Vazquez.

   "This is not the end! It's just the beginning!" one of the protest
   organizers yelled to a cheering crowd, which had marched to the mansion
   from the Capitol building. By late Thursday, police fired tear gas at a
   small group of protesters and ordered them to leave the area. A handful
   of protesters responded by setting a small barricade on fire and
   breaking nearby windows.

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