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Fault Lines - Puerto Rico: The Fiscal Experiment

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Uploaded on Jun 27, 2011

Dozens of university students are arrested for demonstrating against a tuition hike. But Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuno remains steadfast in charging students more to help close a $3.2 billion budget gap.

The students' fight is representative of a larger debate in Puerto Rico, and in the US, about how to solve a severe budget crisis - and at what cost.

Fortuno, a hawkish fiscal conservative, laid off 20,000 government workers in 2009, and suspended all labour negotiations, just like governors on the US mainland are doing today. But two years later Puerto Rico's labour unions are still scrambling to reorganise a largely unemployed population - nearly 17 per cent.

Puerto Rico is in its fifth year of recession, and expected to be the world's slowest growing economy if its situation does not improve. At question is the degree of economic and social responsibility the US has to its commonwealth state.

Fault Lines travels to Puerto Rico to investigate America's legacy as the island's ruler, and the harsh economic policies that are being imposed on the people who live there.

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  • saltwat3rluv

    CALLATE, A NADIE LE IMPORTA.

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  • sayulitapvr

    juar juar juar no me digas TROMPUDO WELFERERO que en tu POCILGA hay Internet y Celulares? y sabes de sabes ke la EMPRESA es Mexicana la ke da esos servicion en TU ISLA PEDORRA? juar juar juar ake CHANGO NALGAS PRIETAS TAN PENDEJO mil veces llamame Indio yo no me averguenzo de mis RAICES INDIGENAS GUERRERAS en cambio tus raices de donde son de AFRICA? y xke no tuvieron los webos tus indigenas para liberarse? Mil veces INDIGENA a SER UNA PUTA LACRA PARASITARIA ACOMPLEJADA juar juar juar

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  • sayulitapvr

    Ah perdon se me olvido " si ke envidia, me muero de la envidia"x no sobrevivir de cupones uy ke envidia, x no ser mascotas para la diversion yanki uy ke envidia, x sobrevivir en la ultima y mas vieja colonia del mundo uy ke envidia, x mas de 500 años no depender de otros para sobrevivir uy ke envidia, x no tener pais, voz y voto uy ke envidia, juar juar juar vieras ke envidia me da no sufrir su LAMENTABLE Y MISERA SITUACION lacayo sumiso seguro ke ke envidia juar juar juar

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  • sayulitapvr

    Juar juar haber CHIMPANSE kien te cree esa mierda ke LADRAS si aki en este VIDEO ES TODO LO CONTRARIO no pueden ni pagar sus estudios no ke CAGAN DINERO PUES? TROMPUDO MANTENIDO los Mx van a tu POCILGA para hacerlos PRODUCTIVOS ya vez estan COMPRANDO LAS POCAS EMPRESAS KE LES DEJARON TUS AMOS, wapatv,claro,aeropuerto de San juan,etc son de Mxs ahora dime cual PUTO PARASITO viene a Mx comprar empresas?MICO tendras todos los Servicios Basicos pero NUNCA TENDRAS LA LIBERTAD DE SER INDEPENDIENTE!!

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  • sayulitapvr

    Juar juar juar es lo que me DIVIERTE DE ESTA PUTA RAZA INFERIOR WELFERERA TROMPUDO COLA PELONA KE SE LE PUEDE ENVIDIAR LACAYO SUMISO? No tienes Pais, Independencia, Voz o Voto, sobrevives de migajas de tus Amos, eres su Mascota yankis, los mandan a morir como perros x la LIBERTAD de otros paises mas jodidos ke tu isla pedorra una LIBERTAD KE NUNCA ESCUCHA BIEN N U N C A CONOCERAN x ser unas PUTAS LACRAS PARASITARIAS MANTENIDAS FRACASADASeso es digno de envidiar?? Juar juar juar

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  • sayulitapvr

    Juar juar nuevo clon? Ke te keda despues ke te exhibo como el PENDEJO PARASITO DE MIERDA KE ERES Y SEGUIRAS SIENDO X EL RESTO DE TU MISERABLE VIDA SI SE PUEDE LLAMAR ASI juar juar juar y lo unico ke te DEJARON TUS AMOS para presumir es viajar en Avion? Juar juar PUTA RAZA INFERIOR ACOMPLEJADA sobreviven de ARRIMADOS EN LA ULTIMA COLONIA DEL MUNDO CON CUPONES y solo presumes ke viajas en avion? Juar juar MONO la reforma ya esta en Proceso y la estadidad? No ke muy gringos ? Juar juar juar

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  • saltwat3rluv

    Si Puerto Rico es tan malo por que hay miles de arabes viviendo en Puerto Rico? pero claro aljazeera no va a reportar eso. ningun pais es perfecto pero de seguro Puerto Rico es mucho mejor de lo q se esta tratando de reportar aqui.

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  • saltwat3rluv

    No discutas con envidiosos q no hay nada q el diga de PR q no se puede decir peor de Mexico.

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  • saltwat3rluv

    LOS WETBACKS MEXICANOS CRUZAN EL DESIERTO Y SE AHOGAN EN EL RIO PARA MAMARLE LOS WEBOS A LOS YANKEES JAJAJA

    INDIOS ANALFABETOS LEAF BLOWERS SIGAN SUPLICANDO POR LA REFORMA MIGRATORIA NO TIENEN DIGNIDAD Y LE FALTA POCO

    PARA MAMARLE EL BICHO A OBAMA JAJAJA Y FIJATE Q LOS PUERTORRIQUENOS LLEGAN EN AVION Y CON AIRE ACONDICIONADO JAJAJA

    Y COMO NO DISCUTOS CON ENVIDIOSOS COMO TU TE CONCEDO LA ULTIMA PALABRA. QUE VIVA PUERTO RICO!

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