http://solofriendly.com/snapshots-of-san-juan-demonstracion/ All You Need to Travel is YOU Wed, 23 May 2012 23:57:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://solofriendly.com/snapshots-of-san-juan-demonstracion/#comment-872 SoloFriendly Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:22:31 +0000 http://solofriendly.com/?p=3939#comment-872 Thank you so much for the explanation! I was hoping someone would come here and tell me what was going on. I wasn't worried about it being violent. We have protests in Vermont all the time, I'm used to them. I just really wanted to know what it was about. 15,000 public employees are going to lose their jobs? I can see why people are upset. That's terrible. I'm very sorry to hear that. I loved my time in Puerto Rico, and I did find the people to be very warm and welcoming. I would definitely go back again. I hope the jobs situation improves there (and everywhere!) soon. Thank you so much for the explanation! I was hoping someone would come here and tell me what was going on. I wasn't worried about it being violent. We have protests in Vermont all the time, I'm used to them. I just really wanted to know what it was about. 15,000 public employees are going to lose their jobs? I can see why people are upset. That's terrible. I'm very sorry to hear that. I loved my time in Puerto Rico, and I did find the people to be very warm and welcoming. I would definitely go back again. I hope the jobs situation improves there (and everywhere!) soon.

]]> http://solofriendly.com/snapshots-of-san-juan-demonstracion/#comment-871 marielcruz Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:32:15 +0000 http://solofriendly.com/?p=3939#comment-871 I’m from Puerto Rico, so I want to explain you the reason of that protest. The new governor it’s implementing some sort of policies about getting fired almost 15,000 public employees in order to reduce government’s budget. As you can imagine, it’s not a friendly policy especially with labor unions. But something that every tourist should know it’s that no matter if you find a massive protest here, you shouldn’t be worried about it because they are not violent. In almost every protest here, the participants bring musical instruments (pleneras) and its look almost like a cultural parade. That’s our way to express ourselves. We are a very warming country that has a lot of friendly habitants that always try to welcome all the tourists with a big smile. Welcome to Puerto Rico and hope you come back. I’m from Puerto Rico, so I want to explain you the reason of that protest. The new governor it’s implementing some sort of policies about getting fired almost 15,000 public employees in order to reduce government’s budget. As you can imagine, it’s not a friendly policy especially with labor unions. But something that every tourist should know it’s that no matter if you find a massive protest here, you shouldn’t be worried about it because they are not violent. In almost every protest here, the participants bring musical instruments (pleneras) and its look almost like a cultural parade. That’s our way to express ourselves. We are a very warming country that has a lot of friendly habitants that always try to welcome all the tourists with a big smile. Welcome to Puerto Rico and hope you come back.

]]> http://solofriendly.com/snapshots-of-san-juan-demonstracion/#comment-812 SoloFriendly Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:27:29 +0000 http://solofriendly.com/?p=3939#comment-812 Not a foreign country to me, PR is part of the US, and I'm from the US. It does feel foreign sometimes, though--especially when you're surrounded by people speaking a language you understand very little of. I hope I didn't make it sound like it was terribly unruly or anything. On the contrary, they were well organized and orderly. Just loud. Thanks for the comment, Emily! Not a foreign country to me, PR is part of the US, and I'm from the US. It does feel foreign sometimes, though–especially when you're surrounded by people speaking a language you understand very little of. I hope I didn't make it sound like it was terribly unruly or anything. On the contrary, they were well organized and orderly. Just loud. Thanks for the comment, Emily!

]]> http://solofriendly.com/snapshots-of-san-juan-demonstracion/#comment-811 Emily @ Maiden Voyage Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:54:20 +0000 http://solofriendly.com/?p=3939#comment-811 How odd and exciting to find yourself in the middle of a protest in a foreign country! It seems like protests/strikes are commonplace in many countries, but they just don't happen that often in the US. That must have been wild to witness it -- great job capturing it in photos! How odd and exciting to find yourself in the middle of a protest in a foreign country! It seems like protests/strikes are commonplace in many countries, but they just don't happen that often in the US. That must have been wild to witness it — great job capturing it in photos!

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