Liberty is for me…

Here it goes, my first Spanish post. If you see errors, please correct me.
The first post is about Fortuno winning the primary.
Que bueno que Pedro Rosselló perdió este pasado domingo las primarias contra el residente comisionado Luís Fortuño. Porque ese hijo de su madre no ha hecho nada bueno para nuestro isla, excepto robarse [...]

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The ten-day teachers strike in Puerto Rico ended. The union will continue to demand higher wages and better working conditions.
Mainstream media keeps portraying teachers in the island as being paid low wages in comparison to mainland salaries but media bias won’t tell you the whole story.
I did a little research and look, what I found [...]

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A teachers strike that started last Thursday continues in the island. Many Puerto Ricans and students worry that teachers decision to strike, which is is illegal under law, may affect on-time graduation for many high school seniors.
An AP story reports, that 40 percent of high school seniors don’t graduate.
I find it fascinating that the teachers [...]

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Background:
Yesterday, 40,000 teachers (all union card holding members) went on strike, 11 of the 14 arrested protesters were teachers. El Dia, the Spanish paper in Puerto Rico, reports only 161,688 students of 523,399 enrolled students attended school yesterday.
Over the past several months, the teachers union has being negotiating with the state officials collective bargaining, cap [...]

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So, my island now matters to Democrats, specifically Clinton. She wants to win all 63 delegates.
Someone stop her!
“Ms. Williams [her new adviser] is pouring resources into two must-win states, Texas and Ohio, which vote March 4. Some advisers are looking even further out: to spring contests in Pennsylvania and Puerto Rico.”

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