'We need him out. We need a good governor. We need leadership.' Tens of thousands of protesters shut down freeway in Puerto Rico, demanding governor's resignation.
Blowing whistles, waving red, white and blue Puerto Rican flags and demanding the immediate resignation of the governor, tens of thousands of protesters Monday morning showed their outrage by shutting down a major freeway in the U.S. territory's capital and imploring those who feel the same to join an island-wide strike.
"How can someone who belittles his own country represent us," said Torres, who was born and raised on the Caribbean island. Lebron, who was also born and raised in Puerto Rico, said the leaked text messages of Rossello and his inner circle using offensive language to demean Puerto Rican citizens was just the last straw in a series of debacles and scandals.
Organizers claimed that 500,000 people, including singer Ricky Martin, participated in Wednesday's protest.By 10 a.m. Monday, the crowd had swelled to tens of thousands of protesters who began marching en masse from the Hiram Bithorn Stadium south of the San Juan business district to a major freeway nearby, where they stopped traffic -- an attempt to cripple business in the downtown area.
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