Puerto Rico: The Invisible and Recurring Social Struggles in the Oldest Colony in the World http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/06/puerto-rico-the-invisible-and-recurring-social-struggles-in-the-oldest-colony-in-the-world/

Then, all the men of the land surrounded him; the sad corpse saw them, excited; stood up slowly, embraced the first man; and walked… – César Vallejo (1937) 

For more than fifty-six days, students at the University of Puerto Rico system, have peacefully occupied ten of the 11 universities in support of a series of measures that could challenge efforts to privatize this public university. Student struggles in Puerto Rico historically have repercussions in the broader society and are woven with the major economic, political and social issues in this United States’ colonial possession.