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Puerto Ricans Protest Proposed Power Price Hike

PUERTO RICO – Hundreds of Puerto Ricans gathered in the center of Old San Juan to march against a debt adjustment plan of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.

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PUERTO RICANS – Hundreds of Puerto Ricans gathered in the center of Old San Juan to march against a debt adjustment plan of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA).

Protesters say the plan will increases already high electricity bills.

The crowd marched toward the governor’s mansion and hoisted Puerto Rican flags and carried signs warning that an increase in power bills would lead to an unsustainable rise in the island’s already expensive cost of living.

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