Just a note here to let you know about a special blog put together by students at the University of Puerto Rico chronicling the quotidian reasons why many will have great difficulty affording the $800 per semester increase imposed by the administration and its partner, the PNP government of Puerto Rico. These stories help demystify the economic reality behind the student strike, helping to prove that it is not wholly motivated by political ideology. It also debunks one of the talking points of the government, which implies that students who receive Pell grants receive the maximum allotment.

Check it out, it’s called 102 Palabras: http://102palabras.wordpress.com/