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The Río Piedras students paralyzed the campus as a strategy to prevent a hike in the tuition rates and a $450-million cutback to the UPR’s budget in the next five years.
The Río Piedras students paralyzed the campus as a strategy to prevent a hike in the tuition rates and a $450-million cutback to the UPR’s budget in the next five years. (David Villafañe Ramos)

The interim president of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Nivia Fernández Hernández, yesterday admitted that she is evaluating whether to issue the payroll checks for the Río Piedras Campus employees during the students’ walkout. Meanwhile, the strikers urged Governor Ricardo Rosselló Nevares to give in to their claims to avoid prolonging the work stoppage.

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