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Former residents of a demolished public housing complex in San Juan say the government’s decision to construct privately-operated, mixed-income housing in the place of its existing system is permanently displacing communities.

Jornada: Se acabaron las Promesas, El Hangar en Santurce, Papel Machete, and others march through Santurce to join the paro nacional.

“In art, you don’t have to prove anything because art is its own evidence. The symbolic level — to me it’s the limit of freedom. It’s what you do with the symbolism that matters. You can use it to create ignorance, or you can use it to liberate people.”

“He told me, ‘It’s black out here.’ There was urgency in his voice. He kept repeating it. ‘You need to get out here and see this. Now.’”