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#RickyRenuncio: Philly Puerto Ricans reflect on the governor’s resignation and the movement that inspired it

“It is hurtful that the person we trusted and gave faith on representing us, ended up mocking and laughing at the people who put him there.”

The Rev. Jessie Alejandro, of Voces del Barrio, speaks of the triumph of the protestors in Puerto Rico to oust the governor as she has lunch with friends at El Coquí in Philadelphia on July 25, 2019.
The Rev. Jessie Alejandro, of Voces del Barrio, speaks of the triumph of the protestors in Puerto Rico to oust the governor as she has lunch with friends at El Coquí in Philadelphia on July 25, 2019.Read moreMICHAEL BRYANT / Staff Photographer