The Washington Post

Puerto Rico university professors announce strike

The Associated Press

Wednesday, February 9, 2011; 6:02 PM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The Puerto Rican Association of University Professors is staging a 24-hour strike in support of students who
have clashed with police during protests over a new fee.

Association president Maria Gisela Rosado says the walkout began Wednesday afternoon to press the organization's demand to meet with
University of Puerto Rico officials to end the clashes.

Students painting slogans on a university street scuffled with police Wednesday. Some students threw rocks at officers, who in turn
swung their batons and arrested at least eight people.

Students have organized small strikes to demand the university eliminate an $800 yearly fee imposed to help reduce the system's budget
deficit. Students already paid $49 per credit.