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Is It Worth It? Bad Bunny’s ‘No Me Quiero Ir De Aquí’ Puerto Rico Residency

Victoria Leandra — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 19:27:20 +0000

I was at the very first show of “No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí” last Friday (July 11), and — spoiler — el Conejo Malo turned the island’s largest arena, El Coliseo de Puerto Rico or El Choli, into a street festival. As a local, I didn’t have to travel to the island, but I

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Puerto Ricans Are Calling out Structural Racism After George Floyd’s Death

Victoria Leandra — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 17:13:49 +0000

“It’s not just the killing of [George Floyd,] that’s the tip of the iceberg,” Alexa Figueroa, from Caguas, tells Remezcla. “Racism is structural, it’s taught to us at school and by our families at home.” Like Figueroa, hundreds of Puerto Ricans are fed up with the idea that Afro-Latinos don’t experience racism at the same

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How Loíza, Puerto Rico Became One of the First Latin American Cities to Join the George Floyd Protests

Victoria Leandra — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 19:02:57 +0000

On Monday night, amidst international anti-racism and protests in the U.S., Loíza—a Puerto Rican municipality that’s known as the heart of the island’s Afro-Latinx community—joined the Black Lives Matter movement in honoring the life of George Floyd with a vigil and peaceful protest. Hundreds of people met in the historic Ancón de Loíza and celebrated

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