http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/02/16/2011-02-16_its_a_fight_for_affordable_ed_in_puerto_rico.htmlA student strike at the University of Puerto Rico has forced the resignation of its president and sparked the second political crisis in a year for the island's rulers.
José Ramón de la Torre, head of the 60,000-student system, resigned Friday after a series of violent clashes between students and riot police.
Some 200 people have been arrested and scores of students injured, prompting professors and university workers to walk out for two days last week in sympathy with the students.
On Monday, conservative Gov. Luis Fortuño finally relented and pulled back the hundreds of riot police that had been occupying the system's 11 campuses for weeks.
It was the first police occupation of the university in more than 30 years.
Students began boycotting classes in early December to protest a special $800 annual fee Fortuño imposed this semester to reduce a huge government deficit.
That fee - equal to more than 50% of annual tuition - stunned the university community, given that more than 60% of UPR students have family incomes of less than $20,000 a year.
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there is a pic of the cops handcuffing, manhandling the students
wishing the students well - power to the students