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> Puerto Rico's May Day protest turns violent over austerity cuts
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> Demonstrators clashed with police on San Juan's streets as they marched against proposed new austerity measures, as the bankrupt island seeks to reduce $74bn of debt.
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> Mereana Hond </profile/mereana-hond.html>5 hours ago
> Annual May Day <https://www.aljazeera.com/photo_galleries/general/20115116387775344.html> protests in the Puerto Rican capital of San Juan have turned violent, with riot police clashing with thousands of protesters angry at tough new austerity measures.
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> Puerto Rico <https://www.aljazeera.com/topics/country/puerto-rico.html> is struggling to rebuild more than seven months after Hurricane Maria <https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2017/09/puerto-rico-devastated-scenes-hurricane-maria-170926071810010.html>.
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> But protesters say that the recovery effort and the people in most need of help will suffer even more.
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> Al Jazeera's Mereana Hond reports.