Army recruiters faced with protesters in Puerto Rico
Tagged: protest, Puerto Rican, Puerto RicoPosted on: September 30th, 2007“As he walks to his recruiting station, Army Staff Sgt. Allan Welchez Rivera averts his eyes when he passes
graffiti spray-painted across the street: “The U.S. Army: An ignorant way to die.”As the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan drag on – and the body count of Puerto Rican soldiers grows – an anti-recruiting campaign has emerged in this U.S. territory of 4 million people. High schools have now become a battleground for recruiters and pacifists, who have equal access to the campuses and seek to sway island youth into joining or shunning the military.
“I take it personal,” said Welchez, a 35-year-old native of New York City. “We’re protecting the Constitution, what we do every day.”"
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