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Introduction: Diasporas from Latin America and Their Role in Public Diplomacy Read chapter Read first chapter

2021 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

7. #RickyRenuncia: The Hashtag That Took Collective Outrage from Social Media to the Streets

Authors : Yadira Nieves-Pizarro, Juan Mundel

Published in: Latin American Diasporas in Public Diplomacy

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Abstract

After the press published hundreds of pages of a chat between Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló, members of his staff, and lobbyist friends in the summer of 2019, outrage spread swiftly across the island (Florido & Romo, 2019). The transcript included mockery, homophobic, and misogynistic slurs, as well as discussion of sensitive government information with people outside the government (El Nuevo Día, 2019a; Valentin Ortiz & Minet, 2019). These messages were the last straw for millions of Puerto Ricans, who were recovering from a catastrophic hurricane and living through an economic depression. Social media became the platform for citizen calls, in Puerto Rico but also in the United States mainland and in Europe, for protests and demonstrations (El Nuevo Día, 2019a; Martínez, 2019a; Metro, 2019; Sepúlveda, 2019a, 2019b). The Puerto Rican diaspora played a strong role in a process of dissent public diplomacy (De Moya, 2018) that ended with the governor’s resignation.

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Footnotes
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The U.S. Supreme Court determined that Puerto Rico is neither a foreign country nor part of the United States (Downes v. Bidwell, 182 U.S. 244) because it is not fully incorporated into the Union. Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory, described as “foreign” in a domestic sense (Burnett et al., 2001). Congress governs Puerto Rico under the Territorial Clause of the Constitution (Burnett et al., 2001). Puerto Ricans cannot vote for the President. And the Resident Commissioner, the Island’s delegate in the House of Representatives, has voice but no vote in matters concerning its constituents. Thus, although Puerto Ricans are affected by federal legislation, the local government has no power to tip the balance in its favor.
 
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Find “Ni Una Menos” on Twitter @ColectivoNUM; Instagram @ColectivoNUM; or Facebook @NUMArgentina.
 
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For more information, see https://​niunamenos.​org.​ar.
 
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Tweet published with permission of author @angrybrowngrl (Bianca Fernández Concepción). Posters of Los Angeles and Chicago Perreo en Solidaridad published with permission of designer Lester Rey. Poster “Puerto Rico has spoken” published with permission of designer Karlota Rodríguez. Picture “La Diáspora grita con el pueblo” published with permission of photographer Mario Rubén Carrión.
 
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angrybrowngrl. (2019, July 21). La diáspora con Puerto Rico [Tweet]. Retrieved February 26, 2020, from https://​twitter.​com/​angrybrowngrl/​status/​1153049188562812​928.
Puerto Ricans in Action. (2019). Puerto Rico Has Spoken: Gov. Rosselló Has Got to Go! Puerto Ricans in Action. Retrieved February 26, 2020 from https://​www.​puertoricansinac​tion.​com/​new-page.
Credits: Tweet published with permission of author @angrybrowngrl (Bianca Fernández Concepción). Posters of Los Angeles and Chicago Perreo en Solidaridad published with permission of designer Lester Rey. Poster “Puerto Rico has spoken” published with permission of designer Karlota Rodríguez. Picture “La Diáspora grita con el pueblo” published with permission of photographer Mario Rubén Carrión.
 
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Metadata
Title
#RickyRenuncia: The Hashtag That Took Collective Outrage from Social Media to the Streets
Authors
Yadira Nieves-Pizarro
Juan Mundel
Copyright Year
2021
Book
Latin American Diasporas in Public Diplomacy

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-74563-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-74564-6

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74564-6_7