"A demonstrator wearing a T-shirt with the message in Spanish ""People's national strike"" gestures after police blocked a protest against Gov. Luis Fortuno near the hotel where Fortuno meets with foreign investors in Fajardo, eastern Puerto Rico, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Demonstrators continue to protest the layoffs of more than 20,000 public employees, a measure the government says is necessary to close a deficit and pull the economy out of a three-year recession. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)"
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