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Free Speech Radio News lineup - Tuesday, May 02, 2006

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN PUERTO RICO The government of Puerto Rico has shut down many of its non-emergency public services due to a budget crisis. Some 100,000 government employees are temporarily out of work and an estimated half a million students have been unable to attend classes at public schools since the shut down began yesterday. The impasse at the root of the fiscal crisis stems from the lack of agreement between the island's governor and legislature in the development of a spending plan. Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila has called for the approval of a 7% sales tax, but this proposal has m…