On Saturday, the Occupy Wall Street protesters moved from their home of almost a month, in Zuccotti Park, to Washington Square Park - but for just for the day.
I searched and searched for some Latino representatives of the 99 percent, who are supposedly the hardest hit in the recession, but was only able to find one in a multitude of approximately 2,000.
Julio Rolón doesn't even live in New York. He asked for two days off at his culinary arts instructor job and flew from his home in Puerto Rico to protest for us. He's going back on Monday he told me.
Rolón speaks perfect English and Spanish, as he says he used to live in the Lower East Side area of Manhattan. "There used to be a housing development, but now you go there and see it was taken down." He explains that it was taken over by banks and other large corporations.
He says that some protests have already started in Puerto Rico and that Occupy PR will officially begin on the 15th.
His message was, "Si los de abajo nos movemos, los de arriba se cayen."
So come out Latinos wherever you are hiding, and stick together like arroz pegao...
For updates on Occupy Wall Street events, go to http://occupywallst.org/ or www.occupyitnews.org
More Latino coverage: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/10/14/2011-10-14_latino_occupy_wall_street_protesters_keep_spanish_news_flowing_in_zuccotti_park.html
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