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Boston Calling: In A Day’s Work

In A Day’s Work

25/06/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - Boston Calling, In A Day’s Work

Puerto Rico may be in debt, but Puerto Ricans don't want to give up their independence.

We visit San Juan, where one man thinks that the plan proposed by US Congress to address the debt crisis, “treats Puerto Rico like a colony.” 

Then, we go to Lebanon where a Syrian refugee teaches Arabic over the internet. And we hear from an Arabic student who's been studying the language for 25 years. 

Plus, we meet a Yemeni beekeeper preserving his country's traditions, an artist who enlisted in the Marines to make better art, and an Egyptian jukebox repairman boogying to Elvis Presley.

Image: The central market in the Santurce neighborhood of San Juan is a popular gathering spot for people to talk about politics after work. (Credit: PRI’s The World)

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