In Puerto Rico, tens of thousands of people are expected to take part in an island-wide strike today against massive public layoffs. Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuno is proceeding with plans to fire some 17,000 workers next month, including schoolteachers, social workers and healthcare workers. The job cuts would bring total government layoffs in Puerto Rico this year to nearly 25,000. Union leaders say some 100,000 people will converge on the Plaza las Americas in the largest of several planned rallies. In addition to cutting jobs, Governor Fortuno has drawn criticism for threatening to charge protesters with “terrorism” if they interfere with the flow of goods at Puerto Rican ports.