Gabriella N. Báez

Visual Artist, Documentary Storyteller, and Diarist

www.gabriellanbaez.com

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Location: between New Haven, CT & San Juan, Puerto Rico

Nationality: Puerto Rican

Biography: Based between New Haven, CT & San Juan, Puerto Rico Gabriella (they/them) is a queer visual artist, documentary storyteller, and diarist based between New Haven, CT and San Juan, Puerto Rico. They focus on documenting intimate subjects:... MORE

Demonstrators chant calling for...of Ricardo Rosselló.

Demonstrators chant calling for the resignation of Ricardo Rosselló.

Protest at the Fortaleza.

Demonstrators shout slogans and...hich he lashes out at his foes.

Demonstrators shout slogans and sing chants during a protest calling for the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rossello in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Monday, July 15, 2019. A day after two former Puerto Rico government officials and four others were arrested as part of a federal corruption probe, Rossello was engulfed in a furor over the release of profanity-laced text messages in which he lashes out at his foes.

Protest art during the National Strike.

'Resign'

Tito Kayak, environmental activ... of the Capitol of Puerto Rico.

Tito Kayak, environmental activist, takes down the US flag on the outsides of the Capitol of Puerto Rico.

Motorcyclists on the main highw...nor Ricardo Roselló.

Motorcyclists on the main highway dirve towards Old San Juan. El Rey Charlie--motercycle runs organizer from Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico--organized a run from the barrio Cantera to the Governors mansion, La Fortaleza, in Old San Juan to demand the resignation of Governor Ricardo Roselló.

Demonstrators set fire to trash...uring clashes with riot police.

Demonstrators set fire to trashcans during clashes with riot police.

Riot police shoot tear gas arrest demonstrators.

Riot police shoot tear gas at demonstrators.

Demonstrators join the march on...n of Governor Ricardo Rossello.

Demonstrators join the march on horses, what is called on the island a "cabalgata" during the seventh day of protest calling for the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rossello.

Demonstrators and religious gro...taken in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Demonstrators and religious groups in San Juan, continue to protest for his resignation. Picture taken in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Demonstrators chant and wave Pu...taken in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Demonstrators chant and wave Puerto Rican flags during the National Strike calling for the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rossello. Picture taken in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Demonstrators use makeup as a m...uring the summer 2019 protests.

Demonstrators use makeup as a means of resistance during the summer 2019 protests.

A lone protester tries to stop ...urt and was asked to step down.

A lone protester tries to stop the car of Pedro Pierluisi, a politician from the statehood party that took over the governance of the island following Rosselló but was later considered as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court and was asked to step down.

Police fire tear gas at demonst...sello in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Police fire tear gas at demonstrators during the fifth day of protests calling for the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rossello in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The Governor of Puerto Rico, Ri...monstrators listen to the tape.

The Governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rossello, resigns via a pre-recorded message transmited through La Fortaleza's Facebook page. Demonstrators listen to the tape.

Demonstrators celebrate the res...ring the course of summer 2019.

Demonstrators celebrate the resignation of Ricardo Rosselló after a marathon of protests during the course of summer 2019.

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Copyright Gabriella N. Baez 2024

Date of Work Jul 2019 - Aug 2019

Updated Jul 2020

Location San Juan, Puerto Rico

Topics Abuse, Action, Activism, Arrests and Prosecutions, Borders, Capitalism, Celebrations, Civil Rights, Combat, Community, Confrontation, Corruption, Documentary, Education, Elections, Emotion, Energy, Essays, Feminism, Freedom, Gender, Graffiti, Historical, Human Rights, Latin America, Media, Minority, Oppression, Photography, Photojournalism, Politics, Poverty, Protests, Reporting, Revolution, Street, Violence, Womens Rights, Workers Rights

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In the months of summer 2019, people of Puerto Rico took the streets calling for the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rosselló after leak of internal Telegram chat and corruption investigations in his administration. After an intense marathon of protests and escalating clashes between demonstrators and police, Rosselló resigned.

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