| Sumario: | Fueled by an array of passionate intersectional demands for justice and the defense of the dignity of the María dead, hatred of institutional corruption became catalytic in the Verano Boricua. A spontaneous revolt that assumed political forms comparable with those proposed by anarchism, it suspended normality for the two weeks of protest. Within this alternative spacetime, the values of solidarity, tolerance, mutual aid, and transparency were opposed to the odious corruption of the political elite. The experience of autogestión and mutual aid faced with state failure after Hurricane María prepared the people of Puerto Rico for the monumental task of forcing the resignation of the governor. Although the popular assemblies that emerged after the protests failed to endure, the experience of struggle in the Verano Boricua will produce long-lasting effects.
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