San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz running for Puerto Rico governor in 2020 (Yulin dog meat festival)

San Juan, Puerto Rico, Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz has officially announced she will be running for governor of Puerto Rico in 2020.

Cruz made the announcement during a speech at the Caguas Botanical Garden on Friday afternoon, NBC News reports.

“I’ve been thinking for a long time, what’s the best way I can serve Puerto Rico … I’m going to do so by becoming the next governor,” Cruz said during the announcement, according to the news agency.


Cruz, who wore a t-shirt that read “¡Sin Miedo!” – which is Spanish for "without fear” – during the speech on Friday, reportedly began her address while discussing her great-grandfather, who worked as an agricultural laborer, and the effects of slavery in Puerto Rico that still linger today.

“We have to break away from the chains that tie us down in order to have a promising future and break our cycle of poverty,” Cruz said.

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