On the 11th of August, Salvar El Puertito organised a protest at El Puertito. Protestors stripped the metal fence erected around the Cuna del Alma construction site. Although there has been no immediate response from the Cuna del Alma developers, the president of Tenerife Cabildo, Rosa Davila, was interviewed the day after the protects in El Puertito and said “It is essential to review the current economic model so that the benefits of tourism revert to the citizens.” 

However, in response, employees, allegedly tore out the protected species Echium Triste on the 13th August in response to the protests, this was later denounced by activist group Salvar La Tejita.