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		</div><h6><span style="color: #403434;"><strong>For 12 days the streets of Puerto Rico were scenes of angry, bitter protests Wednesday night they transformed into celebrations of joy upon hearing their dissent led Rosselló to resign </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #403434;"><strong>Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló resigns after massive public outcry and widespread protests over his leaked homophobic messages and corruption</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #403434;"><strong>Embattled Rosselló resigned Wednesday evening in a recorded video published on Facebook &#8211; the </strong><strong>first governor of the </strong><strong> U.S. territory to resign </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #403434;"><strong>His resignation comes after 12 days of public protests demanding he step down after texts between the Governor and his allies were leaked &#8211; </strong><strong>Monday&#8217;s protest marked one of the largest in the island&#8217;s history </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #403434;"><strong>The leaked messages revealed homophobic and misogynistic texts, corruption in his party, and the mocking of Hurricane Maria victims</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #403434;"><strong>The news comes after attorneys commissioned by Puerto Rico&#8217;s House of Representatives found five offenses that constituted grounds for impeachment</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #403434;"><b>House president Carlos Mendez Nunez announced a meeting set for Thursday afternoon to begin that impeachment process</b></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #403434;"><strong>His resignation will take effect August 2 at 5pm &#8211; Secretary of Justice Wanda Vazquez will become the next governor</strong></span></h6>
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<h6><strong style="color: var(--color-text);"><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-323371" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Ricardo-Rosselló-1.jpg" alt="Ricardo Rosselló 1.JPG" width="686" height="416" />Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló [photo], announces his resignation: </span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Puerto Rico&#8217;s embattled Governor Ricardo Rosselló resigned Wednesday evening in a video published on Facebook following a 12-day backlash of outraged protests on the island </span></strong></h6>
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<div><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Puerto Rico&#8217;s embattled Governor Ricardo Rosselló resigned Wednesday evening, caving into public pressure following 12 consecutive days of riotous protests on the island.</span></div>
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<div>Rosselló announced his departure in a recorded video published on Facebook Wednesday evening where he touted his successes in office and said &#8216;my only North Star has been the well-being of my island.</div>
<div>Rosselló resigned in the wake of the revelation of homophobic texts between the governor and his pals, as well as, documented trails of corruption and embezzlement connected with the management of disaster relief funds after the hurricane that devastated the US territory two years ago.&#8217;.<br />
The 40-year-old Republican&#8217;s name was shrouded in scandal after 900 pages of texts between the Governor and his top allies were leaked and revealed political corruption, homophobic and misogynistic messages, and the mocking of Hurricane Maria victims.<br />
&#8216;Today I feel that to continue in this position represents a difficulty for the success of the country. After listening to the demands, speaking to my family, thinking about my children and prayer, I have made the following decision. With sadness, I am announcing that I will be resigning from the position of governor,&#8217; he said in his speech.<br />
&#8216;What I wish most is peace and progress for my people,&#8217; he added in his resignation statement.</div>
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<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-323390" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Jubiliation-on-the-streets-of-Puerto-Rico-after-Gov-Ricardo-Rosello-resigned-7.jpg" alt="Jubiliation on the streets of Puerto Rico after Gov Ricardo Rosello resigned 7" width="747" height="489" /><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Joy rippled through the streets of San Juan as protests turned to celebrations after Rosselló announced his resignation Wednesday evening, caving into pressure from politicians and the public to step down</span></strong></h6>
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<h6><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-323381" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Jubiliation-on-the-streets-of-Puerto-Rico-after-Gov-Ricardo-Rosello-resigned-2.jpg" alt="Jubiliation on the streets of Puerto Rico after Gov Ricardo Rosello resigned 2" width="741" height="484" />Joy in the streets: Following his leave announcement, the streets of Puerto Rico burst into jubilant cheers and chants of &#8216;Puerto Rico! Puerto Rico!&#8217; after days of vociferous protests and clashes with police</span></strong></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-323375" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Wanda-Vasquez-1.jpg" alt="Wanda Vasquez 1.JPG" width="737" height="484" />Secretary of Justice Wanda Vazquez, [photo], will become the next governor of Puerto Rico. &#8211; not particularly loved herself, the incoming governor is seen as a political ally of </span></strong><strong style="color: var(--color-text);"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Ricardo Rosselló, </span></strong><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);">, the protesters are now chanting that she has to go</span></strong></h6>
<p>His resignation takes effect August 2 at 5:00 pm and Secretary of Justice Wanda Vazquez will become the next governor of Puerto Rico. Vazquez who belongs to the same political party is particularly loved herself.<br />
Seen as a political ally of Rosselló, the jubilant protesters have shifted their attention, demanding that Vasquez should go, even before she takes office.</p>
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<div class="vjs-title-text"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">For 12 consecutive days tens of thousands of people, including Puerto Rican celebrities like Ricky Martin, trap star Bad Bunny and rapper Residente, took to the streets to demand Gov Rosselló step down.</span></div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Monday&#8217;s gathering made history as one of the largest in the island&#8217;s history where more than half a million people inundated San Juan&#8217;s streets and the protest ended with police firing tear gas at demonstrators.<br />
Following his leave announcement Wednesday evening the streets of Puerto Rico, once filled with outraged shouts of protest, burst into jubilant cheers of joy.<br />
&#8216;Puerto Rico! Puerto Rico!&#8217; the people chanted, in sharp contrast from the days prior of vociferous demonstrations and clashes with police.<br />
The crowd was heard chanting, &#8216;Ricky, te botamos!&#8217; meaning &#8216;Ricky, we threw you out!&#8217;<br />
&#8216;After the birth of my son, this is the happiest day of my life,&#8217; said René Pérez Joglar, also known as the rapper Residente, said Wednesday following the resignation.</p>
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<h6><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-323383" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Jubiliation-on-the-streets-of-Puerto-Rico-after-Gov-Ricardo-Rosello-resigned-4.jpg" alt="Jubiliation on the streets of Puerto Rico after Gov Ricardo Rosello resigned 4" width="746" height="521" />The people of Puerto Rico had demonstrated in the streets for 12 consecutive days calling for Rosselló to step down after messages between the governor and his top allies were leaked and revealed misogynistic and homophobic comments and corruption</span></strong></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-323376" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Protests-against-Ricardo-Rosello-1.jpg" alt="Protests against Ricardo Rosello 1.JPG" width="741" height="440" />Hundreds of thousands of people protested in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Monday demanding the Island&#8217;s governor resign</span></strong></h6>
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<h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-323384" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Ricardo-Rosselló-announces-his-resignation-1.jpg" alt="Ricardo Rosselló announces his resignation 1.JPG" width="747" height="487" /><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Rosselló resigned in a video published on Facebook Wednesday evening follow 12 days of public protests, including a demonstration on Monday that was the largest in the island&#8217;s history. The pre-recorded resignation was also aired on TV</span></strong></h6>
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<h6><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-323372" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Puerto-Ricans-listen-on-a-smart-phone-to-the-pre-recorded-message-Gov.-Ricardo-Rosselló-announcing-that-he-is-resigning-3.jpg" alt="Puerto Ricans listen on a smart phone to the pre-recorded message Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announcing that he is resigning 3.JPG" width="748" height="483" />Puerto Ricans listen on a smart phone to the pre-recorded message by Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announcing that he is resigning effective Aug 2</span></strong></h6>
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<h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-323387" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Jubiliation-on-the-streets-of-Puerto-Rico-after-Gov-Ricardo-Rosello-resigned-5.jpg" alt="Jubiliation on the streets of Puerto Rico after Gov Ricardo Rosello resigned 5.JPG" width="747" height="485" /><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Tens of thousands of people celebrated in San Juan, Puerto Rico Wednesday evening. His resignation comes after 12 days of public protests demanding he step down after texts between the Governor and his allies were leaked</span></strong></h6>
<h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-323385" style="color: var(--color-text);" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Puerto-Ricans-listen-on-a-smart-phone-to-Gov.-Ricardo-Rosselló-announcing-thhe-will-not-seek-re-eletion-1.jpg" alt="Puerto Ricans listen on a smart phone to Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announcing thhe will not seek re-eletion 1.JPG" width="744" height="488" /><strong style="color: var(--color-text);">Just three days prior Rosselló shared a Facebook video announcement saying he would not step down as governor and instead would not seek re-election next year and would step down as head of the New Progressive Party, but that did not pacify the public</strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">July 13, 2019 after the Puerto Rico Center for Investigative Journalism obtained and published 900 pages of text messages sent on the app Telegram between Rosselló and 11 close allies.<br />
A day later p<span style="color: var(--color-text);">rotesters took over the streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico.<br />
On </span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">July 22, the largest protest in Puerto Rico&#8217;s history took place as more than half a million protesters inundated the streets of San Juan forcing police to deploy tear gas.<br />
On </span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">July 23 it was announced that the Puerto Rico Justice Department was starting impeachment process against Rosselló and search warrants were issued to confiscate cell phones of several people involved in the leaked chats.<br />
In the aftermath, </span>Rosselló Wednesday announced his resignation effective August 2 in a recorded video posted on Facebook.<br />
<span style="color: var(--color-text);">In his Facebook resignation he touted his accomplishments during his time in office and boasted that he used his power to fight corruption and help different communities</span></p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Rosselló, who was elected in 2016, gave in to the mounting pressure from the public and politicians alike to step down from his first-term governor seat despite issuing multiple statements saying he would not, determined to remain in office through January 2021.<br />
</span>Just three days earlier Rosselló shared a Facebook video announcement saying he would not step down as governor and instead would not seek re-election next year and would step down as head of the New Progressive Party, but that did not pacify the public.<br />
Over the past two weeks he saw a sudden exodus of members of his cabinet and staff in light of the scandal, including the secretary of state, the head of the Government Development Bank of Puerto Rico, the director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration, his chief of staff and his press secretary, according to <a class="class" href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article232949262.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">the Miami Herald</a>.<br />
Rosselló is the U.S. commonwealth&#8217;s first governor to resign.<br />
The resignation comes after Puerto Rican lawmakers were seeking to impeach him, starting the process as soon as Thursday.<br />
Following the leak, Puerto Rico’s House of Representatives commissioned three attorneys to investigate whether any crimes were committed and they unanimously found five offenses that constituted the grounds for impeachment, as per <a title="This link is invalid, and will be stripped on publish" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/embattled-puerto-rico-gov-ricardo-rossell-resigns-amid-public-outcry-n1033241" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">NBC</a>.</p>
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<p><span style="color: var(--color-text);">The attorneys found that Rosselló had committed four serious offenses and one misdemeanor – including illicitly using public resources and services for partisan purposes and allowing government officials and contractors to misuse public funds and time for non-government work.</span></p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Puerto Rico’s House of Representatives president Carlos Mendez Nunez announced a meeting set for Thursday afternoon to begin that impeachment process.<br />
Reports of his planned resignation first broke on Tuesday after local news outlets reported Puerto Rico&#8217;s Justice Department issued search warrants to confiscate the cell phones of several people involved in the leaked private chats.</p>
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<h6><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-323374" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Ricardo-Rosselló-2.jpg" alt="Ricardo Rosselló 2.JPG" width="743" height="483" />Forced out: <span style="color: var(--color-text);">Governor Ricardo Rosselló&#8217;s resignation comes as Puerto Rico&#8217;s House of Representatives started a process to impeach him</span></strong></h6>
<p><span style="color: var(--color-text);">The 900 pages of text messages on the encrypted messaging app Telegram was obtained by the Puerto Rico Center for Investigative Journalism and posted on July 13.</span></p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">In those chats Rosselló and 11 close allies used homophobic slurs when discussing Puerto Rican music star Ricky Martin, insulted San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz saying she was &#8216;off her meds&#8217; and Rosselló said he was &#8216;salivating&#8217; to shoot her, referred to former New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito as a &#8216;whore&#8217; and joked about the corpses piling up in the wake of Hurricane Maria in 2017.<br />
The chats also shed light on Rosselló&#8217;s efforts to bring down his political opponents.<br />
The leak also opened local and federal probes which resulted in the arrests of several former officials and government contractors on charges spanning alleged fraud involving federal funding.<br />
Following the scandal, a slew of politicians have urged Rosselló to step down, including President Donald Trump.<br />
Protesters in Puerto Rico say that Rosselló resignation is a first for the island &#8211; a historic challenge to the political structure dominated by two parties: the New Progressive Party and the Popular Democratic Party.<br />
&#8216;Rosselló is a symptom of a much deeper problem,&#8217; Cynthia García Coll, a psychologist who teaches at the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, said to <a class="class" href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/25/us/puerto-rico-crisis-ricardo-rossello-resignation-thursday/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">CNN</a>.</p>
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He’s OUT! Puerto Rico’s Gov.,Ricardo Rosselló, finally resigns after massive public outcry and widespread protests over his leaked homophobic messages, corruption
