Ricardo Rosselló resigns as governor of Puerto Rico

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published 25 July 2019

Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rosselló has announced he will resign, effective Aug. 2.

Rosselló shared the news on Facebook Wednesday night, and immediately, people began celebrating on the streets of San Juan. Earlier this month, crude private messages between Rosselló and several of his top aides and advisers were leaked; the communications included sexist and homophobic statements and jokes about Hurricane Maria victims.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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