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After more than a week of protests and demonstrations that have shaken Puerto Rico and major cities across the U.S., Puerto Rican Governor, Ricardo Rosselló is expected to resign. Many oppose Rosselló after a leak of private text messages between the governor and other officials was released a couple of weeks ago. In the messages, Rosselló used homophobic and misogynistic comments when speaking about politicians, officials, and journalists. He also made inappropriate jokes about victims of Hurricane Maria—how’s that...

Ricky Martin waves a Pride flag during protests in San Juan, Puerto Rico (photo: Alejandro Pedrosa @WorldJunkies) For the tenth straight night, protests against Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo A. Rosselló have continued with an estimated 500,000 residents of the U.S. territory coming together to demand Rosselló’s resignation. The New York Times reports that “hundreds of thousands of people swept through the capital of Puerto Rico on Monday, shutting down a major highway and paralyzing much of the city.” After years of...

Screenshot via Twitter @cmendes0101, @DavidBegnaud, and @JoshuaPotash. Puerto Rican citizens have had enough with their governor. The Puerto Rican public have not favored Ricardo Rosselló for a few years now. They partially blame him for the poor handling of the recovery efforts after Hurricane Maria. But a recent incident has sent the country up in flames. A local news source released almost 900 pages of a leaked private group chat between Rosselló and 11 friends/allies. The conversation was constantly homophobic, misogynistic, and...

Gov. Ricardo Rosselló Governor Ricardo Rosselló of Puerto Rico is currently embroiled in an ugly political scandal as hundreds of pages of a private group chat between the governor and 11 other officials were anonymously released last week. Now dubbed #RickyLeaks, the private text messages (889 pages) included profane homophobic and sexist comments from the governor and others regarding politicians, officials and journalists. El Nuevo Dia reports that on December 24, 2018, Rosselló posted a video featuring PDP senator Eduardo Bhatia which...