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Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló’s Resignation ‘Imminent,’ Local Media Reports

PEDRO PORTAL
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MIAMI HERALD
Governor Ricardo Antonio Rosselló Nevares, is seen during a meeting with Mayors from his party inside the Yolanda Guerrero Cultural center in Guaynabo, The meeting on Sunday, July 21, 2019 was closed to the media. "

Puerto Rico governor Ricardo Rosselló will resign by Wednesday following nearly two weeks of relentless protests calling for him to step down, according to reports by two major local media outlets.

Rumors of his resignation have circled in Puerto Rico since Sunday, after Rosselló spent the day meeting with cabinet members and mayors of his party. He announced that evening he was resigning to the presidency of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party and would not run for re-election.

Rosselló will offer a farewell announcement that would be broadcast before noon on Wednesday, sources told El Nuevo Día.

Read more at our news partner the Miami Herald.

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