Wednesday, 24 July 2019

Puerto Rico governor clings to power amid threat of impeachment

Demonstrations approach second week as administration says Ricardo Rosselló is ‘listening to the people’

The fate of Puerto Rico’s besieged governor, Ricardo Rosselló, hung in the balance on Wednesday evening as the US territory’s legislature threatened impeachment proceedings if the governor did not resign.

Mass demonstrations on the island are approaching their second week, as local press reports on Tuesday evening indicated the governor would resign by midday on Wednesday.

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