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Here’s Ricardo Rosselló’s Resignation Message, Fully Translated

“Today I announce that I will be resigning from the post of governor.”

  • Jul 25, 2019
  • 1:34 PM

Rosselló Is Out and Puerto Ricans Vow to Clean House

Wanda Vázquez Garced has had a troubled term as Secretary of Justice.

  • Jul 25, 2019
  • 12:55 PM

Migrants Sent Back by US to Mexico’s Monterrey

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — The bus carrying dozens of Central Americans from the Texas border arrived in this northern Mexican city late at night and pulled up next to the station. Men and women disembarked with children in their arms or staggering sleepily by their sides, looked around fearfully and wondered what to do.

  • Jul 25, 2019
  • 11:28 AM

Historic Resignation in Puerto Rico Leads to Questions About Government’s Future

Current Secretary of Justice Wanda Vásquez will assume the gubernatorial role on August 2.

  • Jul 25, 2019
  • 11:03 AM

Spokesman: Puerto Rico Governor Hasn’t Resigned

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — More than 100 protesters gathered around the Puerto Rico governor’s mansion on Wednesday in a renewed push to oust Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, while his spokesman stressed that he has not resigned but said little else about whether he planned to stay in office or leave.

  • Jul 24, 2019
  • 1:39 PM

Judge Won’t Block US Asylum Restrictions at Southern Border

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Wednesday that the Trump administration can enforce its new restrictions on asylum for people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border while lawsuits challenging the policy play out.

  • Jul 24, 2019
  • 12:07 PM

IMF Forecasts Sluggish Economic Growth for The Region

Initially forecasted to grow 1.4 percent in April, the Fund said that the region is now expected to grow at 0.6 percent this year.

  • Jul 24, 2019
  • 12:00 PM

Trump Threatens Guatemala After Its Court Blocks Asylum Deal

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened retribution against Guatemala over immigration after the country’s high court blocked its government from signing an asylum deal with the United States.

  • Jul 23, 2019
  • 9:48 PM

Cellphones Sought in Puerto Rico as Political Crisis Deepens

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Puerto Rico judge issued search warrants for the cellphones of government officials involved in a crude and offensive online chat whose leak has set off a political crisis that threatens to bring down the U.S. territory’s governor.

  • Jul 23, 2019
  • 1:51 PM

Massive Historic Strike in Puerto Rico as Protesters Demand That Governor Resign

Yesterday, in the first interview since the scandal broke, Rosselló told Fox News that he assumes the “responsibility of his actions” but that he respects the “rule of law and democracy,” thus his refusal to step down.

  • Jul 23, 2019
  • 12:56 PM

Protester Voices: What Puerto Rico Demonstrators Are Saying

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — José Troche, a 64-year-old doctor from Yauco, sat under the shade in a beach chair as he waited for the march to begin.

  • Jul 22, 2019
  • 9:42 PM

‘This Is Going to Get More Intense’: Puerto Ricans Flood San Juan Highway After Governor Refuses to Resign (VIDEO)

Earlier today, Latino Rebels founder Julio Ricardo Varela, was on Cheddar via Skype for an interview on Ricardo Rosselló’s Sunday statements.

  • Jul 22, 2019
  • 1:16 PM

Rosselló Will Leave Party and Not Seek Reelection but Refuses to Step Down

Today, a national strike has been called by several sectors of the Puerto Rican society, demanding Governor Ricardo Rosselló’s resignation.

  • Jul 22, 2019
  • 11:16 AM

Puerto Rico Prepares for Massive Protest to Expel Governor

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico braced early Monday for what many people expected to be one of the biggest protests ever seen in the U.S. territory as irate islanders pledged to drive Gov. Ricardo Rosselló from office.

  • Jul 22, 2019
  • 7:25 AM

Some Asylum Seekers Forced to Wait in Mexico Help Each Other

SAN LUIS RIO COLORADO, Mexico (AP) — A small group of asylum seekers sit under a canopy on the side of a road leading into the United States, chatting to pass the time as a blazing desert sun pushes the heat into triple digits and fumes roll in from dozens of cars lined up to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.

  • Jul 21, 2019
  • 2:19 PM

The Pillaging of Public Funds in Puerto Rico Was Going on Behind Telegram Group Chat

SAN JUAN — There is a multimillion-dollar corruption network behind the Telegram chat between Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló-Nevares and some of his closest collaborators.

  • Jul 19, 2019
  • 9:04 PM

New Yorkers Gathered in Union Square to Demand Ricardo Rosselló Resign (PHOTOS)

New York’s Puerto Rican diaspora showed solidarity with the massive Wednesday protest occurring in San Juan.

  • Jul 19, 2019
  • 2:18 PM

Ortega Commemorates 40 Years Since Revolution Amid Political Stalemate

Amid an unresolved political crisis that has unraveled since Ortega crackdown on anti-government protesters in April 2018, the opposition has proposed to restart peace talks with the Sandinista regime on July 31.

  • Jul 19, 2019
  • 12:54 PM

Homeland Security Chief: Family Border Separations Are Down

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Trump administration official said Thursday the number of family separations at the border has fallen since last summer’s zero tolerance policy, and they are done only for compelling reasons.

  • Jul 19, 2019
  • 12:39 PM

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