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    Puerto Ricans press for Gov. Rossello's resignation ahead of major protest Monday

    by Marisa Gerber, Los Angeles Times Jul 21, 2019 4 minutes

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Alexa Padilla stood near the Puerto Rico governor's official residence, a historic 16th century structure known as La Fortaleza, on Saturday checking her phone for any word on whether Ricardo Rossello would resign.

    Nothing.

    "It feels like torture," said the 17-year-old, who traveled an hour from Arecibo with her father and friend to attend a rally in San Juan, the capital, to protest Rossello and corruption.

    The governor must resign, she said.

    Rossello has apologized, but refused to step down following widespread outrage over leaked messages between him and several of his top aides, in which the men used homophobic and sexist language and joked about the cadavers that accumulated after Hurricane Maria, which devastated

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