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Thousands of Puerto Ricans gather for what many are expecting to be one of the biggest protests ever seen in the U.S. territory, with irate islanders pledging to drive Gov. Ricardo Rossello from office, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on July 22, 2019. Carlos Giusti/AP Photo
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Waving flags, chanting, and banging pots and pans, tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans jammed a highway Monday, July 22 to demand the resignation of Gov. Ricardo Rosselló in a crisis triggered by a leak of offensive, obscenity-laden chat messages between him and his advisers.
The demonstration appeared to be the biggest protest on the island in nearly two decades.
