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Who Will Be New Governor? Puerto Ricans Are Unsure

Associated Press

   SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - Less than 24 hours before Gov. Ricardo Rossello
   was expected to leave office, Puerto Ricans had no idea who would
   replace him as political chaos threatened to paralyze the island with a
   constitutional crisis.

   Rossello has promised to step down at 5 p.m. Friday in response to huge
   street protests by Puerto Ricans outraged at corruption, mismanagement
   and an obscenity-laced chat that was leaked in which the governor and
   11 male allies made fun of women, gay people and victims of Hurricane
   Maria.

   "It's frustrating. We're in limbo," said Jose Ramos, a taxi driver.
   "The island doesn't have a path forward."

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