Title: Ricardo Rosselló, Puerto Rico’s Governor, Resigns After Protests - The New York Times
Headings: Ricardo Rosselló, Puerto Rico’s Governor, Resigns After Protests
Ricardo Rosselló, Puerto Rico’s Governor, Resigns After Protests
Content: Hundreds of protesters outside La Fortaleza, the governor’s official residence, went suddenly silent on Wednesday night when Mr. Rosselló’s message began to air after hours of delay, with groups huddled around cellphones to listen. The crowd, shouting, grew restless as the 14-minute statement dragged on, but it burst into thunderous applause the moment he announced he would resign. Puerto Rican flags shot into the air and the drumbeats began, to chants of “¡Oé! ¡ Oé ¡Oé!” “I’m overjoyed. We did it, we did it,” said Meralys Lebrón, 28, as she danced with friends to the beat of the drums. “ This matters to everyone in Puerto Rico. He showed us he was not the leader we need right now.” “This is historic. Absolutely historic,” Aixa González, 28, said. “