Puerto Rico’s embattled governor says he will not seek re-election but will not resign as the island’s leader, though he will step down as head of his pro-statehood party. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP) (Associated Press)SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — 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. He also said he was looking forward to defending himself against the process of impeachment, whose initial stages are being explored by Puerto Rico’s legislature. A graduate of MIT with a doctorate in genetics, he is the son of former Puerto Rico Gov. Another concern is the recent string of arrests involving federal corruption charges targeting Puerto Rico officials, among them two former agency heads, including former education secretary Julia Keleher.

Source: Washington Post July 22, 2019 00:09 UTC