Tagged: Puerto Rico
Conrad Omodiagbe
Puerto Rico Weighs New Online Voting Electoral Bill
A new bill expected to be passed this week in Puerto Rico could have its citizens voting online only for the next eight years, removing the global method of manual voting at polling centres. However, with the island lacking the necessary resources to protect its votes when it makes this transition, the American Civil Liberties […]
Farida Adamu
Puerto Rico Governor Quits
Ricardo Rosselló, the Governor of Puerto Rico, has announced that he will step down on the 2nd of August. His announcement follows mass protests against him and his administration after the release of encrypted messages between the governor and members of his administration, where they traded homophobic and sexists messages. Why is Rosselló Quitting? On […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Puerto Rico Governor Asked To Resign
Thousands of protesters have flooded the streets of Puerto Rico to demand the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rosselló after the learning about damning messages shared between the Governor and his associates on the messaging app, Telegram. What Happened? The Puerto Rico Center for Investigative Journalism published 889 pages of conversations between the governor and his […]