The woman in line to be the governor of Puerto Rico after Ricardo Rosselló steps...
Puerto Rico's Secretary of Justice Wanda Vazquez attends a news conference in an undated still image from file video in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Courtesy WIPR NOTISEIS via REUTERS
Rosselló said last week he will step down on Aug. 2 in the face of mass street protests and public outrage over the release of profane chat messages and embezzlement charges against two former administration officials. “I hope the governor identifies and submits a candidate for secretary of state before Aug. 2 and I have told him as much,” Vázquez wrote on Twitter.
Puerto Rico’s previous secretary of state, Luis Rivera Marín, resigned in the wake of the chat scandal.
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