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Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vazquez poses for a photo during an interview with the Associated Press at the La Fortaleza, the official residence of the Governor of Puerto Rico, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. Governor Vazquez says she plans to remain in the position to help ease the U.S. territory's political turmoil and will have the flexibility to truly work for the people because she is free of all political ties or obligations. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo)

AP Interview: Puerto Rico governor to stay, fight corruption

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

President of the Pedro Pierluisi confirmation hearing, lawmaker Georgie Navarro, center, talks to other representatives before the hearing, at the House of Representatives, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, August 2, 2019. As Gov. Ricardo Rossello is expected to leave office in a few hours, the Puerto Rican House of Representatives is expected to vote on Pierluisi's confirmation Friday afternoon. If he is rejected, Justice Secretary Wanda Vazquez automatically becomes governor as the next in the order of succession, even though she has said she would unwillingly accept the job. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo)

The Latest: PRico Senate leader lambastes departing governor

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FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2013 file photo, Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico's representative in the U.S. Congress, speaks during a conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A Puerto Rico legislator said Tuesday, July 30, 2019, that the U.S. territory’s embattled governor plans to nominate Pierluisi as secretary of state. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File)

Puerto Ricans have no idea who will be new governor Friday

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

In this July 25 photo, People gather to celebrate the resignation of Gov. Ricardo Rossello, who announced that he is resigning Aug. 2, after weeks of protests over leaked obscene, misogynistic online chats, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Puerto Ricans are now debating how to rid the territorial government of corruption while harnessing the energy that still remains from the massive protests that led to the governor's resignation. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo)

Puerto Ricans ask, ‘What’s next?’ as they await new governor

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

Puerto Rico's governor, Ricardo Rossello, holds a press conference, almost two days after federal authorities arrested the island's former secretary of education and five other people on charges of steering federal money to unqualified, politically connected contractors, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, July 11, 2019. At the time of the arrests, Rossello was in the middle of a family vacation in France, which he canceled to travel back to the Island. U.S. Attorney for Puerto Rico Rosa Emilia Rodríguez said Rossello was not involved in the investigation. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Timeline in controversy surrounding Puerto Rico governor

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Demonstrators, some waving Puerto Rican national flags, gather in front of the governor's mansion La Fortaleza, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Rico have been outraged by leaked, obscenity-laced online chats between Gov. Ricardo Rossello and his advisers, and have protested for nearly two weeks demanding his resignation. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo)

Puerto Ricans savor governor’s resignation, chart new course

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

Ex-New York City councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito, center, joins protesters outside La Fortaleza, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Rico have been outraged by leaked, obscenity-laced online chats between Gov. Ricardo Rossello and his advisers, and have protested for nearly two weeks demanding his resignation. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo)

The Latest: Puerto Rico governor says he will resign Aug. 2

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A demonstrator with a Puerto Rican flag in his head protests against Gov. Ricardo Rossello in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. Protesters are demanding Rossello step down for his involvement in a private chat in which I used profanities to describe an ex- New York City councilwoman and a federal control board overseeing the Island's finance. (AP Photo /Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo)

Puerto Rico governor says he is resigning Aug. 2

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello speaks during a press conference in La Fortaleza's Tea Room, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. Rossello summoned the press a few hours after a riot took place near the executive mansion, where protesters demanded Rossello step down after a leak of profanity-laced and at times misogynistic online chat with nine other male members of his administration. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Puerto Rico gov will not seek reelection, but won’t resign

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

Police arrest a demonstrator during clashes in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Thousands of people marched to the governor's residence in San Juan on Wednesday chanting demands for Gov. Ricardo Rossello to resign after the leak of online chats that show him making misogynistic slurs and mocking his constituents. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Puerto Ricans try to forge movement to oust governor

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press