Puerto Rico: Anti-govt. protests hit San Juan for the 10th day in a row

C/U Sign reading (Spanish): "Ricky Resign"
W/S Protesters waving flags and holding signs
C/U Sign reading (Spanish): "Ricky Resign"
M/S Protesters holding signs and flags
W/S Protesters marching and waving flags
M/S Protesters holding banner reading (Spanish): "Cultural sector [is] present"
W/S Protesters waving flags and holding signs
M/S Protesters playing music
W/S Protesters waving flags and holding signs *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Protester (Spanish): "This will continue. After having seen the message that the people just delivered - which were a lot of them here, because there were thousands and thousands of people, if he does not respond as he should and resign bravely, we will continue this fight, we will continue day after day with different demonstrations in different ways and believe me that he will not have any other alternative but to leave."
W/S Protesters waving flags and holding banner
SOT, Wilmer Estela da Cruz, Protester (Spanish): "I had already lost hope that this country would rise, but today I feel like this country is getting up on their feet and fighting. I had never seen such a large multitudinous activity."
M/S Protester holding a Puerto Rican flag *CUTAWAY*
C/U Protesters marching
M/S Protesters holding flags
SOT, Juan Enrique Garcia Gonzalez, Protester (Spanish): "The people do not want Ricardo Rosello as governor, they do not want it. Everybody knows what is happening in the country: the abuse, the humiliation of the people. Here there is no respect, here people are not respected".
C/U Puerto Rican flag
W/S Protesters holding flags
W/S Protesters waving flags and holding signs, San Juan de Puerto Rico
SCRIPT
Thousands of people took to the streets of Puerto Rico's capital of San Juan on Monday for the 10th consecutive day, to demand Governor Ricardo Rossello's resignation after the leak of controversial messages from a private group chat.
Rossello's recent announcement to forego running for reelection and resign from the leadership of the New Progressive Party was not enough for the protesters. Carrying banners and signs, they surrounded La Fortaleza, the governor's mansion, chanting and urging him to step down immediately.
"If he does not respond as he should be and resigns bravely, we will continue this fight, we will continue day after day with different demonstrations in different ways and believe me that he will not have any other alternative but to leave," said one protester.
"I had already lost hope that this country would rise, but today I feel like this country is getting up on their feet and fighting. I had never seen such a large multitudinous activity," added protester Wilmer Estela da Cruz.
Protests were held over the last week after nearly 900 pages of private chats between Rosello and members of his inner circle were leaked. The exchanges exposed misogynistic, homophobic and profane messages, but they also contained threats against political opponents. Some comments also mocked victims of Hurricane Maria and disabled people, with a number of cabinet members and top aides involved in the scandal.