The governor in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico says he will resign from office on August 2. Ricardo Rossello’s resignation announcement comes after nearly two weeks of massive protests on the island. They began after the publication of private online messages between Rossello and his top advisers. Thousands of Puerto Ricans have been demonstrating outside the governor’s official home in Old San Juan. They shouted and cheered after his announcement appeared on Facebook Wednesday night. Businessman Daniel Lopez took part in the protests. He pushed back tears from his eyes as people jumped into the air, beat drums and waved flags. He cried, “We did it!” “This is for the future of my family,” Lopez said. “It’s big, what’s happened.” Rossello is in the third year of a four-year-term as governor. He is the first chief executive to resign in the modern history of Puerto Rico.
Title: Puerto Rico’s Governor Resigns in Face of Protests
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3509/PR.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Puerto Ricos Governor Resigns in Face of Protests' data-article-id='3989'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8375'>The governor in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico says he will resign from office on August 2.</span> <span data-start-time='8375' data-end-time='17792'>Ricardo Rossello’s resignation announcement comes after nearly two weeks of massive protests on the island.</span> <span data-start-time='17792' data-end-time='26938'>They began after the publication of private online messages between Rossello and his top advisers.</span> <span data-start-time='26938' data-end-time='36146'>Thousands of Puerto Ricans have been demonstrating outside the governor’s official home in Old San Juan.</span> <span data-start-time='36146' data-end-time='43542'>They shouted and cheered after his announcement appeared on Facebook Wednesday night.</span> <span data-start-time='43542' data-end-time='48646'>Businessman Daniel Lopez took part in the protests.</span> <span data-start-time='48646' data-end-time='58542'>He pushed back tears from his eyes as people jumped into the air, beat drums and waved flags.</span> <span data-start-time='58542' data-end-time='61583'>He cried, “We did it!”</span> <span data-start-time='61583' data-end-time='66125'>“This is for the future of my family,” Lopez said.</span> <span data-start-time='66125' data-end-time='68396'>“It’s big, what’s happened.”</span> <span data-start-time='68396' data-end-time='74479'>Rossello is in the third year of a four-year-term as governor.</span> <span data-start-time='74479' data-end-time='81625'>He is the first chief executive to resign in the modern history of Puerto Rico.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3509/PR.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=13309 data-hint-location='74479' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3509/he_is_the_first_executive_to__blank_.wav'>He is the first executive to <span class='blank'>resign</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='resign'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3509/return.wav'><span>return</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3509/resign.wav'><span>resign</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3509/resist.wav'><span>resist</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3509/reform.wav'><span>reform</span></div></div></div><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=13310 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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