Will step down on august second. It comes after days of protests following a scandal over chat messages. Ricardo rossello and male members of his staff, made homophobic and sexist comments in Group Chat Messages which were obtained by the Puerto Rico Center for Investigative Journalism and they include more than 900 pages of messages including one that joked about the bodies of Hurricane Maria victims of the morgue. The governor apologized for the messages. But Puerto Ricans say the latest scandal was just the final straw after suffering through years of fiscal mismanagement, severe cuts to public education, and the aftermath of maria. That frustration was evident when i traveled to puerto rico earlier this year. I sat down with the rossello and he acknowledged the tough road puerto ricos been on. Lets talk about debt. Debt has long been an issue for this island and i think the numbers around 70 billion is what thats an accurate number. So whats the strategy now to manage that debt wit
Pause to think some cause for concern with this sort of sheer force of his soaring optimism and rhetoric to the beginning of a new golden age for our United Kingdom invoking is charlie said this great sense of chilean optimism and can do spirit the 1st day of a new approach he said that will end with our exit from the e. U. On october 31st no doubt that is the central pillar and plank of his premiership it is where the focus of his and his new hardline pro breaks a cabinet will lie and it was to breaks it that the only real detail of the day was directed because hes made it clear once again that his preference he says is for a deal but the price hes paid for that deal is so high that it is almost impossible for the e. U. To accede getting rid of the Northern Ireland backstop means junking the interests of the republic of ireland and the e. U. Member in the in favor of britain and exiting member there so unlikely to do that and then he says well well go for a no deal well turbo charge e
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On extreme poverty and human rights says the Trump Administration and republicans are turning the u. S. Into the World Champion of extreme inequality. From california to puerto rico looking at poverty and its relationship to civil rights. What i found was incredibly low rates of social mobility. So people who are now very rich will stay that way. People who are very poor will certainly stay that way. What we have with the new tax reform a proposed welfare reforms is in exacerbation on both ins of that scalpels of amy we will speak with Philip Alston. Words. Cdc seven banned fetus, and time avoid, vulnerable, diversity, transgender, evidencebased, and sciencebased. We will speak with the ceo of the Emigrants Association for the advancement of science, dr. Rush holt, and Columbia University gender studies professor Jack Halberstam. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The house of representatives is poise
Died. We will speak with t cofounder of the center for Investigative Journalism who originally broke the story. Then as Congress Votes on the tax bill, the special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights says the Trump Administration and republicans are turning the u. S. Into the wod champi of extreme inequality. From california to puerto rico looking at poverty and its relationship to civil rights. What i found was incredibly low rates of social mobility. So people who are now very rich will stay that way. People who are very poor will certainly stay that way. What we have with the new tax reform a proposed welfare reforms is in exacerbation on both ins of that scalpels of amy we will speak with Philip Alston. Words. Cdc seven banned fetus, and time avoid, vulnerable, diversity, transgender, evidencebased, and sciencebased. We will speak with the ceo of the Emigrants Association for the advancement of science, dr. Rush holt, and Columbia University gender studies professor Jack