In power for a year, Puerto Rico leader fights for job at polls
(WorldNews Politics)

Fighting corruption allegations and a resurgence of COVID-19, Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vazquez will face voters Sunday as she vies to lead the U.S. commonwealth out of a historic bankruptcy and recession. Vazquez and the island`s former delegate to the U.S. House, Pedro Pierluisi, are in a tight race to represent the New Progressive Party, or PNP, during the Nov. 3 governor`s election. It`s a rare primary challenge for a sitting governor. The vote comes a year after Governor Ricardo Rossello was ousted amid massive street protests and replaced by Vazquez, his justice secretary, in a contentious succession process that had to be sorted out by the island`s Supreme Court. Even with Rossello gone,...