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58-549: Guajataca may refer to: Guajataca Lake , a reservoir located between the municipalities of San Sebastián, Quebradillas and Isabela, Puerto Rico Guajataca River , a river that crosses the municipalities of Lares, San Sebastián and Isabela, Puerto Rico and ends at the Guajataca Lake Guajataca Tunnel , a railroad tunnel that connected the town of Isabela and Quebradillas, Puerto Rico Guajataka Scout Reservation ,

116-619: A camping reservation owned and operated by the Puerto Rico Council of the Boy Scouts of America Guajataca State Forest , in Isabela, Puerto Rico Guajataca, Quebradillas, Puerto Rico , a barrio Guajataca, San Sebastián, Puerto Rico , a barrio Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Guajataca . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

174-498: A discussion of the operation of Internet troll networks on social media, elitist comments, and mockery of the troubles of Puerto Ricans as they continue to recover from 2017's Hurricane Maria that caused approximately 3,000 deaths. In one message, Rosselló's chief financial officer joked about the people who died in Hurricane Maria, and an apparent death threat made by Rosselló against Mayor of San Juan Carmen Yulín Cruz . As

232-410: A harder line with creditors. Puerto Rico has received authority from the federal government to reduce its debt with legal action and this may make creditors more willing to negotiate instead of becoming embroiled in a long and costly legal battle. On May 31, Rosselló unveiled his $ 9.56   billion proposed budget for the 2018 fiscal year. The budget prioritized paying pensions, increasing spending in

290-466: A mass protest in Old San Juan calling for Rosselló to resign as governor. Artists such Ricky Martin were present. Protests were also held in other cities and countries, including London , Santiago , Montreal , Seattle , New York City, Boston , Orlando , Amsterdam , Barcelona , Madrid , Stockholm , Paris , Slovenia , Norway , and Vienna . On July 24, 2019, after previously defending

348-461: A medical research company in Beijing, China . Rosselló claimed to have developed various drugs then later clarified that they were still in the research phase of development. Rosselló became involved in politics during the 2008 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election when his father Pedro Rosselló lost a party primary against the eventual Governor Luis Fortuño . Rosselló was a Hillary Clinton delegate to

406-492: A political commentator, writing columns for El Vocero , a daily newspaper published in San Juan , covering politics, science, healthcare and economics topics. Additionally, Rosselló appeared as a regular guest analyst in several political radio talk shows . He published a book that depicted the accomplishments of his father's administration (1993–2001). All copies of the limited edition print were exhausted in one day. To diffuse

464-511: A program intended to attract business investment to Puerto Rico, put in place by Law 13–2017; in addition to creating the Destination Marketing Organization, which encourages tourists to visit the island, enacted in 2017 by Law 17–2017. On February 5, 2018, Rosselló announced a broad education reform. The reform aim to incorporate school vouchers and charter schools into the bankrupt U.S. territory's education system. It

522-409: A result of the leak, protests were held for several consecutive days throughout Puerto Rico demanding Rosselló's resignation. An estimated 500,000 people took to Old San Juan on July 17, 2019, as part of the protests. After first stating that he intended to complete his term as governor, Rosselló later promised to resign on August 2, which he did. Rosselló was born 1979 in San Juan, Puerto Rico ,

580-588: Is 28,954 cubic feet (819.9 cubic metres) per second. Its normal storage capacity is 34,050 acre-feet (42,000,000 cubic metres ), and its drainage basin is 24.58 square miles (63.7 km ). The construction of the dam was authorized by act 63 of the Legislature of Puerto Rico , known as the "Isabela public irrigation law," approved April 19, 1919. The dam was constructed starting in 1928. The reservoir had an initial storage capacity of 39,286 acre-feet (48 million cubic metres), but by 1999 (71 years later),

638-424: Is an earthen dam is currently used for irrigation and potable water purposes. A hydroelectric power station was built, but not longer in use. The reservoir has a normal surface area of 1.321 square miles (3.42 square kilometres), its length is 2.5 miles (4.0 kilometres), its maximum width is 1 mile (1.6 kilometres), the mean depth is 12 m and the maximum depth is 27 m, located near the dam. its maximum discharge

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696-496: Is runway to establish these reforms and have Washington recognise that they have a role to play." He also implemented austerity measures, instructing Puerto Rican government agencies to cut operating expenses by 10% and reduce political appointees by 20%. To ensure funds would be available to pay for "essential" government services Rosselló signed a fiscal emergency law on January 28, 2017, that would set aside funds that might otherwise be required for debt payments. In late January,

754-632: Is to establish a platform where we can reduce a 131 agencies to 30 or 35 agencies in Puerto Rico." In June 2019, Ricardo Rosello announced that $ 2 million had been appropriated to the Puerto Rico Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development (ODSEC by its Spanish initials) for construction of new roofs. The total number of homes that could receive new roofs was 180, of the 20,000 to 30,000 homes still missing roofs since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017. Wanda Vázquez Garced ,

812-518: The 2016 election , and held a campaign rally the next day at Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan that surpassed the previous attendance record held by Ricky Martin. At the rally, he endorsed Jenniffer González , a Republican, for Resident Commissioner. On June 5, 2016, Rosselló won the New Progressive Party primary against incumbent Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi , thus becoming

870-609: The New Progressive Party (PNP in Spanish) for Governor of Puerto Rico in 2016. After winning the New Progressive Party primary, Rosselló was elected governor in the 2016 general election , defeating five other candidates. In July 2019, Rosselló faced widespread controversy after a group chat on the Telegram app between Rosselló and his staff was made public. The chat included vulgar, sexist, homophobic and misogynistic language,

928-743: The New York City Council Melissa Mark-Viverito , as well as local journalists and celebrities. Rosselló described Mark-Viverito as a "puta" , Spanish for whore; Mark-Viverito responded to this soon afterwards on her Twitter account, condemning his use of the word. Several members of the New Progressive Party also condemned the governor's expressions. The transcript, released July 13, shows government officials, including Rosselló, conspiring to operate an internet troll network to discredit press, journalists and opposition politicians, according to several news sources. In one message, Rosselló jokes about shooting Carmen Yulín Cruz ,

986-627: The Puerto Rico National Guard and the Police to help assist in the evacuation effort downstream. The dam lies across the Guajataca River to form a reservoir that can hold roughly 11 billion gallons of water. As of September 2017 , the dam was last inspected on October 23, 2013. The first phase of repairs to avoid the threat of flooding were completed on November 17, 2017. Since then about 10,000 residents, including farmers, who depend on

1044-468: The Telegramgate scandal. He is the son of former governor of Puerto Rico and pediatric surgeon Pedro Rosselló . In 2010, Rosselló founded the political advocacy group Boricua ¡Ahora Es! to advocate for changing the current political status of Puerto Rico . Rosselló supports Puerto Rican statehood . Following several years of political advocacy, Rosselló announced that he would seek the nomination of

1102-532: The U.S. Congress , Jenniffer González , said that she believed Rosselló should not seek re-election as a result of the incident, but supported the idea that he should remain in office. Thomas Rivera Schatz , President of the Puerto Rican Senate, called upon Rosselló and every government official included in the chat to resign, but not before supporting the Governor's position to remain in office, and downplaying

1160-475: The United States government to take action. Boricua ¡Ahora Es! actively campaigned during the 2012 Puerto Rico status referendum . Rosselló was accused by Bolivian author Lupe Andrade of plagiarizing her column Responsabilidad y democracia ("Accountability and Democracy"). He denied the claim and no legal action followed. Since 2012, Rosselló was mentioned as a potential gubernatorial candidate for

1218-511: The fifth plebiscite on June 11, 2017, with three options: "Statehood", "Current Territorial Status" and "Independence/Free Association". It initially did not offer the second option, which was added at the request of United States Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ). On June 11, 2017, the results of the plebiscite were 97% in favor of statehood. However, the plebiscite results have been marred and been called into question. Due to months of calls for boycotting by his political rivals and confusion,

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1276-516: The 2008 nominating convention and an Obama delegate to the 2012 convention. In 2008, he participated in Clinton's get-out-the-vote efforts for the June 1 Puerto Rico presidential primary, appearing in her final TV ad with several Democratic political leaders, including fellow statehooder Kenneth McClintock and commonwealth's Roberto Prats and José A. Hernández Mayoral. Following this event, Rosselló became

1334-465: The 2016 election cycle. In 2013, he began organizing a group of collaborators to build what he called Plan para Puerto Rico ( Plan for Puerto Rico ). This plan would serve as a blueprint to deal with the economic and political problems and Puerto Rico and by being built years before a candidacy, it would represent a more complete and realistic political agenda. In 2014, Rosselló utilized his political platform to perform several protest events against

1392-576: The Governor and refusing to impeach him, the Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly announced that they would immediately begin impeachment proceedings unless Rosselló resigned. Later that day he announced that he would resign as governor of Puerto Rico effective 5 pm AST August 2, to be replaced by Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez Garced until she reportedly declined the position. In his last minutes in office, Rosselló nominated Pedro Pierluisi as Secretary of State of Puerto Rico, with

1450-665: The Telegram chat. Rosselló released a statement in which he apologized for the comments, excusing himself by explaining that he had been working 18-hour days and was releasing tension. Rosselló added that he would not resign as Governor of Puerto Rico and indicated that he did not know who leaked the chat or when it was deleted. On July 13, 2019, the entirety of the chat was made public by local news agency Centro de Periodismo Investigativo . The screenshots were reported by El Nuevo Día as containing vulgar and homophobic comments and attacks against other politicians, such as former Speaker of

1508-605: The capacity had been reduced to 34,276 acre-feet (42 million cubic metres), as about 13% less, attributed to sediment erosion. The surface area of the reservoir was 3.42 km (1.32 sq mi) in 1999. According to the National Inventory of Dams , Guajataca Dam was designed by and is owned by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority. On September 22, 2017, at 18:10 GMT, following Hurricane Maria , operators at Guajataca Dam announced that

1566-479: The dam's spillway was failing at the northern end of the lake and it could result in the whole dam collapsing. The National Weather Service a few minutes later urged all 70,000 residents in the flood area to be evacuated. The National Weather Service stated the dam was a "life-threatening situation". "It’s a structural failure. I don’t have any more details," Governor Ricardo Rosselló stated. "We’re trying to evacuate as many people as possible." Rosselló ordered

1624-523: The federal control board created under PROMESA gave the government until February 28 to present a fiscal plan - including negotiations with creditors - to solve the problems. It is essential for Puerto Rico to reach restructuring deals to avoid a bankruptcy-like process under PROMESA. A moratorium on lawsuits by debtors was extended to May 31. Rosselló hired investment experts Rothschild & Co to assist in convincing creditors to take deeper losses on Puerto Rico's debts than they had expected. The company

1682-663: The government which was saddled with outstanding debt of $ 70   billion or $ 12,000 per capita at a time with a 45% poverty rate and 14.2% unemployment that is more than twice the mainland U.S. average. The Commonwealth had been defaulting on many debts, including bonds, since 2015. Rosselló discussed the situation and sketched out his plans in an interview with the international Financial Times in mid January and indicated that he would seek an amicable resolution with creditors and also make fiscal reforms. "There will be real fiscal oversight and we are willing to sit down. We are taking steps to make bold reforms. ... What we are asking for

1740-491: The governor belonged to, were leaked. The authenticity of these screenshots was confirmed the following day by Chief of Staff Ricardo Llerandi , who — along with several other high-ranking government officials — participated in the chat. Some on Twitter have dubbed the scandal Telegramgate. Rosselló interrupted his vacation in France to fly to Puerto Rico and attend a press conference where he took responsibility for his part in

1798-496: The governor who followed his troubled tenure, stated all contracts signed by Rosselló would be reviewed by her administration. Rosselló's alleged corruption was given as a reason to further delay promised funds for Hurricane Maria recovery, as announced by United States Department of Housing and Urban Development on August 6, 2019. By the time Rosselló took office, the Puerto Rican government-debt crisis posed serious problems for

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1856-589: The intention of Pierluisi becoming Puerto Rico's next governor. The Special Independent Prosecutor's Panel , which investigated the Telegraph scandal, submitted their evidence to the Institute of Forensic Sciences. The Institute's detailed analysis concluded that the PDF document purporting to be a transcript of the Telegram chat "is not an original, that it is not a complete document, and that it has been modified." Rosselló

1914-421: The island's health system, public safety, and transportation. At the same time, the budget proposed cutting in the departments of education, natural resources, housing, agriculture, correction, and justice. Of the education cuts, it included over a $ 200   million cut for Puerto Rico's public university, which had experienced organized student strikes for over two months. The budget directed $ 2   billion for

1972-571: The island, and he also created the Puerto Rico Department of Public Safety. In July 2017, Rosselló signed a bill that enacts regulations and makes the use of marijuana legal for medicinal use. The move goes further than the executive order issued by his predecessor which in Roselló's words, "ignored the legislative process and, following an executive order, promulgated a regulation without due discussion with all sectors and representatives elected by

2030-432: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guajataca&oldid=1133911117 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Guajataca Lake The reservoir is considered a touristic area. The Guajataca Dam

2088-440: The mayor of San Juan. Allegedly, Rosselló improperly conducted public business on the chat, as one of the participants — Elías Sánchez — no longer worked directly with Rosselló. The chat has been cited as giving Sánchez an unfair advantage in his business dealings, as he was privy to internal government affairs while working for Wolf Popper, a company that does business with government agencies. Puerto Rico's sole representative in

2146-461: The message, he allowed the material to be public domain and published it on the La Obra de Rosselló website for everyone to read. In 2012, Rosselló founded Boricua ¡Ahora Es! , a political advocacy group that advocates changing Puerto Rico's current political status. The movement featured a grass-roots educational campaign, suggesting that involvement of the international community may be necessary for

2204-642: The method of zero base budget for the preparation of the budget for the fiscal year 2017–2018. The last executive order Rosselló signed on his first day was the OE-2017-006; it decrees a public policy within the Government of Puerto Rico that guarantees equal pay and work for women employees. He also began the process of restructuring Puerto Rico's national debt. In 2017, Rosselló signed the Permitting Reform Act , streamlining business permitting processes on

2262-506: The minimum wage in Puerto Rico. In 2017, he signed the Equal Pay Act, pushing for equal pay regardless of gender. In 2018 he signed six laws targeting the reform of the insurance industry, as a response to how insurance companies acted during recent hurricanes. In December 2017, Rosselló signed the "New Government Law", which was intended to consolidate agencies in order to improve efficiency and save capital. Rosselló stated, "the objective

2320-444: The party's candidate for governor and heading to the general election against PPD candidate David Bernier . He made Puerto Rican statehood the central issue of his campaign, and views statehood as the key to economic recovery. On November 8, 2016, Rosselló defeated five other gubernatorial candidates and was elected Governor of Puerto Rico, receiving 41% of the vote. He was sworn in on January 2, 2017. Upon his election, Rosselló

2378-553: The people." Rosselló has stated that he intends to shrink the size of government, through reducing funding to various parts of the bureaucracy. He also started an effort on labor reform, which was revoked after differences between the governor's intended version and the version developed by the Financial Oversight and Management Board. Rosselló then tabled a second version of the plan in March 2018. Rosselló took credit for raising

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2436-465: The permit obtaining process for development of projects that promote a new or improved infrastructure for the lending of services for the citizens and for economic development within Puerto Rico. The fourth executive order, OE-2017-004, creates an interagency group of projects critical for the infrastructure, a collateral effect of the OE 2017–003. The fifth executive order, OE-2017-005, orders the implementation of

2494-497: The policies of the incumbent governor of Puerto Rico, Alejandro García Padilla . Some of these events included a march against a proposed Value Added Tax . Rosselló described that he intended to apply a scientific approach to governance. As a part of this, he traveled to other countries and US states to study how they approached various problems in governing, such as Finland, Estonia, and Florida. On September 19, 2015, he confirmed his intention to run for Governor of Puerto Rico in

2552-656: The protests calling for Rosselló's resignation as a "small" group of people that are "always protesting". Calls for his resignation were made by Democratic U.S. Representative Raúl Grijalva , chair of the House Natural Resources Committee ; former governor Sila María Calderón , former governor Luis Fortuño , former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and presidential contender Julian Castro , and Democratic U.S. Representative and presidential contender Tulsi Gabbard . On July 17, 2019, an estimated 500,000 people participated in

2610-400: The public pension system of Puerto Rico that were underfunded by about $ 50   billion. To balance this increase, the budget eliminated millions of dollars in annual subsidies to 78 municipalities of Puerto Rico, forcing the mayors to find funding in other areas. In addition, the budget focused payments for the debt services and the federal control board. Rosselló also announced tax breaks for

2668-643: The region history, at 9.3%. However, because Rosselló had fired the director of Puerto Rico's Office of Statistics due to dissatisfaction with the unflattering reports emanating from that office, it is unclear how accurate this information (or any of the statistical data touted by the Rosselló administration) is. In June 2018, he began the process of privatizing the island's energy infrastructure, and in November 2018, he pledged for Puerto Rico to switch entirely to renewable energy by 2050. In 2018 Rosselló also started InvestPR,

2726-408: The son of Pedro Rosselló and Maga Nevares . His older brothers are Juan Óscar (b. 1971) and Luis Roberto (b. 1973). Pedro Rosselló served as Governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. Rosselló's paternal great-grandfather, Pedro Juan Rosselló Batle, immigrated in 1902 at the age of 23 from Lloseta , Mallorca , Spain. Rosselló attended high school at Colegio Marista de Guaynabo . He

2784-459: The turnout for the plebiscite was 23% of the eligible electorate. Rosselló plans on creating a commission that will ensure the validity of the referendum in Congress. He has stated that he does not believe that Puerto Rico yet has the political infrastructure to pursue statehood, and that he intends to develop it. On July 8, 2019, screenshots of a group chat on the Telegram messaging service , which

2842-561: The waters of the reservoir, have been struggling with the rationing of water. There is confusion and little transparency as to how the issue is being handled. Final repairs will be ongoing, until 2028. Ricardo Rossell%C3%B3 Ricardo Antonio Rosselló Nevares ( Latin American Spanish: [roseˈʝo neˈβaɾes] ; born March 7, 1979) is a Puerto Rican politician who served as Governor of Puerto Rico from 2017 until his resignation in 2019, after overwhelming protests related to

2900-475: The working class and retirees. A tax reform bill was presented by the governor in December 2018, which included a work tax credit of between $ 300 and $ 2000 to each taxpayer and reduced the corporate tax rate from 39% to 37.5%. Prior to this, Rosselló reduced the sales tax from 11.5% to 7% for restaurant prepared foods. During 2018, Rosselló announced that Puerto Rico had reached its lowest unemployment rate in

2958-405: Was 15, that killed a woman and her child. The original 1994 newspaper article that reported on the crash, along with the victim's other son, the twin brother of the deceased, who was also in the car at the time of the accident, named Rosselló as the drunk driver. The court that saw the case, however, ruled controversially that the other person in the vehicle, Rosselló's friend Ricardo Molinari Such,

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3016-481: Was a proponent of adoption rights for same-sex couples , created the first advisory board on LGBT issues, supported a ban on conversion therapy and under his administration for the first time the residence of the governor was illuminated in rainbow colors, a nod to the support of his administration to the LGBT community. Furthermore, Rosselló was highly critical of President Donald Trump's anti-immigration policies. Rosselló

3074-465: Was also exploring the possibility of convincing insurers that had guaranteed some of the bonds against default, to contribute more to the restructuring, according to reliable sources. The governor also planned to negotiate restructuring of about $ 9   billion of electric utility debt, a plan that could result "in a showdown with insurers". Political observers suggest that his negotiation of the electrical utility debt indicated Rosselló's intention to take

3132-457: Was married to Natasha Marie Cervi from 2008 to 2010. On October 14, 2012, Rosselló married Beatriz Areizaga in a wedding ceremony held in New Orleans, Louisiana . The couple have a daughter, Claudia Beatriz, and a son, Pedro Javier. His cousin is Roy Rosselló , a singer and former member of boy band Menudo . Rosselló was linked to a car accident caused by a drunk driver in 1994, when he

3190-628: Was selected to compete in the International Mathematical Olympiads . Rosselló earned a bachelor's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2001 in biomedical engineering and economics. As a researcher in college, Rosselló focused on adult stem cell research . He received a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Michigan . Rosselló is a co-founder of Beijing Prosperous Biopharm,

3248-468: Was signed into law in March 2018. In 2019, Rosselló became the president of the Council of State Governments. Rosselló is considered socially liberal . He supports abortion rights , gender equality , legalization of medical marijuana but opposes its legalization for recreational use . In terms of LGBT rights , Rosselló has a mixed record. Initially, he came out against marriage equality , however he

3306-495: Was strongly in favor of statehood for Puerto Rico to help develop the economy and to help Puerto Rico's 500-year old colonial dilemma. "Colonialism is not an option .... It's a civil rights issue ... The time will come in which the United States has to respond to the demands of 3.5   million citizens seeking an absolute democracy" he stated. In January 2017, he announced that Puerto Ricans will be given an opportunity to vote in

3364-570: Was the second-youngest person to become Governor of Puerto Rico. On his first day as governor, Rosselló signed six executive orders. His first executive order was the OE-2017-001, decreeing a state of fiscal emergency. The second order was the OE-2017-002, which creates the COF with the intent of obtaining, maximizing and overseeing more federal funds. The third executive order, OE-2017-003, looks to streamline

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