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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico congressional representative Jenniffer González [R] defeated Gov. Pedro Pierluisi [D] in a surprise upset during a primary election held Sunday by their pro-statehood party. The two ran on the same ticket four years ago under the New Progressive Party, but González, a Republican, announced her plan to challenge Pierluisi, a Democrat, in early December. Public jabs between the two turned acrimonious during the campaign. Puerto Rico’s main political parties are divided by the island’s political status, so it’s common to find both Republicans and Democrats within the same party.

<p>August 29 2011 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Puerto Rico lawmaker has resigned following reports that explicit photos of him surfaced on an iPhone application for gays and bisexuals, the head of the U.S. territory's Senate announced Sunday.</p>

Well, it looks like we have a new Anthony Weiner in town. A Puerto Rican TV show called Dando Candela presented Republican Senator Roberto Arango with naked pictures found on the Internet that they claimed were of him. He wouldn’t deny the allegations, saying he had taken photos like that but only to document his weight loss. Of course, that doesn’t explain the fact that the pictures were found on Grindr, a hook up site for gay and bisexual men.

(Abridged English-language translation) With a sorrowful heart and mixed feelings over his defeat in Sunday’s primaries, Carlos Romero-Barceló, the veteran of a thousand campaigns with the [pro-statehood] New Progressive Party (PNP), decided not to seek elective office anymore and not to get actively involved in the 2004 election campaign. The former Governor granted EL VOCERO an exclusive interview even before returning calls from Pedro Rosselló, his party’s candidate for Governor, and at a time when the island was eager to know his reaction to the undisputable victory of his (Romero’s) opponent Luis Fortuño. A peaceful but reflective Romero replied without...