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==Tenure==
==Tenure==
As First Lady of Puerto Rico, Beatriz has been actively involved impacting many communities, especially helping the most vulnerable sectors through initiatives such as “Fortaleza Para Ti”, Back To School, “Nos Une La Tradición”, Women’s Council, Spayathon for Puerto Rico, and more. Within the next few years, Mrs. Rosselló plans to keep executing initiatives that support, defend, and contribute the social and economic development of those in need.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/politica/nota/lafortalezacreaprogramaparacomunidadesdesventajadas-2300554/|title=La Fortaleza crea programa para comunidades desventajadas|date=14 March 2017|website=El Nuevo Dia|accessdate=2 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metro.pr/pr/noticias/2018/06/29/beatriz-rossello-anuncia-iniciativa-regreso-clases-fortaleza-ti.html|title=Beatriz Rosselló anuncia iniciativa “Regreso a Clases con Fortaleza Para Ti”|first=Jennifer|last=González|website=Metro.pr|accessdate=2 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telemundopr.com/noticias/Ricardo-y-Beatriz-Rossello-visitan-clinica-de-esteralizacion-de-mascotas-spayathon-telemundo-telenoticias-puerto-rico-505279621.html|title=Ricardo y Beatriz Rosselló visitan clínica de esteralización de mascotas - Telemundo Puerto Rico|website=Telemundopr.com|accessdate=2 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/gobierno-politica/nota/lafortalezacelebrafiestadereyesenvariosmunicipios-1319934/|title=La Fortaleza celebra Fiesta de Reyes en varios municipios|date=6 January 2019|website=Primerahora.com|accessdate=2 April 2019}}</ref> On July 11th 2019, after a huge scandal known as the "Telegramgate"<ref>https://www.latinorebels.com/2019/07/09/telegramgate/</ref> was brought to light, the country got a glimpse of how the top members of the Rosselló administration communicated. All hell cut loose. Two days later, the streets in the beautiful Old San Juan were flooded with protesters, demanding the resignation of the "basura"<ref>http://memecrunch.com/meme/5KYQK/ricky-rossello-01/image.png</ref> we have as governor. After her husband was caught calling women "whores", Beatriz Rosselló wrote a letter addressing the calls for Ricardo to resign, saying she felt she owed the community an explanation. In the letter she defends her husband, saying that although he has failed, the governor has accepted it with humility and has asked for forgiveness.<ref>http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/puerto-rico-governor-police-gassed-protesters-calling-for-the-governors-resignation/ar-AAEodjp</ref> Rosselló says her husband immediately apologized for his words and she believes he means it. Gladly, the whole country doesn't give a flying fuck what she says and they will stay, and protest, and riot in the streets until both of their "culos" are behind bars.
Rosselló has been involved in initiatives such as “Fortaleza Para Ti”, Back To School, “Nos Une La Tradición”, Women’s Council, and Spayathon for Puerto Rico. Within the next few years, Mrs. Rosselló plans to keep executing initiatives that support, defend, and contribute the social and economic development of those in need.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/politica/nota/lafortalezacreaprogramaparacomunidadesdesventajadas-2300554/|title=La Fortaleza crea programa para comunidades desventajadas|date=14 March 2017|website=El Nuevo Dia|accessdate=2 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metro.pr/pr/noticias/2018/06/29/beatriz-rossello-anuncia-iniciativa-regreso-clases-fortaleza-ti.html|title=Beatriz Rosselló anuncia iniciativa “Regreso a Clases con Fortaleza Para Ti”|first=Jennifer|last=González|website=Metro.pr|accessdate=2 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telemundopr.com/noticias/Ricardo-y-Beatriz-Rossello-visitan-clinica-de-esteralizacion-de-mascotas-spayathon-telemundo-telenoticias-puerto-rico-505279621.html|title=Ricardo y Beatriz Rosselló visitan clínica de esteralización de mascotas - Telemundo Puerto Rico|website=Telemundopr.com|accessdate=2 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/gobierno-politica/nota/lafortalezacelebrafiestadereyesenvariosmunicipios-1319934/|title=La Fortaleza celebra Fiesta de Reyes en varios municipios|date=6 January 2019|website=Primerahora.com|accessdate=2 April 2019}}</ref>


==<i>Unidos por Puerto Rico</i> controversy==
==<i>Unidos por Puerto Rico</i> controversy==

Revision as of 23:39, 16 July 2019

Beatriz Rosselló
File:BeatrizRossello.jpg
14th First Lady of Puerto Rico
Assumed role
January 2, 2017
GovernorRicardo Rosselló
Preceded byWilma Pastrana
Personal details
Born
Beatriz Isabel Areizaga

(1985-01-04) January 4, 1985 (age 39)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Political partyNew Progressive Party of Puerto Rico
Spouse
(m. 2012)
Children2
ResidenceLa Fortaleza
Alma materInteramerican University of Puerto Rico
Profession[]]

Beatriz Isabel Rosselló (née Areizaga; born January 4, 1985) is the wife of Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló; she assumed the role of First Lady of Puerto Rico on January 2, 2017, when her husband became governor.

Personal life

Rosselló was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Married since 2012, she and her husband Ricardo, have two children: Claudia Beatriz and Pedro Javier. Rosselló completed her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. She also pursued post-graduate studies at the prestigious Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy in North Carolina, where she was the only Puerto Rican woman selected among a group of 56 students.[1]

Early life and education

Rosselló studied at the Julián Blanco School, which specializes in ballet.[2] She attended college at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico.

Early career

Rosselló was President of the Association of Pro-Statehood Students, Puerto Rico Chapter, and Vice-president of her political party's youth group in San Juan.[3]

Tenure

Rosselló has been involved in initiatives such as “Fortaleza Para Ti”, Back To School, “Nos Une La Tradición”, Women’s Council, and Spayathon for Puerto Rico. Within the next few years, Mrs. Rosselló plans to keep executing initiatives that support, defend, and contribute the social and economic development of those in need.[4][5][6][7]

Unidos por Puerto Rico controversy

In July 2019, among calls for her husband to resign due to a scandal stemming from his involvement in an incriminating group chat with other government officials, Beatriz Rosselló was criticized for her management of United for Puerto Rico, an agency established after Hurricane María which is currently under investigation by the FBI. Beatriz Rosselló has been pointed out as having kept the disaster relief supplies just to claim them as their own. In August 2018 at least 10 trailers full of food, water and baby supplies were left to rot at a state election office where they broke open and became infested by rats. [8] A spokeswoman for the elections commission said the offices were being used as a storage point at the request of Puerto Rico’s first lady, United for Puerto Rico.The son of former CFO and Treasury Secretary Raúl Maldonado, also named Raúl Maldonado, claimed to have been present in a meeting in which Ricardo Rosselló demanded an amendment to an audit report into the containers as, according to Maldonado, the report would have “affected” the First Lady.

The FBI is also investigating the organization’s finances and donations.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Enfocada Beatriz Rosselló en la campaña de su esposo". El Nuevo Dia. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Primera dama celebra mejoras a escuela Julián E. Blanco". El Vocero de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Beatriz Rosselló". Nga.org. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  4. ^ "La Fortaleza crea programa para comunidades desventajadas". El Nuevo Dia. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  5. ^ González, Jennifer. "Beatriz Rosselló anuncia iniciativa "Regreso a Clases con Fortaleza Para Ti"". Metro.pr. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Ricardo y Beatriz Rosselló visitan clínica de esteralización de mascotas - Telemundo Puerto Rico". Telemundopr.com. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  7. ^ "La Fortaleza celebra Fiesta de Reyes en varios municipios". Primerahora.com. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  8. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/us/puerto-rico-aid.html
  9. ^ "Apunta el FBI a Unidos por Puerto Rico". elVocero.com. July 16 2019. Retrieved July 16 2019. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  10. ^ "FBI investiga finanzas y donativos de Unidos Por Puerto Rico". NotiUno.com. July 16 2019. Retrieved July 16 2019. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)