Puerto Rican celebrities, including musicians Residente and Bad Bunny, attend a rally to celebrate the resignation of Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rossello in San Juan, Puerto Rico July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Marco Bello
SAN JUAN (Reuters) - Puerto Ricans danced among the brightly coloured houses of San Juan on Thursday after Governor Ricardo Rossellَ capitulated to 12 days of protests and announced his resignation, but many in the crowd warned they would reject the person in line to succeed him.
Meanwhile, a former Puerto Rico representative to the U.S. Congress appeared as a possible successor who might be more acceptable to protesters, according to people familiar with the talks to replace the island's governor.
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