JoséLuis Alberto Muñoz Marín was a Puerto Rican journalist,politician,statesman and was the first elected governor of Puerto Rico,regarded as the "Architect of the Puerto Rico Commonwealth."
El Nuevo Día is the newspaper with the largest circulation in Puerto Rico. It was founded in 1909 in Ponce,Puerto Rico,and today it is a subsidiary of GFR Media. Its headquarters are in Guaynabo,Puerto Rico.
Carolina is a city and municipality located on the northeast coast of Puerto Rico. It lies immediately east of the capital San Juan and Trujillo Alto;north of Gurabo and Juncos;and west of Canóvanas and Loíza. Carolina is spread over 12 barrios plus Carolina Pueblo. It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area,and home to Puerto Rico's main airport,the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport.
Jaime Benítez Rexach was a Puerto Rican author,academic and politician. He was the longest serving chancellor and the first president of the University of Puerto Rico.
The Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico (GDB) —Spanish:Banco Gubernamental de Fomento para Puerto Rico (BGF)—is the government bond issuer,intragovernmental bank,fiscal agent,and financial advisor of the government of Puerto Rico. The bank,along with its subsidiaries and affiliates,serves as the principal entity through which Puerto Rico channels its issuance of bonds. As an overview,the different executive agencies of the government of Puerto Rico and its government-owned corporations either issue bonds with the bank as a proxy,or owe debt to the bank itself.
Plaza Muñoz Rivera,formally Plaza Luis Muñoz Rivera,is the smaller of the two plazas at Plaza Las Delicias in the city of Ponce,Puerto Rico. It is located on the north side of Plaza Las Delicias,north of the larger southern Plaza Degetau. The square is notable for its fountains and for the Luis Muñoz Rivera statue. The historic Parque de Bombas and Ponce Cathedral buildings are located immediately to the south of Plaza Muñoz Rivera. The square is at the center of the Ponce Historic Zone,and is flanked by the Armstrong-Poventud Residence to the west,the Teatro Fox Delicias to the north,and Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Architecture to the east. The square dates back to the early Spanish settlement in Ponce of 1670. It is the main tourist attraction of the city,receiving about a quarter of a million visitors per year.
The Puerto Rico Department of Treasury is the executive department of the government of Puerto Rico responsible for the treasury of the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It is one of the constitutionally-created executive departments and is headed by a Secretary.
Porta del Sol,or simply West Region,is a tourism region in western Puerto Rico. Porta del Sol was the first tourism region to be established by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company. It consists of 17 municipalities in the western area:Quebradillas,Isabela,San Sebastián,Moca,Aguadilla,Aguada,Rincón,Añasco,Mayagüez,Las Marías,Maricao,Hormigueros,San Germán,Sabana Grande,Guánica,Lajas and Cabo Rojo.
The Office of Management and Budget of Puerto Rico —Spanish:Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto de Puerto Rico (OGP)—is a Cabinet-level office,and the largest office within the Office of the Governor of Puerto Rico. The main job of the office is to help the governor prepare the budget. The office also measures the effectiveness of agency programs,policies,and procedures and see if they comply with the governor's policies. Its current director is Jose I. Marrero Rosado.
The Popular Democratic Party is a political party in Puerto Rico that advocates to continue as a Commonwealth of the United States with self-governance. The party was founded in 1938 by dissidents from the Puerto Rican Liberal Party and the Unionist Party and originally promoted policies on the center-left. In recent years,however,its leaders have described the party as centrist.
The secretary of treasury of Puerto Rico is the chief financial officer and the treasurer of the government of Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rican businessperson
Javier D. Ferrer Fernández is a Cuban-American lawyer,financial advisor,businessman and politician who served as President and member of the board of the Puerto Rico Government Development Bank for Governor Alejandro García Padilla.
Porta Cordillera,or simply Central Region,is a land-locked tourism region located in the central mountainous area of Puerto Rico. Porta Cordillera was officially launched in July 2012 by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company. It consists of 16 municipalities:Aguas Buenas,Cidra,Cayey,Comerío,Aibonito,Naranjito,Barranquitas,Corozal,Orocovis,Morovis,Ciales,Jayuya,Florida,Utuado,Adjuntas and Lares.
The government of Governor of Puerto Rico Luis Muñoz Marín was that of the first elected governor. In addition to that,it was the first whose cabinet did not receive the advice and consent of the United States Senate,but from the Puerto Rico Senate. This all came as part of the 1947 Puerto Rico Elective Governor Act. During this government,the Puerto Rican people addressed via Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act of 1950's mechanism the creation of their own constitution,which was ratified and enacted in the latter months of the Muñoz Marín government,which reconfigured the system of government by creating the Puerto Rico Council of Secretaries and enlarged the Legislative Assembly's chambers. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico was established,and the 1952 Commonwealth Constitution is,with some amendments,the current constitution of the archipelago.
This second government of Governor of Puerto Rico Luis Muñoz Marín followed his reelection after the enactment of the 1952 Commonwealth Constitution. In many ways it was a continuation of the previous government,with some changes in key positions such as the Secretary of Justice,and decreased control of the Senate of Puerto Rico and House of Representatives of Puerto Rico by virtue of the expansion of the Legislative Assembly's chambers and the effects of Article III,Section 7 of the Constitution of Puerto Rico (1952).
This third government of Luis Muñoz Marín followed his second reelection. In many ways it was a continuation of the previous government,with some changes in positions such as the Secretary of Justice,Agriculture,and the same amount of supermajoritarian control of the Senate of Puerto Rico and House of Representatives of Puerto Rico,while the opposition composition shifted from being led by the Puerto Rican Independence Party to the Partido Estadista Republicano,their presence bolstered by virtue of the effects of Article III,Section 7 of the Constitution of Puerto Rico (1952).
This fourth and last government of Luis Muñoz Marín followed his third reelection. In many ways it was a continuation of the previous government,with one change in positions,the Secretary of Labor,and the same amount of supermajoritarian control of the Senate of Puerto Rico and House of Representatives of Puerto Rico.
