Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso

Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso was a Puerto Rican politician and Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico from 1925 to 1928.

Journalist

In addition to serving as mayor of Ponce, Vivas Valdivieso was also the owner and director of the "El Dia" newspaper during the time of the Ponce Massacre at the hands of the Insular Police under the governorship of U.S.-appointed Gov. Blanton Winship.^[1][2]

As mayor

Vivas Valdivieso is recorded to have been the facilitator of the building of "Modern Ponce". During his administration, he secured a municipal loan of $1.25 million for city-wide improvements that would turn the municipality of Ponce, come the administration of his sucessor Emilio Fagot, into the city it became during the rest of the 19th century. Some of the improvements made were included the paving of so far dirt city streets, the creation of the city's sewerage system, the enlargement of the old Acueducto, the repair of rural roads, facilitating the traffic of rural goods into the city market.^[3]

Legacy

He is recognized as one of Ponce's most accomplished journalists at Ponce's Park for Illustrious Ponce Citizens.

References

1. ^ Director of El Dia newspaper Retrieved August 15, 2009.
2. ^ Jose Enrique Ayoroa Santaliz. La Masacre de Ponce: Breve relacion de hechos y algunos de sus personajes. Ponce Massacre Museum. March 2011.
3. ^ Ponce: A Historical Sketch Juan Braschi. In, "The Book of Porto Rico. XIX: Principal Cities."]Sistema Universitario Ana G. Méndez. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Page 1069. Retrieved 4 December 2011.

See also

• Ponce, Puerto Rico
• List of famous Puerto Ricans