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The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico —or Partido Popular Democrático de Puerto Rico (PPD) in Spanish— is a political party that stands for Puerto Rico to be a free associated state of the United States, which is also known as a commonwealth status. The PPD is currently the party in power in Puerto Rico, with Aníbal Acevedo Vilá as governor, having won the 2004 elections. A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ...
An associated state is a territory that effectively has independence, but chooses to have constitutional links with another, larger, country that handles its external affairs, unless it decides to seek full independence. ...
The English noun Commonwealth dates originally from the fifteenth century and in different contexts indicates one of: a nation, state or political unit a state founded on law by agreement of the people for the common good a republic a federated union of constituent states. ...
Term of Office: January 2 – 2005 –present Preceded by: Sila Calderón Succeeded by: Incumbent Date of birth: February 13, 1962 Place of birth: San Juan, Puerto Rico Profession: Lawyer First Lady: Luisa Gándara Party: Popular Democratic Party Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (born February 13, 1962) is the eighth and current democratically...
2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Those who follow the PPD ideology are called populares (or populars in English).
Political ideals
The PPD's political ideals call for a Puerto Rico that is autonomous in some areas, and dependent on the United States in others. For example, local law and the taxation are managed locally a tripartite system of state government. Custom duties and foreign treaties remain in the hands of the federal government. In addition, Puerto Rican law remains under the purview of Congress, and must concord with the American constitution. Autonomy is the condition of something that does not depend on anything else. ...
Law (a loanword from Old Norse lag), in politics and jurisprudence, is a set of rules or norms of conduct which mandate, proscribe or permit specified relationships among people and organizations, provide methods for ensuring the impartial treatment of such people, and provide punishments for those who do not follow...
The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America. ...
Page I of the Constitution of the United States of America Page II of the United States Constitution Page III of the United States Constitution Page IV of the United States Constitution The Syng inkstand, with which the Constitution was signed The Constitution of the United States is the supreme...
The PPD's outlook has trended towards gaining further autonomy and local control over the external relationships of the island. In the eyes of the PPD, Puerto Rico should be viewed more as a country and not a state of the American union. For example, Puerto Rico has its own Olympic Games representation, its different language (Spanish), and its separate history. A U.S. state is any one of the 50 states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. ...
For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ...
History
Foundation The PPD was founded in 1938 by Luis Muñoz Marín. 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Luis Muñoz Marín (February 18, 1898 - April 30, 1980) was a poet, journalist and politician. ...
1940s In 1949, under the leadership of Luis Muñoz Marín, the PPD won the first democratically organized elections in Puerto Rico. 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ...
1950s During the 1950s, Luis Muñoz Marín remained as Puerto Rican governor.
1960s In 1964, PPD candidate Roberto Sánchez Vilella had become the second governor to be democratically elected in Puerto Rico. The party remained in power until 1968, when Luis A. Ferré, of the then newly found New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico (PNP), won the elections. 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Roberto Sánchez Vilella (February 19, 1913-March 24, 1997) was the second democratically eleted Governor of Puerto Rico. ...
1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
Don Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo (February 17, 1904 – October 21, 2003) was an engineer, industrialist, politician, philanthropist, and a patron of the arts. ...
The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico —or Partido Nuevo Progresista de Puerto Rico (PNP) in Spanish— is a political party that campaigns for Puerto Rico to become a state of the United States. ...
1970s In 1972, with Rafael Hernández Colón as their new leader, the PPD returned to power. However, this was a briefly lived victory for the party, because in 1976, PNP candidate Carlos Romero Barcelo defeated Colón. 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...
Rafael Hernández Colón (born October 24, 1936) is a native of Ponce, Puerto Rico, who was the fourth democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico for 12 years ( 1973- 1977, 1985- 1993). ...
1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Carlos Antonio Romero Barcel (born in September 4, 1932) was Puerto Ricos fifth democratically elected Governor, the second governor to be elected from the New Progressive Party (PNP) and also Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. ...
1980s In 1980, the PPD threatened once again, with Colón as candidate, to come back to power, losing by only 3,000 votes in the elections that year. This is the closest election for Governor to date. 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
In 1984, Colón once again became governor. His second term was marked by his fight to keep the Law 936 running. The PPD helped establishing the law, which dictates that American companies can be allowed to operate in Puerto Rico with tax cuts. 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In 1988, Colón was re-elected. That same year Hector Luis Acevedo, the PPD's candidate for mayor in San Juan, won the election for that position by only forty-nine votes. It was also the year that Santitos Negron, mayor of Cabo Rojo, left the party to become the first man not affiliated with any of the three major parties in Puerto Rico to win an electoral position in the country when he retained his seat as mayor as an independent candidate. 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Héctor Luis Acevedo (born in 1947) is a politician from Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico. ...
San Juan is the capital city of Puerto Rico. ...
Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico is a small town which is Puerto Ricos southwestern-most point. ...
1990s In 1992, after Colón decided not to run for governor again, the PPD elected Victoria Melo Munoz, daughter of Luis Muñoz Marín, to run for governor. She became the first woman in Puerto Rican history to run for governor, but she lost the election to Pedro Rosselló. In 1996, Hector Luis Acevedo ran for governor, but once again, the PPD candidate lost to Roselló. 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Victoria Melo Muñoz Mendoza (b. ...
Luis Muñoz Marín (February 18, 1898 - April 30, 1980) was a poet, journalist and politician. ...
Term of Office: January 2, 1993 – January 2, 2001 Preceded by: Rafael Hernández Colón Succeeded by: Sila Calderón Date of birth: April 5, 1944 Place of birth: San Juan, Puerto Rico Profession: Pedriatician First Lady: Maga Nevares Party: New Progressive Party Pedro Juan Rosselló González (born April 5, 1944) was...
1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
2000s In 2000, Sila Maria Calderon regained the governor's seat for the PPD, beating PNP candidate Carlos Ignacio Pesquera, and Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) candidate Ruben Berrios. Sila María Calderón Serra (born September 23, 1942) was the seventh Democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005. ...
The Puerto Rican Independence Party (Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño (PIP) in Spanish) is a Puerto Rican political party that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from the United States. ...
Date of birth June 21, 1939 Place of birth Aibonito, Puerto Rico Occupation Lawyer President of the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP). ...
Calderon announced that she would not be running for governor in 2004. Her proposed heir as PPD leader was Jose Alfredo Hernandez Mayoral, son of Rafael Hernández Colón, but he retired from the political life, at least for the time being, because of his son's health problems. Anibal Acevedo Vila then emerged as candidate for Governor was victorious in the elections of 2004 by a margin of 3,556 votes. He became the fifth Governor from Popular Democratic Party on January 2nd, 2005. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Rafael Hernández Colón (born October 24, 1936) is a native of Ponce, Puerto Rico, who was the fourth democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico for 12 years ( 1973- 1977, 1985- 1993). ...
An bal Acevedo Vil (born 1962) is the eight and current Democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. ...
Party logo
 PPD logo: "Bread, Land, Freedom". The PPD's uses as a logo the silhouette of a rural farm worker wearing a straw hat, with the words "pan, tierra, libertad" (bread, land, freedom in English) circling the man. Logo of PPD. Copyright http://www. ...
Logo of PPD. Copyright http://www. ...
Important party leaders Héctor Luis Acevedo (born in 1947) is a politician from Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico. ...
Term of Office: January 2 – 2005 –present Preceded by: Sila Calderón Succeeded by: Incumbent Date of birth: February 13, 1962 Place of birth: San Juan, Puerto Rico Profession: Lawyer First Lady: Luisa Gándara Party: Popular Democratic Party Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (born February 13, 1962) is the eighth and current democratically...
Rafael Hernández Colón (born October 24, 1936) is a native of Ponce, Puerto Rico, who was the fourth democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico for 12 years ( 1973- 1977, 1985- 1993). ...
Luis Muñoz Marín (February 18, 1898 - April 30, 1980) was a poet, journalist and politician. ...
Victoria Melo Muñoz Mendoza (b. ...
Roberto Prats, Senator of Puerto Rico affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party. ...
Roberto Sánchez Vilella (February 19, 1913-March 24, 1997) was the second democratically eleted Governor of Puerto Rico. ...
See also Liberalism is a political current embracing several historical and present-day ideologies that claim defense of individual liberty as the purpose of government. ...
This is an (partial) overview of individuals that contributed to the development of liberal theory on a worldwide scale and therefore are strongly associated with the liberal tradition and instrumental in the exposition of political liberalism as a philosophy. ...
This article links to articles on liberalism in diverse countries around the world. ...
This is an overview of parties that adhere more or less (explicitly) to the ideas of political liberalism and is therefore a list of liberal parties around the world. ...
Liberal democracy is a form of representative democracy where elected representatives that hold the decision power are moderated by a constitution that emphasizes protecting individual liberties and the rights of minorities in society, such as freedom of speech and assembly, freedom of religion, the right to private property and privacy...
External links - ppdpr.net (http://www.ppdpr.net) - official site.
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