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Otero Vergés was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1845. His parents were
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Most authorities use the name "Olimpio Otero Vergés". However, social scientist and historian
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As a civic leader, Otero Verges led the
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of the municipality of Ponce. A prominent local civic and community leader, Otero was also a member of the organizing board that made possible the 1883 Ponce Fair.
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in the late nineteenth century. In 1903, the Puerto Rico Legislature named a bridge on the Ponce to
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