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won their twelfth championship, player
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and the Ponce hotel industry. Upon his death in 2004, the project was still in construction. On 28 June 2004, via Law 166, the
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In 1988, Cordero received the endorsement of then governor Rafael Hernández ColĂłn for the office of Mayor of the city of Ponce and won the elections for the PPD by 1,617 votes against his opponent HelcĂas BermĂşdez of the
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metropolitan area where highways resemble parking lots certain times of the day." Cordero's widow, Madeleine
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as a museum in 1990. There are some who also credit him with the establishment of the
Autonomous Municipalities Act of 1991. He was also instrumental in the celebration of the 1993
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fraternity Delta chapter. As a child he was nicknamed "Churaumba", a nickname he carried into adulthood. "Churumba" was a nickname given in reference to
Cordero's height; it is a
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in 1964 with a bachelor's degree in Arts with a concentration in
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A strong believer in the removal of the U.S. Navy from the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, Cordero was arrested in 2001 and imprisoned for 30 days after practicing
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Churumba's coffin was later returned to a local funeral home for a family veil guard. The day after, on Monday, 19 January, a prayer was offered at the
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and turned it into a museum that preserves the history of Ponce's firefighters. On Cordero's credit list is also facilitating the establishment of
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homes, the street per se, and surrounding area based on their historical value. In 1990, the administration of Cordero Santiago restored the old
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after exposing the mortal remains in the former mayor's home. Cordero's burial was held in the La Piedad Cemetery in Ponce. Former Governor
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In late 2003, Cordero signed and initiated the construction of a multimillion-dollar mega port complex in Ponce named
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