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Marcos Cruz is a Puerto Rican politician and the current mayor of Vega Baja. Cruz is affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) and has served as mayor since 2013. [ 1 ] Marcos Cruz earned a Bachelor of Arts in Education from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus .
The Puerto Rico Mayors Association was founded in 1949 by Felisa Rincón de Gautier. [26] The Puerto Rico Mayors Federationwas founded in 1968 by Carlos Romero Barceló as the Federation of Municipalities of Puerto Rico. The president of the Federation as of 2017 is Carlos Molina Rodríguez, after succeeding Hector O'Neill. [27]
Edgar Santana Rivera is a Puerto Rican politician and former mayor of Vega Baja. Santana ran for mayor of Vega Baja at the 2000 general elections, but lost to the candidate of the Popular Democratic Party, Luis Meléndez. [1] At the 2004 elections, Santana ran again, this time defeating the PPD candidate. [2] He was reelected at the 2008 ...
Iván Hernández González is a Puerto Rican politician and former mayor of Vega Baja. Hernández is affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP) and served as mayor from 2011 to 2013. [1] Hernández served as President of the Municipal Legislature of Vega Baja since 2006.
The 2024 Puerto Rican municipal election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the mayors of the 78 municipalities of Puerto Rico, concurrently with the election of the Governor, the Resident Commissioner, the Senate, the House of Representatives, a Status referendum and a Presidential straw poll. [1]
The winners were elected to a four-year term from January 3, 2021, to January 3, 2025. While the Popular Democratic Party kept most of the municipalities, its majority went down from 45 to 41. A total of 26 municipalities flipped parties, including many party strongholds, like Aguadilla (32 years under PNP ) and Humacao (20 years under PPD ).
Vega Baja was originally known as Vega-baxa del Naranjal de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (Vega Baja of the Orange Grove of Our Lady of the Rosary). Cibuco is one of the rivers that goes through Vega Baja, and is a variation of the name Sebuco, who was a chief or Cacique Taíno of the region. These small tribes of Taínos were known to settle in ...
The Vega Baja central plaza is called La Plaza José Francisco Náter, and is named after a pharmacist from Vega Baja who was also one of its mayors. [9] The central plaza, or square, is a place for official and unofficial recreational events and a place where people can gather and socialize from dusk to dawn.