Luis Fortuño Janeiro


Luis Fortuño Janeiro was a politician, historian, journalist, and businessman from Ponce, Puerto Rico. He was senator from Ponce from 1937 to 1941.

Historian and journalist

Fortuño is best remembered for his Album Histórico de Ponce , a photographic record of the city of Ponce and its leaders that covered nearly 300 years of Ponce history. It was his second edition of the book. He owned Imprenta Fortuño, a 20th-century icon in southern Puerto Rico's publishing industry. The press shut down in 2015.

Political career

In 1936, he led the strike against the high rates of the Ponce Electric Company. The Company was subsequently sold to the Puerto Rican Government's Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales, becoming part of it in 1937. In 1956 Fortuño ran for mayor of Ponce, but lost his bid to Carlos Juan Cintrón.

Books by Fortuño Janeiro

Note: Fay Fowlie-Flores wrote an index to both editions of the Album Histórico tilted "Indice a las dos ediciones del Album histórico de Ponce : 1692–1963."

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