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december 14 , 2010 juana rivera guishard san juan , puerto rico vieques , puerto rico 150px new progressive party -lrb- pnp -rrb- mayor of vieques 1 january 1936 january 14 , 1985 manuela santiago collazo
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manuela santiago collazo

manuela santiago collazo -lrb- 1936 -- 2010 -rrb- was a puerto rican politician who was the mayor of the city of vieques -lrb- 1985 -- 2001 -rrb- .
santiago collazo became vieques ' first female mayor during the 1984 general elections .
she remained in that position until 2001 .
a popular politician among vieques residents and among many mainland puerto rico residents as well , santiago collazo met with various difficult moments during her tenure as mayor : in 1989 , vieques was one of the most severely affected puerto rican cities after the passing of hurricane hugo .
large amounts of money were required to return the town to normality , as the island-city 's boat service to fajardo had to be temporarily stopped , the local airline , vieques air link , suffered temporary loss of some of their aircraft , and the city lost electricity and water services .
the city was later also affected by other hurricanes and storms .
in 1995 , many important political figures wrote a letter to united states president bill clinton , asking for an investigation into an incident where an atomic bomb hit vieques supposedly by accident in 1966 .
santiago collazo signed the letter .
it could be said that this was a small beginning to what would later become mass protests by vieques citizens against the presence of the military there .
after david sanes ' death by a military bomb in 1999 , the protests intensified , and , by 2003 , the military left the island of vieques .
santiago collazo led a campaign to attract more airlines to vieques ' small airport facility .
the campaign has succeeded in part : whereas during the early 1980s only vieques air link and prinair provided service to the airport , now the airport is served by vieques air link , air culebra and a number of other small carriers from around the rest of the caribbean .
manuela santiago collazo did not seek re-election in the 2000 general elections .
she died on december 14 , 2010 .
