Luis Fortuno
Luis Fortuno
Luis Guillermo Fortuño Bursetis a Puerto Rican politician who served as the tenth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States of America, and as president of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Ricountil 2013, served as president of the Council of State Governments during 2012 and served as president of the Southern Governors Association from 2011 to 2012. On June 26, 2011 he announced his plans to run for reelection. He was defeated in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 October 1960
CitySan Juan, PR
CountryUnited States of America
Luis Fortuno quotes about
I came into the Republican party in 1980, when I was a college student at Georgetown.
I watched Reagan turn around the country by lowering taxes and controlling spending, and I'm applying the same principles.
Get government out of our way, and let freedom and the spirit of the American people shine through.
In doing what I'm doing, you have to be sensitive to the fact that you're not dealing with numbers, you're dealing with people. And I will continue to be sensitive to that.
I came into office to do what was correct, not to see what was politically expedient to get re-elected.
I am impressed by the progress the RNC has made in the last year to engage Latino communities across the country. I look forward to continue working alongside Chairman Priebus and Co-Chair Day to ensure that the party's year-round engagement effort continues to grow and reach new Latino neighborhoods.
Hardworking Americans are fighting every day to provide for themselves and their families, and leave a more prosperous country for the next generation.
Contrary to Eastern Europe, where the border was more porous and you could exchange information more easily, Cuba is an island. Thus, it is more isolated, and it's easier for the government to have great control over its citizens.