Benny Frankie Cerezo
Benny Frankie Cerezo | |
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Puerto Rico House of Representatives | |
In office January 2, 1969 – January 1, 1973 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1943 Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
Occupation | Attorney, legislator, politician, political analyst |
Benny Frankie Cerezo (1943 – April 15, 2013), was a Puerto Rican lawyer, one of the seven founding members of the Puerto Rico
Political career
Cerezo served as a member of the
From 1989 to 1991, Cerezo once again collaborated briefly with the pro-statehood
After leaving the NPP sphera, he went on to have a successful law practice and a career as a non-affiliated political analyst.
Political analysis
Cerezo participated in many political analysis programs from 1969 until his death in 2013. His political analysis style was described very well by Nilsa Pierri Castellón: "Benny was bold in the analysis, risky in his judgments, but vertical and almost always accurate".[2] Cerezo was a harsh critic of the actions he understood wrong, or harmful to the people, regardless of their party or affiliation.
- Together with Noel Colón Martínez, Severo Colberg Ramírez, Juan Manuel García Passalacqua and José Arsenio Torres (former Secretary of Education)[3] he founded "Cara a Cara Ante el País", one of the most successful political analysis programs that lasted 10 years on TV.
- In 1970, he founded "Dialogando con Benny" in WKAQ (AM). This program was broadcast on Sundays from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. on various radio stations, and ended always being the number one program for that time segment.
- He founded "Voz Primera" with Don Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico-PDP), Victoria Muñoz Mendoza(daughter of the first governor of Puerto Rico and the first female candidate for governor in Puerto Rico), Elías Gútierrez, José Luis Méndez y Santos Negrón. The program was aired in commercial radio and the University of Puerto Rico radio station.
- He helped found "Avance", along with several other political mavericks, including Juan Manuel García Passalacqua and Noel Colón Martínez a Puerto Rican newsweekly magazine that attempted to provide a heavy dose of political analysis before folding.
Cerezo was also a regular columnist for
At the time of his death, he was a political analyst for several radio and TV stations in Puerto Rico, and was in charge of an hour-long political analysis talk show on Radio Isla 1320 WSKN, an island-wide radio network.
His life
He was married to United States District Judge Carmen Consuelo Vargas and was the father of one daughter and one son, a partner in a Miami law firm.
Death
Cerezo died April 15, 2013, in Cleveland, Ohio after been affected by a cardiovascular complication.[1]
References
- ^ a b Muñiz, Alba; Figueroa, Alex; Rodríguez Sánchez, Israel (April 16, 2013). "Muere repentinamente Bennie Frankie Cerezo". El Nuevo Día. Retrieved May 16, 2022 – via pressreader.
- ^ Homenage a Benny, by Nilsa Pietri Castellón
- ^ see Secretary of Education of Puerto Rico