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...three decades, Luis Muñoz Marin and his Popular Democratic Party presided over Puerto Rico's transformation from an impoverished Caribbean stepchild of the U.S. to a commonwealth of increasingly robust economic health. Then, in 1965, Muñoz's hand-picked successor, Roberto Sánchez Vilella, took over. Muñoz, who went into semiretirement as a senator, continued to maintain a jealous watch over the aging party that he had founded. Increasingly irked by his successor's independent ways, he and a coalition of P.D.P. leaders last week denied Sáchez nomination...
...engineer by training, Sánchez had worked for 30 years as Muñoz's closest adviser and protege, but as Governor he betrayed a lack of political savvy. His sometimes brash young assistants inevitably angered P.D.P. regulars accustomed to Muñoz's paternalistic style. Sánchez sought to broaden the party's base and wean it from Muñoz's ubiquitous influence. But Muñoz, like a Latin Lear, proved less than willing to see his rule pass to the next generation...
...married a beautiful younger woman, Lawyer Jeannette Ramos, who is 36. Aware of the problem that posed with his Roman Catholic constituency, the Governor announced at the same time that he would not seek reelection. By March, however, his confidence was so restored that he reversed his decision, against Muñoz's wishes...
...demand was denied. The P.D.P. convention was rescheduled a month earlier to forestall popular debate, and the Governor's forces charged that the selection of delegates was rigged. Last week, in San Juan's Hiram Bithorn Stadium, party regulars, under the impassive gaze of Luis Muñoz, jeered Sánchez, then overwhelmingly nominated Luis Negrón Lopez, the senate majority leader, for the governorship...
After his remarriage in September, Sánchez, 55, regained his confidence. By January, he prepared a visionary message to the legislature that had all the earmarks of a re-election platform. But by the time he delivered it, Senator Muñoz had already given an unofficial state-of-the-commonwealth speech in which he spoke approvingly of Sánchez's plans to retire. The challenge to Sánchez was clear...