For four years, Sila Calderon was mayor of San Juan, but on January 2 she was its queen. Thousands of people jammed the narrow cobblestone streets of San Juan's 500-year-old historic district to celebrate Calderon's inauguration as Puerto Rico's first woman governor, reports AP (January 2, 2001):
Amid blasting fireworks, musicians greeted her with trumpets and guitars while people danced through the streets and children's choirs serenaded her with folk songs. Admirers watching from balconies showered her with a perfumed accolade of scented flowers and coriander leaves;
As she was sworn in, Calderon reaffirmed her campaign promises to seek greater …
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