Juan Manuel García Passalacqua
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Juan Manuel Garcia-Passalacqua (born February 22, 1937 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a well known lawyer, writer and political analyst. He was born in the San Juan's Hato Rey district.
Garcia Passalacqua showed interest in studying from a very young age, and he holds degrees from Tufts, Tulane and Harvard universities.
After obtaining his lawyer's degree, he went on to work as special helper of governors Luis Muñoz Marín and Roberto Sanchez Vilella, both of the PPD. He was a member of a reformist group, known in Puerto Rico as "The 22".
Garcia-Passalacqua later showed discontent with the PPD, eventually leaving the party. He became a television producer in Puerto Rico; one of his most important shows was "Cara a Cara".
During the 1980s, Garcia-Passalacqua became one of the most sought after political analysts by other television producers. He became a common figure on Puerto Rican television during election years.
Garcia-Passalacqua is known to give his opinion or criticism of Puerto Rican parties without particularly lining up with or against any of the three major parties there, making him arguably one of the most neutral political analysts in Puerto Rico.
He has also written columns for such newspapers as El Nuevo Dia, El Vocero and The San Juan Star.
In 2006, he returned to Puerto Rico's most respected news radio station, WKAQ-AM, as an on-air political commentator.
He was also co-director of the Puerto Rico Junior College for a small period of time.
