Carlos Eusebio de Ayo


Carlos Eusebio de Ayo was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 12 April 1890 to 2 January 1893.

Mayoral term

Carlos Eusebio de Ayo Rouez was named mayor of Ponce by governor José Lasso y Pérez on 12 April 1890. While acting as mayor of Ponce, on 7 September 1892, all stores and shops in Ponce shut down in protest for the high tariffs imposed on commerce and industry. The conflict was resolved 3 days later, on 10 September.
Ayo is remembered as the mayor who liked to throw banquets for the governor and his staff whenever they visited the city of Ponce, and his public works were none. Mayor Ayo dependent heavily on his assistant, Secretary Joaquin Salgado, to make decisions and run city hall. To a point, the mayor was Salgado's puppet and. in a sense, it was his assistant Salgado who ran City Hall.