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Carlos O. "Charlie" Delgado Altieri (born January 9, 1960) is a Puerto Rican politician and bussinessman. He became the mayor of the municipality of Isabela in representation of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) at the 2000 general elections, revalidating in 2004 and 2008. In 2007, Delgado Altieri became the PPD's vice president, holding this office until 2011. He has also served as vice president of the Asociación de Alcaldes de Puerto Rico, the organization that regulates cooperation between most mayors affiliated to the PPD.

Early life, education and beliefs
Delgado Altieri was born in the town of Isabela where he lived during his upbringing. Upon receiving his high school diploma, he enrolled at the University of Puerto Rico's main campus, located in Río Piedras, the largest subdivision of San Juan, Puerto Rico. There Delgado Altieri completed a bachelorette in Bussiness Administration with concentration in Merchandising. He is married to Rosa María Irizarry Silvestrini. Delgado Altieri is the father of three children, Carlos Ismael, Astrid Marie and Patricia Elena. By whom he is the grandfather of three grandchildren, Carlos Francisco, Angelina Isabel and José Gabriel. During his youth, Delgado Altieri was a  practicioner of several sports, enjoy volleyball above the rest. While completing his education in Río Piedras, he joined the volleyball team of that campus as a student-athlete. Following his graduation, Delgado Altieri used his kwowledge of the sport to offer clinics, which brought in the result of some of his alumni beign accepted as student-athletes upon reaching college age. His interest in volleyball lead him to get involved in both the Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino (LVSF) and Liga de Voleibol Superior Masculino (LVSM) where he owned the teams of Isabela and Lares between 1993 and 1995, as well as their respective developmental programs. Delgado Altieri subsequently served as owner for the Playeras de Isabela of the LVSF, before selling the team in 2007. Troughout his life, he has been affiliated to the Isabela Civic Club, Puerto Rico Retailer's Center, Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce and the Puerto Rico Association of Pharmacy Owners. Delgado Altieri is a member of the soberanistas, the faction within the party that pursues the elimination of the territorial clause by reclaiming Puerto Rico's sovereignty, while entering the ELA Soberano, a document of association with the United States that safeguards existing arrangements incluiding common coin, education grants and citizenship. Within the PPD, the soberanistas serve as polar opposites to the conservadores, the faction that supports remaining a territory.

Electoral performance and other offices
Delgado Altieri has served as the official representative for mayorship candidates of the PPD and as vicepresident of the Asociación de Alcaldes de Puerto Rico, the entity that gathers most of the PPD mayors.

Accomplishments and recognitions
Delgado Altieri's flagship proyect as mayor of Isabela is El Alcalde en tu Comunidad, a program that offers personal asistance to the communities of the municipality, particularly focused on low income subjects. He opened a hospital, the Centro Isabelino de Medicina Avanzada, which includes a facility for the tratment of dialisis and kidney failure patients and a heliport, designed to transport patients and serving Isabela and adjacent municipalities. Delgado Altieri's economic approach has included programs directed at employing more people at Villa Pesquera, a fisherman's community, opening the Centro Empresarial Playero, a center supporting enterpeneurship in the area. To promote turism, he oversaw the construction of a boardwalk along Isabela's coastline and adquired land marks such as the Túnel de Guajataca, a long underground tunnel and Playa Jobos, a local beach. Other infrastructure commisioned by him includes a road connector. Isabela's youth program has established several initiatives, including a Youth Affairs Center, the Isabela Skate Park and Sport Centers specialized in basketball, baseball and martial arts. Delgado Alrieri is also responsible for the support Centro Ilusión Infantil, a center dedicated to the wellbeing of young children, as well as a nursery in Comunidad Bejuco and head start and early headstart institutions, which have also undergone a remodelation during his incumbency. The administration of Isabela has launched several programs promoting an active lifestyle, in order to combat obesdity and cronic diseases, most of which are directed at the spacific necesities of a particular comunity based on age of predominance of certain conditions. The main protect within this initiative is Milla Verde, in which Delgado Altieri became the first mayor to join the Department of Health. This is based on the modification of the infrastructure of these communities in a manner that facilitates its use to engage in excersise, while providing documents detailing the benefits of an active lifestyle. The boardwalk at the Paseo Lineal Costero is the place that the municipality has choosen as the prime location of the program, promoting recreation there due to the scenery provided by the coastline.