The Great Depression brought several important Works Progress Administration ( WPA ) construction projects including the Eastern New Mexico University Administration Building, Downtown Portales Post Office, and Roosevelt County Courthouse.

The economy of Portales and surrounding communities is strongly supported by the peanut and dairy industries, Eastern New Mexico University, value-added food processing, a growing military presence, and agriculture ( including cattle ranching, dairy farming, and crop production ).

The base operates a leased military housing area in Portales with 150 single family dwellings.

In the midst of this political bickering, colonel Enrique Campino, with the support of the radical federalist group, organized a military coup with the Santiago garrison, dissolving Congress and imprisoning some conservative ministers, chief among them Diego Portales and Manuel José Gandarillas.

In the 1830s Chile consolidated under the ideas of Diego Portales as a stable state open to foreign trade.

There were 4, 188 households in Portales in 2000, out of which 33. 6 % had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45. 3 % were married couples living together, 14. 2 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 36. 5 % were non-families.

In 1829 he accepted a post in the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Santiago, Chile under the administration of Chilean minister Diego Portales.

At 14: 30, Gen. Pedro Bermudez drove his 3rd of Bolivia Battalion in a bayonet charge upon the Portales Battalion, which started to cede under the Bolivian pressure, breaking the restoring line.

Manuel Montt was the first civilian president and furthered the reforms begun by Diego Portales.

As aforementioned, in 1824, Portales ’ business firm acquired control over the government ’ s monopoly of tobacco, tea, and liquor ; however, the country's troubled conditions soon thwarted his profitable business.

Portales set up a civil militia ( which ended one of the worst stages of militarism in Chile's history ); supported an oligarchic control for landowners, miners, and merchants ; and made Catholicism the state religion.

Portales also achieved his objectives by wielding dictatorial powers, censoring the press, and manipulating elections.

The greater Portales area ( Zip Code 88130 ) is approximately, completely surrounded by range and farm land.

According to a study conducted by Bizjournals. com, of 577 micropolitan areas, Portales ranked 15th in the nation and ninth in the western United States in overall quality of life.

The same report predicted over 100 % growth in leisure and hospitality services in the Portales area by 2015.

Portales remained partially insulated from the national economic downturn of 2008-2010 due in part to a balanced economy based on agri-business and staple food product manufacturing ( primarily peanut butter and milk ), higher education, and a relatively strong local retail services market fueled by a growing population of Eastern New Mexico University students and Cannon Air Force Base employees.

On the south side of the plaza are the Portales de Ex-Palacio de Gobierno, which was vacated by the government in 2005 and then reopened as a museum called " Museo del Palacio ' Espacio de Diversidad '" Other portals include the " Portal de Mercadores " on the eastern side, " Portal de Claverias " on the north side and the " Portal del Señor " on the west side.

Since the Chilean treasury was exhausted by the independence wars, and heavily mortgaged by the first foreign loan, contracted with British banks, Freire created a government monopoly ( estanco ) over tobacco, alcohols, cards and tax paper, same that was assigned to Portales, Cea and Co. and turned in a huge fiasco.

Montt had a distinguished career as a scholar, and was introduced into public life during the presidency ( 1831-1841 ) of José Joaquín Prieto by Diego Portales.

Montt distinguished himself by his courage in the crisis that followed upon Portales ' assassination in 1837, though only holding a subordinate post in the government.

An October 2009 opinion poll published by Universidad Diego Portales and covering 85 % of urban areas of Chile found that a majority were against abortion when the pregnant woman or couple did not have the economic means to raise a baby ( 80 %), when the pregnant woman or couple did not want to have a baby ( 68 %), and when the fetus had a " serious defect " ( 51 %).

After the Freire expedition, Portales decided to take the offensive and staged a surprise raid to prevent further interference by the Confederation government in Chilean internal affairs.

While deeply unpopular during his lifetime the murder of Portales in 1837 during a mutiny has been judged a decisive factor during the War of the Confederation by switching Chilean public opinion to support the war against the Peru – Bolivian Confederation.

Though Portales was never president officially ( and in fact avoided this position for fear of being tied up by factional promises ), he became a dictator and with this powerful position, he quelled anarchy.

Portales believed that to avoid disaster it was most important to create a stable and functioning government, rather than one ruled by lofty but ultimately impractical ideals.

This was accomplished by Portales ’ improvement and renewal of the administration of the State, his strategic vision of Chile as an independent and sovereign Latin American country, and his influence in the Chilean Constitution of 1833, which is considered the most important milestone of Chilean institutionality during the 19th century.

So, the Chilean forces converged on the river edge, and the Colchagua and Valdivia battalions were dispatched to engage the confederate right flank guarded by Herrera's division, while the Portales, Cazadores de Perú and Huaylas battalions were ordered to onset Col. Moran's division.

Portales got Congress to declare war on Peru in 1836.

war: Portales, New Mexico

The opposition to the Prieto administration immediately accused Portales of tyranny, and started a heated press campaign against him personally and the unpopular war in general.

The war became a holy cause and Portales its martyr.

The opposition to the Prieto administration immediately accused Portales of tyranny, and started a heated press campaign against him personally and the unpopular war in general.

The war became a holy cause, and Portales a martyr.

Prieto and his adviser, Portales, feared the efforts of Bolivian general Andrés de Santa Cruz to unite with Peru against Chile.

An important number of Peruvian politicians opposed to the idea of the Confederation fled to Chile, where they received support from the powerful Minister Diego Portales.

Diego Portales, arguably the most important Chilean statesman of the 19th century, who at the time was the power behind president José Joaquín Prieto, was very concerned that the new Confederation would break the regional balance of power and even be a threat to Chilean independence, and so became immediately its enemy.

* Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell, a branch of Eastern New Mexico University ( headquartered in Portales, NM ).

Portales is located at ( 34. 182184 ,-103. 338737 ).

By 2007, the number of people counted in Portales, including those within the city limits and in the nearby surroundings had grown to nearly 17, 000 people ( University of New Mexico BBER ).

The population density of the city of Portales in 2000 was 1, 624. 9 people per square mile ( 627. 4 / km² ).

Álamos is known as " La Ciudad de los Portales " ( portales are tall, arched, covered verandas or walkways fronting many of the cobble-stoned streets or calles ).