Puerto rico war history

Ramón Emeterio Betances Y Alacán

Ramón Emeterio Betances is recognized as the “Father of the Puerto Rican Nation” for his life long involvement in the pursuit of liberty and his leadership in the strugle that led to the Grito de Lares (September 23, 1868), the first quest for Puerto Rican Independence.

Betances was a man for all ages, gifted with exceptional virtues, a doctor trained in France who made significant contributions to science and surgery, a writer and romantic, a statesman, and ideologist of the most progressive thought and vision, a humanitarian and charismatic figure ahead of his time, an abolitionist, a revolutionary who conspired throughout his life for the rights of the less privileged against abusive governments.

Betances was born in the town of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico on April 8, 1827, when Spain ruled over the Caribbean islands of Puerto Rico, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic)