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Betances had founded the Comité Revolucionario de Puerto Rico (Revolutionary Committee of Puerto Rico) in January 1868. The most important figures in the uprising were Manuel Rojas , Mathias Brugman , Mariana Bracetti , Francisco Ramírez Medina and Lola Rodríguez de Tió .
The United States added English-language influence, the university system and the adoption of some holidays and practices. On 12 March 1903, the University of Puerto Rico was officially founded, branching out from the "Escuela Normal Industrial", a smaller organization that was founded in Fajardo three years earlier.
Eventually, Sebastián Serrallés left Puerto Rico for Barcelona and turned over the management of the growing estate to his Puerto Rico-born son Don Juan Serrallés Colón. In 1865, Juan Serrallés Colón (1845–1921) founded Destilería Serrallés , a rum producer located in Ponce, Puerto Rico , known for its Don Q (from Don Quixote ) rum ...
In 1508, Juan Ponce de León founded the original Spanish settlement in Puerto Rico at Caparra, named after the abandoned ancient Roman village of Cáparra in the province of Cáceres, Spain, the birthplace of then-governor of Spain's Caribbean territories Nicolás de Ovando., [3] Today it is known as the Pueblo Viejo barrio of Guaynabo, just to the west of the present San Juan metropolitan area.
In 1932, the pro-independence Liberal Party of Puerto Rico was founded by Antonio R. Barceló. The Liberal Party's political agenda was the same as that of the original Union Party, urging independence for Puerto Rico. [37] Among those who joined him in the "new" party were Felisa Rincón de Gautier and Ernesto Ramos Antonini.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 March 2025. Capital and largest city of Puerto Rico Capital city and municipality in Puerto Rico, United States San Juan Capital city and municipality Municipio Autónomo de San Juan Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Santurce, San Juan Bay, and Old San Juan from San Cristóbal Fortress Old San Juan ...
In 2003 Serrano, a native of Ponce, founded Puerto Rico Para Todes (Puerto Rico for Everyone), a nonprofit that fights for equal rights and inclusion of LGBTQ communities.
Luis Muñoz Rivera (July 17, 1859 – November 15, 1916) was a Puerto Rican poet, journalist and politician.He was a major figure in the struggle for political autonomy of Puerto Rico in union with Spain.