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Ramón Emeterio Betances

Ramón Emeterio Betances
Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican ophthalmologist, journalist, and politician (d. 1898)

Ramón Emeterio Betances y Alacán was a Puerto Rican independence advocate and medical doctor. He was the primary instigator of the Grito de Lares revolt and designer of the Grito de Lares flag. Since the Grito galvanized a burgeoning nationalist movement among Puerto Ricans, Betances is also considered to be the father of the Puerto Rican independence movement and the El Padre de la Patria . His charitable deeds for people in need, earned him the moniker of El Padre de los Pobres .

8 April 1827

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