Ramón Emeterio Betances
✓ Source-basedrisingPuerto Rican nationalist (1827-1898)
Ramón Emeterio Betances y Alacán was a Puerto Rican independence leader, abolitionist and medical doctor. He led the nation's independence movement and was the primary instigator of the Grito de Lares revolt and designer of the Lares flag.
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A younger Ramon Betances
Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances
An 1895 newspaper ad that has Betances endorsing Emulsión de Scott
Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances
Casa de los Cinco Arcos (Betances' House) in Mayagüez, 2007
Monument to Dr. Betances in Cabo Rojo, 2007. The monument includes inscriptions honoring him on behalf of the Dominican Republic and Cuba.
Betances at age 40Doctors from United States 6
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Ramón Emeterio Betances y Alacán was a Puerto Rican independence leader, abolitionist and medical doctor. He led the nation's independence movement and was the primary instigator of the Grito de Lares revolt and designer of the Lares flag. Betances is considered to be the father of the Puerto Rican revolutionary movement and El Padre de la Patria . His charitable deeds for people in need, earned him the moniker of El Médico de los Pobres .
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