José de Diego, Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 1918)

José de Diego

Puerto Rican politician and writer (1866–1918)

José de Diego y Martínez was a Puerto Rican statesman, journalist, poet, lawyer, and advocate for Puerto Rico's political autonomy in union with Spain and later of Puerto Rican independence from the United States who was referred to by his peers as "The Father of the Puerto…