Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (born 1827)

Ramón Emeterio Betances

Puerto Rican independence advocate (1827–1898)

Ramón Emeterio Betances y Alacán was a Puerto Rican independence leader, abolitionist and medical doctor. He led the nations 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…