Muñoz Rivera, Luis (lwēs m
nyōs` rēvā`rä), 1859–1916, Puerto Rican journalist and nationalist. He founded La Democracia, a newspaper later edited by his son Luis Muñoz Marín Muñoz Marín, Luis , 1898–1980, Puerto Rican political leader, governor of Puerto Rico (1949–65). He abandoned a career as poet and journalist in New York City to enter Puerto Rican politics.
..... Click the link for more information. . A leader in the campaign for independence from Spain, he obtained (1897) a charter, which was never put into effect, that granted some autonomy to Puerto Ricans. Heading the first Puerto Rican cabinet under U.S. occupation, Muñoz Rivera opposed military governorship and pleaded for greater self-government. Faced with bitter opposition in Puerto Rico, he moved to New York City and published the Puerto Rico Herald, which expounded the island's problems. As resident commissioner of Puerto Rico in Washington, D.C. (1910–16), he obtained U.S. citizenship for Puerto Ricans.
nyōs` rēvā`rä), 1859–1916, Puerto Rican journalist and nationalist. He founded La Democracia, a newspaper later edited by his son Luis Muñoz Marín Muñoz Marín, Luis , 1898–1980, Puerto Rican political leader, governor of Puerto Rico (1949–65). He abandoned a career as poet and journalist in New York City to enter Puerto Rican politics...... Click the link for more information. . A leader in the campaign for independence from Spain, he obtained (1897) a charter, which was never put into effect, that granted some autonomy to Puerto Ricans. Heading the first Puerto Rican cabinet under U.S. occupation, Muñoz Rivera opposed military governorship and pleaded for greater self-government. Faced with bitter opposition in Puerto Rico, he moved to New York City and published the Puerto Rico Herald, which expounded the island's problems. As resident commissioner of Puerto Rico in Washington, D.C. (1910–16), he obtained U.S. citizenship for Puerto Ricans.
Muñoz Rivera, Luis
(born July 17, 1859, Barranquitas, P.R.—died Nov. 15, 1916, Santurce) Puerto Rican statesman, publisher, and patriot. In 1889 he founded the newspaper La Democracia, which crusaded for Puerto Rican self-government. He was instrumental in obtaining Puerto Rico's charter of home rule from Spain in 1897. He was president of the first autonomist cabinet, but he resigned after Spain ceded Puerto Rico to the U.S. His son Luis Muñoz Marín was governor of Puerto Rico.
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