Eugenio María de Hostos y de Bonilla, known as El Gran Ciudadano de las Américas, was a Puerto Rican educator, philosopher, intellectual, lawyer, sociologist, novelist, and Puerto Rican independence advocate.
Portrait by Francisco Oller
Hostos and his students at the Normal School in 1880
His son Carlos served in WWII in Panama
Bust of Eugenio María de Hostos in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Independence movement in Puerto Rico
Throughout the history of Puerto Rico, its inhabitants have initiated several movements to gain independence for the island, first from the Spanish Empire between 1493 and 1898 and since then from the United States. Today, the movement is most commonly represented by the flag of the Grito de Lares (Cry of Lares) revolt of 1868.
The 1897 "Intentona de Yauco" was the last revolt against the Spanish Government
Political cartoon of 1898
President Theodore Roosevelt wielding his big stick in the Caribbean
Pedro Albizu Campos advocated armed revolution to achieve independence