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Description of Ramon Emeterio Betances Puerto Rican Flag Art

This is of the historical Ramon Emeterio Betances. A prominent figure within the Puerto Rican/Latino culture and history.

Ramon Emeterio Betances y Alacan (April 8, 1827 September 16, 1898) was a Puerto Rican nationalist.

He was the primary instigator of the Grito de Lares revolution and is considered to be the father of the Puerto Rican independence movement. Since the Grito galvanized a burgeoning nationalist movement among Puerto Ricans, Betances is also considered “El Padre de la Patria (Father of the Puerto Rican Nation). Because of his charitable deeds for people in need, he also became known as “The Father of the Poor.”

Betances was also a medical doctor and surgeon in Puerto Rico, and one of its first social hygienists. He had established a successful surgery and ophthalmology practice. Betances was also a diplomat, public health administrator, poet and novelist. He served as representative and contact for Cuba and the Dominican Republic in Paris.

An adherent of Freemasonry, his political and social activism was deeply influenced by the group’s philosophical beliefs. His personal and professional relationships (as well as the organizational structure behind the Grito de Lares, an event that, in theory, clashes with traditional Freemason beliefs) were based upon his relationships with Freemasons, their hierarchical structure, rites and signs.