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Luis Munoz Marin rose from being, in all estimations, one big failure to being a senator and later the governor of Puerto Rico. It was quite a feat, but what he did with his newly acquired power was another story. Marin declared martial law to quell the 1950 Nationalist uprisings, had two towns in Puerto Rico bombed by P47 Thunderbolt warplanes, used carpetas to spy on and convict innocent people, only guilty of not supporting him, and even enacted the 1948 Gag Law preventing Puerto Ricans from the ”crime” of possessing their flag. But why would the first Puerto Rican elected governor of Puerto Rico, who had once demanded Puerto Rico’s freedom, do this to his own people? 

Luis Muñoz Marin was born of February 18, 1898 to Luis Muñoz Rivera and Amalia Marin Castilla. Munoz Rivera was a prominent politician at the time, so much so, that he’d been in Spain days before Luis’s birth presenting an autonomy plan for Puerto Rico which was accepted by the Spanish government. Just 5 months later, the United States invaded Puerto Rico. Muñoz Rivera also founded two newspapers; El Diario and La Democracia. 

In 1901 El Diario’s offices were vandalized and the family moved to Caguas, Puerto Rico and later relocated to New York. The family often travelled between Puerto Rico and New York, something Luis would do throughout his life. In 1904 they returned to Puerto Rico and Muñoz Rivera quickly founded the Union Party, which quickly won the elections, with Rivera elected to the House of Delegates. Rivera also lobbied for large corporations working in Puerto Rico, all the while still claiming to be an independista. Young Luis was enrolled in William Penn Public School and quickly skipped grades because he spoke English. While he was a bright student at first, he began failing tests. Coincidentally, at the same time, Luis’s father fully threw himself into politics; making no time for his family. 

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The leading voice for Puerto Rican autonomy in the late 19th century and the early 20th century, Luis Muñoz Rivera struggled against the waning Spanish empire and incipient U.S. colonialism to carve out a measure of autonomy for his island nation. Though a devoted and eloquent nationalist, Muñoz Rivera had acquired a sense of political pragmatism, and his realistic appraisal of Puerto Rico’s slim chances for complete sovereignty in his lifetime led him to focus on securing a system of home rule within the framework of the American empire. To that end, he sought as the island’s Resident Commissioner to shape the provisions of the Second Jones Act, which established a system of territorial rule in Puerto Rico for much of the first half of the 20th century. Though displeased with its obvious deficiencies, he ultimately supported the act as a stepping stone to autonomy. “Give us now the field of experiment which we ask of you,” he told the House during floor debate on the Jones Act, “that we may show that it is easy for us to constitute a stable republican government with all possible guarantees for all possible interests.”

Luis Muñoz Rivera was born on July 17, 1859, in Barranquitas, a rural town in central Puerto Rico, roughly halfway between San Juan and Ponce. He was the eldest son of Luis Ramón Muñoz Barrios and Monserrate Rivera Vásquez. His mother died when he was 12, and he was responsible for helping to raise and tutor his nine brothers. His father was a landowner and merchant and eventually became mayor of Barranquitas. Muñoz Rivera’s family was politically active during the 1860s and 1870s as the debate over Spanish colonial rule intensified and two primary political factions emerged in Puerto Rico. His father was a leading member of the Conservative Party, which supported rule by governors appointed by Spain, while an uncle was a Liberal Party loyalist and a proponent of home rule. Muñoz Rivera attended the local common (

First elected governor of Puerto Rico (1949–1965)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Muñoz and the second or maternal family name is Marín.

José Luis Alberto Muñoz Marín (February 18, 1898 – April 30, 1980) was a Puerto Rican journalist, politician, statesman and was the first elected governor of Puerto Rico, regarded as the "Architect of the Puerto Rico Commonwealth."

In 1948 he was the first democratically elected governor of Puerto Rico, spearheading an administration that engineered profound economic, political and social reforms; accomplishments that were internationally lauded by many politicians, statesmen, political scientists and economists of the period. Muñoz Marín was instrumental in the suppression of the Nationalist Party and its efforts to gain independence.

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Luis Muñoz Marín was born on February 18, 1898, at 152 Calle de la Fortaleza in Old San Juan. He was the son of Luis Muñoz Rivera and Amalia Marín Castilla. His father was a poet, publisher, and a politician, responsible for found