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When Puerto Rico became part of the United States
after the Spanish-American War, many Puerto Ricans
feared that the United States would not give them the
measure of self-rule that they had gained under the
Spanish. Puerto Rican statesman and publisher Luis
Muñoz Rivera was one of the most vocal advocates of
Puerto Rican self-rule. Between 1900 and 1916, he lived
primarily in the United States and continually worked
for the independence of his homeland. Finally, in
1916, the U.S. Congress, facing possible war in Europe
and wishing to settle the issue of Puerto Rico, invited
Muñoz Rivera to speak. On May 5, 1916, Muñoz Rivera
stood before the U.S. House of Representatives to discuss the future of Puerto Rico.
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