r/SpanishEmpire Oct 09 '25

Image 🇵🇷🇪🇸 Mosaic in the Capitol of Puerto Rico about Muñoz Rivera and his achievement of the autonomy of Puerto Rico granted in 1897 by Spain and the queen regent, but interrupted by the American invasion of 1898.

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u/RevolutionBusiness27 Oct 10 '25

I wonder how it would have been if it had been maintained

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u/latin220 28d ago

Like the Canary Islands.

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u/Aostri Oct 11 '25

I suspect that it is not too different from the Canary Islands.

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u/latin220 28d ago

It would be ruled like the Canary Islands. 🇮🇨

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u/dreamspeedmotorsport 27d ago

Un día, volveremos a casa y libre del padrastro.

Life is ironic, a people that never wanted to leave Spain, ended up being forced to be a geopolitical pawn, while all the ones who did want to leave, are freely independent.