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Did you know Puerto Rican Independence leader Ramón Emeterio Betánces wrote a #taino novel called Los dos indios (The 2 Indians) in 1852? The novel details the life of 2 Taíno chiefs as they resist the Spanish invasion. Showing 2 #native strategies, the conciliatory and the militant. Betánces wanted to show that the Taíno spirit against the Spanish lived within Puerto Ricans independentists in his time. 16 years later, Betánces led the Grito de Lares, to free Puerto Rico. #indigenous #puertorico