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When Spain adopted its new constitution in 1869 and refused to grant Puerto Rico its independence, Hostos left and went to the United States. In the U.S. he became editor of a journal called La Revolución .
In 1879 Hostos moved to the Dominican Republic, where he founded, in Santo Domingo, the first Normal School and introduced advanced teaching methods.
Hostos traveled to South America and taught in Chile. As a professor at the University of Chile, he was instrumental in having women admitted.
Hostos returned to the U.S. in 1898 and actively participated in the Puerto Rican and Cuban independence movements. His hopes for Puerto Rico's independence, after the Spanish-American WarThe Spanish-American War took place in 1898, and resulted in the United States of America gaining control over the former colonies of Spain in the Caribbean and Pacific. Background For several centuries Spain's position as a world power had been slipping turned into disappointment when the United States government rejected his proposals and instead converted the island into a U.S. Territory.
Hostos then returned to the Dominican Republic where he played a major role in reorganizing their educational system.
He wrote many essays on social-science topics and is considered as one of the first systematic sociologists in Latin AmericaLatin America consists of the countries of South America and North America (including Central America and the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken there. Most freque.
His most important work was La Peregrinación de Bayolan (1863). He was also known to be a supporter of Women's rights.
Hostos died in Santo Domingo in 1903.
There is a monument honoring Hostos in Spain and another in his native city of Mayagüez, created by reowned sculptor Tomás BatistaTomas Batista (born 1935, Luquillo, Puerto Rico) is considered to be Puerto Rico's greatest sculptor. He is the creator of some of Puerto Rico's most famous monuments. In 1955, while working with the Spanish artist, Angel Botello Barros, Batista discovere.
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