"¿A qué pelear si los de Madrid no nos quieren"?. Una versión criolla de la guerra del 98 en Puerto Rico

Abstract

The positioning of the Porto Rican people vis-a-vis the 98 events is analyzed through the study of the War Diary that Angel Rivero Méndez began to write on that same year. This work highlights the fact that the Porto Ricans's dispositions paved the way to the North Americans' triumph. This was a consequence of the colonial past which ended up in the population's weariness vis a vis Spain's end-Century policy, which did not help to promote the development and improvement of the country. The article also analyzes the feelings of confusion and uncertainty experimented by the population at the end of the war.