Carta Autonómica
El futuro que interrumpieron
Puerto Rico had a limited self-government experiment in motion before the U.S. takeover. The 1898 invasion interrupted it almost immediately.
Receipt Spine
- Spain granted Puerto Rico the Carta Autonómica in late 1897.
- The charter created a limited autonomous framework with an insular parliament, two chambers, and a Governor General representing Spain.
- EnciclopediaPR says the newly inaugurated Puerto Rican Legislature first met eight days before U.S. troops landed at Guánica on July 25, 1898.