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    Betances y Alacán, Ramón Emeterio (1827–1898)

    Ramón Emeterio Betances y Alacán was born in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico on April 8, 1827, to Felipe Betances Ponce and Maria del Carmen Alacán.

    His parents were a well-off Dominican-Puerto Rican mulatto family. When Betances reached primary-school age, he was sent to get a college degree in southern France, where he received the support and nurturing of a French-Puerto Rican family.

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    In 1846 Betances earned a B.A. in philosophy, and after a brief stay in Puerto Rico he returned to France to pursue a degree in medicine, which he earned in 1855. That same year Betances returned to Puerto Rico and established his residence and medical practice in the town of Mayagüez.

    There he earned an excellent reputation as a doctor, risking his life when he controlled successfully an outbreak of cholera in Puerto Rico. Because he offered his services for free to the poor, he was given the name Doctor de los pobres ("Doctor of the poor people").

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