El heroe galopante por nemesio canales biography

Puerto Rican writer and politician

Nemesio Canales (December 18, – September 14, ) was a Puerto Rican essayist, journalist, novelist, playwright, politician and activist who defended women's civil rights.

As a politician, he presented a bill to the Puerto Rico House of Representatives, which was defeated 23 votes to 7, giving women their full civil rights, including the right to vote.

Early years

Canales (birth name: Nemesio Rosario Canales Rivera^{[note 1]}) was born on December 18, , in Jayuya.

He was the firstborn of Rosario Canales Quintero and Francisca Rivera Rivera.

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He received his primary and secondary education in schools in Utuado and Jayuya. One of these schools was Colegio Roselló, established in Utuado by Juan Luis Roselló in ^[1] Canales continued his higher educational studies in the Liceo of Mayagüez where he earned a bachelor's degree (now equivalent to High School).

In , Canales went to Spain and enrolled in the Universi