Talk:José Maldonado Román

Removed Rhoads reference
The linked references do not mention Maldonado. Andrevan@ 18:57, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

Veracity
The content of this paragraph does not concur with the content of the cited reference [7]

After his return to Puerto Rico, Maldonado and his men continued to harass the Spanish Civil Guard. According to Edwin Emerson,Jr., an American spy pretending to be a German journalist, in a story published by Century Magazine in September 1898, he (Emerson) met "Aguila Blanco" with the help of a local. Emerson was trying to make his way back to a ship which would take him away from Puerto Rico when he realized that an attack on San Juan by the United States was sure to occur. Emerson stated that he came upon Don "Pepe," as Maldonado was also known, and six of his men. Maldonado and his men, who were armed with machetes and rifles, asked Emerson what were his plans to which Emerson replied that he would like to reach the coast. Two Spanish soldiers arrived and Emerson, together with Don "Pepe" and his men, chased after them. After the chase, the insurgents asked Emerson when will the Americans come to help liberate them from the Spaniards, to which Emerson answered "very soon."[7] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fatomeiwiki (talk • contribs) 23:56, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Removed untrue paragraph

After his return to Puerto Rico, Maldonado and his men continued to harass the Spanish Civil Guard. According to Edwin Emerson,Jr., an American spy pretending to be a German journalist, in a story published by Century Magazine in September 1898, he (Emerson) met "Aguila Blanco" with the help of a local. Emerson was trying to make his way back to a ship which would take him away from Puerto Rico when he realized that an attack on San Juan by the United States was sure to occur. Emerson stated that he came upon Don "Pepe," as Maldonado was also known, and six of his men. Maldonado and his men, who were armed with machetes and rifles, asked Emerson what were his plans to which Emerson replied that he would like to reach the coast. Two Spanish soldiers arrived and Emerson, together with Don "Pepe" and his men, chased after them. After the chase, the insurgents asked Emerson when will the Americans come to help liberate them from the Spaniards, to which Emerson answered "very soon." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fatomeiwiki (talk • contribs) 17:27, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Denis
Perhaps the information in the article, such as that he owned a barbershop and that he died in the hospital, and that he was under Dr. Rhoades care- all disputed by a historian here should be removed.--The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 12:49, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Not if the sources say the contrary. The thing here is that one person disputes the information posted, however that has happened in the past. Many facts have been omitted from our history books because historians have rewritten and interpreted history in accordance to their own personal beliefs. Here are some examples:
 * The history books which we used in school during my time, omitted the contributions which the African-Americans made to this nation. All that changed after the Civil Rights movement. Yet, they still omite the contributions made by the Hispnanics and Asians.
 * Recently the Japanese government wanted the mention of the atrocities which they committed during World War II omitted from their history books.
 * After the United States invaded Puerto Rico, they ordered that the history books about the island written by Salvador Brau be eliminated and they had Dr. Miller, whom was then in charge of the island's educational system re-write the history of the island in accordance to what the US believed and those were then used in our schools

Therefore, the information in this article should stay unless there is overwhelming proof to the contrary. Tony the Marine (talk) 22:39, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Note: I personally knew Vidal Santiago Diaz, the Nationalist who purchased the barbarshop from Jose Maldonado Roman. We both went to the same church in Bayamon. Tony the Marine (talk) 00:15, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Wow! Interesting. I really know nothing about this person and was just going by what the University of Puerto Rico article stated (about a historian that disputes...) ... BTW, I just go the book by Salvador Brau and hope to spend some time looking through it. Cheers! --The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 01:55, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

This article is completely biased and full of inaccuracies or outright lies. First of all, Puerto Rico was NOT a Spanish colony in the 19th century. It was a province of the country, just as much as Madrid, Barcelona, Seville or Alicante. It was fully integrated into the country, legally, socially and from every standpoint you can think of. Nobody would dare call today's French overseas territories "colonies". It would be false and unacceptable. Well so much more is the case with Puerto Rico. Secondly, there was NO independence movement in Puerto Rico, contrary to what this article says. There was in Cuba (though at least 70% of Cubans was against independence from Spain), but not so in Puerto Rico, where virtually 0% of the population wanted independence. Third, this article smacks of class struggle (written by a communist, by any chance?). It speaks very poorly of Wikipedia to have this filth published, with little to no historical veracity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.146.134.203 (talk) 06:53, 27 July 2022 (UTC)