Demetrio O’Daly

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Demetrio O’Daly

Puerto Rican politician

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Puerto Rico
Economic and political shifts
In the latter period Demetrio O’Daly convinced the Cortes to annul the colonial governor’s control of the island’s armed forces and permit freedom of the press. However, in 1814 and again in 1820 the Spanish government curtailed these periods of moderate colonial rule and reinstated its absolutist control.
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In the latter period Demetrio O’Daly convinced the Cortes to annul the colonial governor’s control of the island’s armed forces and permit freedom of the press. However, in 1814 and again in 1820 the Spanish government curtailed these periods of moderate colonial rule and reinstated its absolutist control.
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