Teacher It was during his time as a teacher in Cabo Rojo that Ramón Marín started his career as a writer. Marín's was first published on 20 August 1853, in the "
El Ponceño" news weekly, a publication from
Ponce, Puerto Rico. He submitted several other writings that were also published. In 1856 Marín Sola graduated as a teacher. In 1860, Marín moved to
Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, where he founded a school. In 1866 Marín Sola established at his school in Yabucoa the first school for adults on the island. While in Yabucoa, Marín was a survivor of the
1867 San Narciso Hurricane.
Journalist Marín moved to the city of Ponce during the
tumultuous years of the late 1860s, joining
Manuel Gregorio Tavárez and
Manuel Zeno Gandia. On 21 May 1874, Marín founded his first newspaper "
El Avisador." In May 1875 he published his second paper in Ponce, "
La Crónica de Ponce", later renamed "
La Crónica". In 1880 Marín also became the director of
Roman Baldorioty de Castro's paper, the first paper founded to defend the autonomist ideals of the time. In December 1885, Ramón Marín published a 72-page pamphlet titled "
Las Fiestas Populares de Ponce". In October 1881, Marín cofounded with Mario Braschi "
El Pueblo", an evening paper printed every other day. Papers during those years did not last long due to the colonial government's oppression of the
freedom of the press. On 7 October 1887, he founded
"El Popular", also as a result of the oppression of the colonial government.
Politician In 1879, Marín was selected clerk of the electoral commission in
Ponce. On 19 February 1886, Ramón Marín became part of the founding committee of the
Partido Liberal Puertorriqueño together with
Martin Corchado,
Rafael Pujals and others. Also with Pujals, Corchado and others, Marín was signatory of the
Plan de Ponce, a "carta magna" seeking freedom from the Spanish imperialists. In 1887 Marín and Baldorioty de Castro were arrested by the colonial authorities as they attempted to travel to Spain to denounce before the
Spanish Cortes the oppression of the colonial government on the people of Puerto Rico via the "Compontes" – forced removal of citizens from their homes for detention by the authorities without any charges. They were later transferred to the jail at
El Morro in San Juan. The young pharmacist Juan Arrillaga Cortes, aided by Xavier Mariani,
Olimpio Otero, and others, would later successfully make the trip to Madrid to denounce the atrocities of the colonial government in Puerto Rico.
Playwright Marín's theatrical works were presented at
Teatro La Perla in Ponce. Among his best remembered works are "El Hijo del Amor" (The son of love) and "Lazos de Amor" (Bonds of love). ==Family life==