page_title: Juan Ríus Rivera
section_title: Political career
hierarchical_section_title: Juan Ríus Rivera / Political career
caption_attribution_description: English: Statue of Juan Ríus Rivera in Mayagüez, PR (Sculpture by Salvador Rivera Cardona, 2013) Español: Estatua de Juan Ríus Rivera en Mayagüez, PR (Escultura construida por Salvador Rivera Cardona en el 2013)
context_page_description: General Juan Rius Rivera, was the soldier and revolutionary leader from Puerto Rico to have reached the highest military rank in the Cuban Liberation Army and to hold Cuban ministerial offices after independence. In his later years he also became a successful businessperson in Honduras.
context_section_description: General Rius Rivera was soon active in the young nation's politics. Among the political positions which he held were:
  Member of the Assembly of Pinar del Río
  Secretary of the President of the Republic
  Civil Governor of Havana, named by General John E. Brooke
  Secretary of Agriculture, named by General Leonardo Wood
  General Rius Rivera was one of the few members of the Cuban Assembly (legislature) who rejected the imposition of the Platt Amendment, which gave the United States the right to intervene unilaterally in Cuba as a precondition for independence in 1902.
  In 1902, Tomás Estrada Palma was elected president of Cuba. He, in turn, named Rius Rivera Secretary of the Treasury of Cuba in May 1902. When Estrada Palma's government fell he chose not to join the new government even though he was offered a position. In May 1907, Rius Rivera returned to Honduras, homeland of his wife. There he founded and was president of the Banco Atlántico and first president of Hospital D'Antonio.
  Rius Rivera was representing Cuba at a conference held in Honduras in 1924 when he suddenly died of heart failure. His remains were returned to Cuba and he is buried in the Colón Cemetery located in Havana, Cuba.,
caption: Statue of Juan Ríus Rivera in Mayagüez, PR
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