Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Njodzi dzinongoitika dzoga, kusanganisira kudengenyeka kwenyika kukuru
uye tsunami muna 1918 uye madutu anoverengeka, pamwe chete neGreat Depression, zvakapfumisa chitsuwa chacho mumakumi amakore mashomanene okutanga pasi pokutonga kweUnited States. Vamwe vatungamiriri vezvamatongerwe enyika, vakadai saPedro Albizu Campos, uyo akatungamirira Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, vakada chinjo muukama neUnited States. Akaronga kuratidzira paYunivhesiti yePuerto Rico muna 1935, umo vanhu vana vakaurayiwa nemapurisa.