Andrés Castro Ríos (October 4, 1942,

Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico Santurce (, meaning Saint George from Basque language, Basque ''Santurtzi'') is the largest and most populated Barrios of San Juan, Puerto Rico, barrio of the Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, the cap ...

– September 16, 2006, Santurce, Puerto Rico) was a poet and graduate from the Humanities Faculty of the

University of Puerto Rico The University of Puerto Rico (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Universidad de Puerto Rico;'' often shortened to UPR) is the main List of state and territorial universities in the United States, public university system in the Commonwealth (U.S. i ...

. Castro Ríos is known as one of the founders of the "''Guajana''" magazine and as one of the composer of the lyrics for "¡Coño, Despierta Boricua!" (along with Miguel Ángel Hidalgo Vega—better known by his pen name "Guarionex Hidalgo Africano"—and Francisco Matos Paoli), a famous patriotic Puerto Rican song related to the

Grito de Lares ''Grito de Lares'' (''Cry of Lares''), also referred to as the Lares revolt, the Lares rebellion, the Lares uprising, or the Lares revolution, was the first of two short-lived revolts against Spanish rule in Puerto Rico, staged by the Revolu ...

. Castro Ríos died from a heart attack in 2006.

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1942 births 2006 deaths People from Santurce, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican poets Puerto Rican male writers Puerto Rican composers Puerto Rican male composers 20th-century American poets 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American male musicians {{PuertoRico-bio-stub

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