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approved the Law Number 166 which proclaims every April 24 from then on to be known as "Ernesto Ramos
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President of the House of Representatives, a position which he held until his death in 1963. Ernesto Ramos Antonini was buried at the Puerto Rico Memorial Cemetery in
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in 1918, at 19 years of age. After he graduated from high school, Ramos
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Un Hombre para la Historia: Ernesto Ramos Antonini: GalerĂa de Audio.
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Un Hombre para la Historia: Ernesto Ramos Antonini, Biografia.
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The law that created the National Commission of Work Relations
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