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    Rizal arrived in Madrid in August 1890 and immediately sought help from the Filipino colony and liberal Spanish newspapers to secure justice for oppressed tenants in Calamba. While in Madrid, Rizal faced several misfortunes - a friend and co-worker died, he dueled with Antonio Luna over insulting remarks about a woman, he challenged Retana to a duel over false claims about his family's property, and his love Leonor announced her engagement to another man. Additionally, a rivalry arose between Rizal and Del Pilar that divided the Filipino community into factions supporting each leader.

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    Rizal arrived in Madrid in August 1890 and immediately sought help from the Filipino colony and liberal Spanish newspapers to secure justice for oppressed tenants in Calamba. While in Madrid, Rizal faced several misfortunes - a friend and co-worker died, he dueled with Antonio Luna over insulting remarks about a woman, he challenged Retana to a duel over false claims about his family's property, and his love Leonor announced her engagement to another man. Additionally, a rivalry arose between Rizal and Del Pilar that divided the Filipino community into factions supporting each leader.

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    Rizal arrived in Madrid in August 1890 and immediately sought help from the Filipino colony and liberal Spanish newspapers to secure justice for oppressed tenants in Calamba. While in Madrid, Rizal faced several misfortunes - a friend and co-worker died, he dueled with Antonio Luna over insulting remarks about a woman, he challenged Retana to a duel over false claims about his family's property, and his love Leonor announced her engagement to another man. Additionally, a rivalry arose between Rizal and Del Pilar that divided the Filipino community into factions supporting each leader.

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    Rizal arrived in Madrid in August 1890 and immediately sought help from the Filipino colony and liberal Spanish newspapers to secure justice for oppressed tenants in Calamba. While in Madrid, Rizal faced several misfortunes - a friend and co-worker died, he dueled with Antonio Luna over insulting remarks about a woman, he challenged Retana to a duel over false claims about his family's property, and his love Leonor announced her engagement to another man. Additionally, a rivalry arose between Rizal and Del Pilar that divided the Filipino community into factions supporting each leader.

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    Misfortunes in Madrid (1890-1891)

     August 18, 1890- Rizal arrived in Madrid


     Upon arrival in Madrid , Rizal immediately sought help of the Filipino colony,
    The Association Hispano-Filipina, and the liberal Spanish newspaper in
    securing justice for the oppressed Calamba tenants
    o El Resumen- a Madrid newspaper which symphatized with the
    Filipino cause, said: “To cover the ear, open the purse, and fold the
    arms- this is the Spanish colonial policy”
    o La Epoca- an anti-Filipino newspaper in Madrid
    1. Jose Ma. Panganiban, his talented co-worker in the Propaganda Movement,
    died in Barcelona on August 19, 1890, after a lingering illness.
    2. Aborted Duel with Antonio Luna- Luna was bitter because of his frustrated
    romance with Nellie Boustead. Deep in his heart, he was blaming Rizal for his
    failure to win her, although Rizal had previously explained to him that he had
    nothing to do about it. Luna uttered certain unsavory remarks about Nellie.
    Rizal heard him and angered by the slanderous remarks, he challenged Luna,
    his friend, to a duel. Fortunately, Luna realized that he had made a fool of
    himself during his drunken state, he apologized for his bad remarks about
    the girl and Rizal accepted his apology and they became good friends again.
    3. Rizal challenges Retana to Duel- Wenceslao E. Retana, his bitter enemy of
    the pen, a talented Spanish scholar, was then a press agent of the friars in
    Spain. He used to attack the Filipinos in various newspapers in Madrid and
    other cities in Spain. Retana wrote an article in La Epoca, asserting that the
    family and friends of Rizal had not paid their rents so they were ejected from
    their lands in Calamba by the Dominicans. Such as insult stirred Rizal to
    action, immediately he sent his seconds to Retana with his challenge to a
    duel.
    4. Infidelity of Leonor Rivera- Rizal received a letter from Leonor, announcing
    her coming marriage to an Englishman (the choice of her mother) and asking
    his forgiveness
    5. Rizal-Del Pilar Rivalry- toward the closing days of 1890 there arose an
    unfortunate rivalry between Rizal and M. H. del Pilar for supremacy. Because
    of this, the Filipinos were divided into two hostile camps- the Rizalistas and
    the Pilaristas. The situation was becoming explosive and critical. Despite of
    winning the votes, Rizal graciously declined the coveted position
    a. Rizal wrote a brief note thanking his compatriots for electing him as
    Responsible. It was the last time he saw Madrid.

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