Guáimaro Constitution
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The Guáimaro Constitution was an agreement between groups in Spanish colonial Cuba
supporting independence from Spain
, in effect from 1869 to 1878.
that reigned between these.
, political constitution that would govern the time that delayed the war of Independence of Cuba.
It was put under voting in Guáimaro the 10 of April of 1869, by Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
, President of the Constituent Assembly, and approved by the Deputies: Salvador Cisneros Betancourt, Antonio Zambrana, Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz, Jesús Rodríguez
, Antonio Alcalá, José Izaguirre, Honorato Castillo, Francisco Sánchez
, Antonio Lorda, Miguel Betancourt Guerra, Arcadio García, Tranquilino Valdés, Miguel Gerónimo Gutiérrez, and Eduardo Machado
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Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
supporting independence from Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, in effect from 1869 to 1878.
History
Because of the existing situation at the end of 1868 in the fields of the Cuba Libre - 'Cuba Free' movement, characterized by the existence of two groups and two different flags, that although the agreement between both groups fought such by objective existed between these some differences, was taken to make an assembly in which would give solution to the nonexistence of the single command and to the lack of union and regionalismRegionalism (politics)
Regionalism is a term used in international relations. Regionalism also constitutes one of the three constituents of the international commercial system...
that reigned between these.
Assembly of Guáimaro
As a result of solving these problems that affected prestige at international level of the Cuban movement and at national level the Revolution, the Assembly of Guáimaro was celebrated, in which the main agreement was the Constitution of GuáimaroGuáimaro
Guáimaro is a town and municipality in the southern part of Camagüey Province in Cuba. It is located between the cities of Camagüey and Victoria de Las Tunas....
, political constitution that would govern the time that delayed the war of Independence of Cuba.
It was put under voting in Guáimaro the 10 of April of 1869, by Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes del Castillo was a Cuban planter who freed his slaves and made the declaration of Cuban independence in 1868 which started the Ten Years' War...
, President of the Constituent Assembly, and approved by the Deputies: Salvador Cisneros Betancourt, Antonio Zambrana, Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz, Jesús Rodríguez
Jesús Rodríguez
Jesús Rodríguez may refer to:*Jesús Rodríguez Tato , Spanish football player*Jesús Eugenio Rodríguez , Cuban sport wrestler*Jesús Rodríguez , Venezuelan javelin thrower...
, Antonio Alcalá, José Izaguirre, Honorato Castillo, Francisco Sánchez
Francisco Sánchez
Francisco Demetrio Sánchez Betancourt is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Venezuela, who won the 50m Freestyle at the 1995 FINA Short Course World Championships in Rio de Janeiro...
, Antonio Lorda, Miguel Betancourt Guerra, Arcadio García, Tranquilino Valdés, Miguel Gerónimo Gutiérrez, and Eduardo Machado
Eduardo Machado
Eduardo Oscar Machado is a Cuban playwright living in the United States. Notable plays include Broken Eggs and Havana is Waiting and The Cook. Many of his plays are autobiographical or deal with Cuba in some way. Machado teaches playwriting at New York University. He has served as the Artistic...
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