Antillean Confederation movement

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The Antillean Confederation movement was a 19th-century political project, championed by figures like Ramón Emeterio Betances, that sought to unite the Caribbean islands—especially Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic—into a federated, independent union.

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instanceOf 19th-century political project ⓘ
Caribbean integration project ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
emergedInContextOf Spanish colonial rule in the Caribbean ⓘ
post-independence politics of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
struggles for independence in Puerto Rico and Cuba ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Confederación Antillana ⓘ
hasGeographicFocus Caribbean Sea region ⓘ
Greater Antilles ⓘ
hasGoal achieve independence for Caribbean colonies ⓘ
create a political confederation of the Antilles ⓘ
unite Caribbean islands into a federated union ⓘ
hasIdeology Caribbean regionalism ⓘ
Latin American unity ⓘ
anti-colonialism ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Eugenio María de Hostos ⓘ
Gregorio Luperón ⓘ
José Martí ⓘ
Ramón Emeterio Betances ⓘ
hasKeyFigureRole Eugenio María de Hostos advocated Antillean federation in his writings ⓘ
Gregorio Luperón supported Antillean unity from the Dominican Republic ⓘ
José Martí supported Cuban independence and broader Antillean solidarity ⓘ
linked to: José Martí

Ramón Emeterio Betances was a principal ideologue ⓘ
hasLanguageOfDiscourse English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
hasLegacy contributed to Antillean and Caribbean identity discourses ⓘ
inspired later Caribbean integration ideas ⓘ
hasMainProponent Ramón Emeterio Betances ⓘ
hasPoliticalObjective create a balance of power among Caribbean nations ⓘ
end Spanish colonial domination in Puerto Rico and Cuba ⓘ
prevent foreign powers from dominating the Caribbean ⓘ
hasStatus never fully realized ⓘ
hasTimePeriod 19th century ⓘ
influencedBy Latin American independence movements ⓘ
ideas of Simón Bolívar about regional confederations ⓘ
opposedBy Spanish colonial authorities ⓘ
other imperial powers with Caribbean interests ⓘ
proposedMember Cuba ⓘ
Dominican Republic ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ
Jamaica ⓘ
Other Greater Antilles islands ⓘ
Puerto Rico ⓘ
Some Lesser Antilles islands ⓘ
relatedConcept Latin American confederation projects ⓘ
Pan-Antillanism ⓘ
linked to: Pan-Caribbeanism

Pan-Caribbeanism ⓘ

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Ramón Emeterio Betances → movement → Antillean Confederation movement ⓘ
Eugenio María de Hostos → movement → Antillean independence movement ⓘ
linked to: Antillean Confederation movement
Ramón Emeterio Betances → movement → Antillean Confederation movement ⓘ
subject linked to: Ramón Emeterio
Antillean Confederation movement → hasKeyFigureRole → Gregorio Luperón supported Antillean unity from the Dominican Republic ⓘ
linked to: Antillean Confederation movement
Antillean Confederation movement → hasKeyFigureRole → Eugenio María de Hostos advocated Antillean federation in his writings ⓘ
linked to: Antillean Confederation movement