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    04/02/2020

     
    A publication of the Cuban Studies Institute
    Dear Friend:

    For the past two years the Cuban Studies Institute (CSI) has published “This Day in Cuban History*,” short vignettes in Spanish/English, bringing to your attention important, interesting events and individuals in the history of the island.  We hope this has contributed both to your enjoyment and to learning about Cuban history.

    We now begin a new series of weekly publications “Cuban Institutions and Groups” highlighting the principal political, economic, social and cultural organizations that developed during Cuba’s colonial and national period.

    Following is the next issue in this new series.
    CUBAN INSTITUTIONS AND GROUPS
     
    Partido Revolucionario Cubano (P.R.C.)

    The Cuban Revolutionary Party was conceived from the set of resolutions or bases that evolved out of an exile meeting led by Jose Martí in Key West on January 5, 1892.  These bases represented a pragmatic approach to Cuba’s situation, appealed to all classes and races, and discussed Cuba as a factor in the international political scenario.  As the PRC’s ideological statement, they called for complete independence for Cuba and Puerto Rico, and for another Independence War to achieve this.  The party was given a democratic organization by Martí based on civilian command over the military.  La Patria was the party’s newspaper.  The PRC (and Martí) argued for “continuous intervention of the Cuban people in the control of its own affairs.”  Martí regarded it as purely a vehicle to carry on the fight for independence.  When Spain  surrendered, this had, it’s seemed, been achieved, and Estrada Palma, in conformity with his dead predecessor’s wishes, declared the party dissolved.
     
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