The Century

06/25/2020   A publication of the Cuban Studies Institute

“Cuban Institutions and Groups” is a new series of weekly publications highlighting the principal political, economic, social and cultural organizations that developed during Cuba’s colonial and national period.   CUBAN INSTITUTIONS AND GROUPS   El Siglo   A political, economic, and commercial newspaper founded in Havana by José Quintín Suzarte and Francisco de Frias Jacott in 1861 to campaign for Cuban home rule.  Contributors included José Morales Lemus.  In 1863 the paper was taken over by reformist Creoles who sought a reduction in the powers of the captain general.  They advocated greater individual freedom, equal political rights for Cubans and Spaniards, and representation in the Cortes.  They offered the editorship to José Antonio Saco, but he declined it.  An April 7, 1865 editorial stated that the paper would never support abolition of slavery without compensation to the slave owners.  El Siglo, which sought to form public opinion, ceased publication in 1868 when the abolition of the Junta de Información showed Spain’s lack of interest in reform.

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