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This article gives an overview of
liberalism in
Cuba
. It is limited to
liberal
parties
with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ means a reference to another party in that scheme. For inclusion in this scheme it isn't necessary so that parties labeled themselves as a liberal party.
Introduction
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From the founding of the Republic in 1902 to the
Cuban Revolution of 1933
, the Cuban Liberal Party held the presidency on numerous occasions.
Since the triumph of the
Cuban Revolution of 1959
, there have been three liberal parties in existence. Those parties are: the
Liberal Democratic Party
(
Partido Liberal Democratico
, observer
LI
), the
Democratic Solidarity Party
(
Partido Solidaridad Democratica
, observer
LI
) and the illegal
Cuban Liberal Movement
(
Movimiento Liberal Cubano
). In exile the
Cuban Liberal Union
(
Union Liberal Cubana
, member
LI
) is active.
The timeline
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Cuban Revolutionary Party (PRC)
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- 1892: Left-wing classical liberals formed the
Cuban Revolutionary Party
(
Partido Revolucionario Cubano
), to fight for Cuban independence and liberal democracy.
- 1902: The PRC is dissolved.
Liberal Party
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- 1902: The Liberal Party of Cuba was founded by many of those who had formerly been members of the PRC.
- 1925: The Liberal Party wins the elections with Gerardo Machado as their candidate.
- 1929: Machado runs for a second term by altering the Constitution, and is fraudulently elected. The Liberal Party splits between "machadistas" and those against Machado.
- 1933: The Revolution takes place, in which a group of students, the FEU, led by
Ramon Grau San Martin
, a Professor of Physiology at the University of Havana, seek to overthrow Machado, and later, the US backed provisional government of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes. Allying themselves with a group of soldiers led by
Fulgencio Batista
, the provisional government is overthrown and Grau is made President.
The Second Cuban Revolutionary Party (PRC), the Party of the Cuban People (PPC) and the Liberal Party
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- 1934: After Grau's removal from the presidency by Batista, a group of former students, Grau, and several former members of the Liberal Party form the new Authentic Cuban Revolutionary Party, or PRC (Partido Revolucionario Cubano- Autentico) to fight for their beliefs. The PRC begins to compete with the traditional Liberal Party, which was stained by its support of Machado.
- 1940:
Fulgencio Batista
is elected President of Cuba with the support of the Liberal Party. The new Constitution is promulgated later that year, with
Carlos Marquez Sterling
as President of the Convention.
- 1944:
Ramon Grau San Martin
is elected President of Cuba, with the support of several former Liberal Party members, as the PRC wins its first elections.
- 1947:
Eduardo Chibas
breaks off from the PRC to protest the corruption of the Grau government and forms the Partido del Pueblo Cubano-Ortodoxo (PPC) or the Party of Cuban People-Orthodox. Several former PRC and Liberal Party members, including Marquez Sterling, join.
- 1948:
Carlos Prio Socarras
of the PRC is elected President of Cuba.
- 1951: Eduardo Chibas dies from an accidental suicide. Had he survived, the PPC would most likely not have fragmented as it did during the 1950s.
Batista's coup and second government
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- 1952: The Liberal Party of Cuba supports Batista's coup of 1952 and joins the provisional government, and later Batista's second government. By now the Liberal Party is a shell of its former self, controlled by Batista.
- 1952–1958: The PRC and PPC split between those who argue for revolution and support Castro, and those who seek compromise with Batista and support free and fair general elections.
- 1958: The General Elections of 1958 fail, as Batista rigs the elections to ensure the victory of the government candidate
Andres Rivero Aguero
and a member of the Liberal Party, against
Carlos Marquez Sterling
running for the Partido del Pueblo Libre.
- 1959: Castro takes power and outlaws all political parties except the Communist Party. The traditional Liberal Party, PRC, and PPC legally cease to exist. The Liberal Party continues underground and extralegally.
Liberal leaders
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- Jose Marti
, founder of the PRC and leading Cuban intellectual
- Martin Morua Delgado
, Afro-Cuban and President of the Cuban Senate
- Juan Gualberto Gomez
, Afro-Cuban revolutionary leader, close collaborator of Marti's, served as part of the committee of consultations that drafted and amended the Constitution of 1901, and as a Representative and Senator
- Jose Miguel Gomez
, the first member of the Liberal Party elected to the presidency of Cuba
- Gerardo Machado
, a president of Cuba elected under the Liberal Party
- Orestes Ferrara
, a professor at the
University of Havana
, Cuban Secretary of State and delegate to the Constitutional Convention
- Carlos Marquez Sterling
, a leading member of the Liberal Party during the 1930s and 1940s and President of the Constitutional Convention in 1940. He later served in the first government of
Fulgencio Batista
.
See also
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References
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