The Antillean Confederation was the vehement idea of Ramón Emeterio Betances about the need for natives of the Caribbean to unite into a regional entity that would seek to preserve the sovereignty and well being of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico.🇵🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇭🇹🇯🇲
@FlRicanNatnlist Puerto Rico needs a lot more attention on what’s going on but the mainstream media only puts out their agenda and propaganda and of course it’s always free Puerto Rico
suggested the annexation of Cuba by the United States. Some of his fears became reality years later, when the Platt Amendment became part of the Cuban constitution of 1901.
The Antillean Confederation was the vehement idea of Ramón Emeterio Betances about the need for natives of the Caribbean to unite into a regional entity that would seek to preserve the sovereignty and well being of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico.🇵🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇭🇹🇯🇲
When Cuban revolutionaries requested help from the United States for reinforcing their armed struggle against Spain, Betances warned them against giving too much away. He feared American interventionism in the affairs of a free Cuba, and vehemently attacked Cuban leaders who