The Democratic Federal Republican Party of Santiago de Cuba was a political party

Political party

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 in eastern Cuba

Cuba

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The Organizing Committee of the party was founded on March 5, 1899. Members of the Organizing Committee included Dr. Joaquín Castillo Duany, Dr. Guillermo Fernández Mascaró, Luis Hechavarría, Emiliano Gómez, Lic. Aurelio Penabaz and Lino Dou Ayllón. The party supported the Enmienda Platt.

In 1900 the party merged into the Democratic Union Party

Democratic Union Party (Cuba)

The Democratic Union Party was a political party in Cuba. The party was founded in 1899 by conservative sectors. In an alliance with the Republican Party of Havana, the DUP won the Constitutional Assembly elections in 1900....

, in opposition to the growing influence of the Cuban National Party

Cuban National Party

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