Unconditional Spanish Party
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The Unconditional Spanish Party was a loyalist conservative political party
in Puerto Rico
. It was originally founded on November 1870 as the Liberal-Conservative Party but in 1873 it changed its name to Unconditional Spanish Party. The party favored traditionalist assimilation into the political party system of Spain and when founded purchased the newspaper Boletín Mercantil to become the party's official organ for disseminating its conservative views. Most of its members belonged to the Puerto Rican Volunteers Corps
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Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
. It was originally founded on November 1870 as the Liberal-Conservative Party but in 1873 it changed its name to Unconditional Spanish Party. The party favored traditionalist assimilation into the political party system of Spain and when founded purchased the newspaper Boletín Mercantil to become the party's official organ for disseminating its conservative views. Most of its members belonged to the Puerto Rican Volunteers Corps
Puerto Rican Volunteers Corps
The Puerto Rican Volunteers Corps was a militia composed of private citizens, principally instituted for the defense of Puerto Rico's periphery from pirate incursions and foreign invasion...
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