Abstract

FERNANDEZ VICIEDO, Yuri. The Constitution of Cádiz in the Center of Cuba: The Constitutional City Council of Sancti Spíritus (1812-1814). Rev. IUS [online]. 2019, vol.13, n.43, pp.51-70. ISSN 1870-2147.

This article addresses the state of being in force of the Constitution of Cádiz in Cuba between 1812 and 1814, based on a case study: The Constitutional City Council of the City of Sancti Spíritus. A characterization of the activity of the Constitutional City Council erected in this city in 1812, until its closure in 1814. On the basis of the analysis, the traditional historiographical thesis sustained from Cuba is subjected to criticism, with respect to the little validity of the Doceañista Constitutionalism in the island. The criteria rendered is based on the Chapter Notebooks of the city council of Sancti Spíritus. Based on this, the role of existing local governments in Cuba for the implementation of the constitutional postulates of those of the peoples of Cadiz are reevaluated.

Keywords : Constitution of Cádiz; Cuba; Constitutional City Council; Sancti Spíritus; Constitutional Mayors.