Abstract

ROMEU, Jorge Luis  and  PEREIRA RIVERA, Miguel Ángel. Autochthonous Grand Lodges and Autonomist Movements in Cuba and Puerto Rico: A Joint Project of Special Relationships during the 19th Century. REHMLAC [online]. 2020, vol.12, n.1-2, pp.251-286. ISSN 1659-4223.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/rehmlac.v12i1-2.40008.

We explore the special relationships regarding a joint project of creating a Grand Lodge in Puerto Rico, with the aid of the Cuban one, to first obtain Masonic independence from Spain, to later obtain political and economic independence, thus, revealing an uncommonly close relationship between two Grand Lodges. We first review the common roots of these two islands. We then analyze the Cuban Grand Lodge’s views of the principal events and characters. Later, we analyze the context of these events. To finally re-analyze these events from the perspective of the Puerto Rican freemasonry. And we close with some conclusions.

Keywords : Autochthonous Freemasonry; 19th Century; Cuba; Puerto Rico.

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