▁Conf ed era ción ▁Ant ill ana ▁or ▁An til lean ▁Confeder ation ▁was ▁the ▁veh ement ▁idea ▁of ▁Ram ón ▁Em eter io ▁Bet ances ▁about ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁n atives ▁of ▁the ▁Spanish ▁Car ib bean ▁to ▁un ite ▁into ▁a ▁regional ▁entity ▁that ▁would ▁seek ▁to ▁preserve ▁the ▁so vere ig nt y ▁and ▁well - be ing ▁of ▁Cuba , ▁the ▁Domin ican ▁Republic ▁and ▁Puerto ▁Rico . ▁ ▁Its ▁main ▁idea ▁was ▁to ▁subsequently ▁end ▁European ▁colonial ism ▁in ▁the ▁Amer icas ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁Mon roe ▁doctrine ▁phrase ▁America ▁for ▁the ▁Americans , ▁which ▁Ram ón ▁Em eter io ▁Bet ances ▁changed ▁into ▁ ▁Ant illes ▁for ▁the ▁An til leans . ▁The ▁main ▁gather ing ▁point ▁of ▁the ▁ideal ists ▁was ▁San ▁F eli pe ▁de ▁Puerto ▁Pl ata , ▁Domin ican ▁Republic . ▁ ▁Str ong ▁supp or ters ▁of ▁this ▁idea : ▁Eugen io ▁María ▁de ▁Host os ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁The ▁Cit izen ▁of ▁the ▁Amer icas ▁Greg orio ▁Lu per ón ▁hero ▁of ▁the ▁Domin ican ▁Rest oration ▁War . ▁José ▁Martí ▁often ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁The ▁Apost le ▁of ▁Cub an ▁Independ ence . ▁José ▁de ▁Diego ▁Ram ón ▁Em eter io ▁Bet ances ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 th ▁century ▁in ▁the ▁Car ib bean ▁Category : Form er ▁Spanish ▁colon ies ▁Category : Gre ater ▁Ant illes ▁Category : History ▁of ▁the ▁Domin ican ▁Republic ▁Category : History ▁of ▁Puerto ▁Rico ▁Category :