%0 Journal Article %T Dos propuestas constitucionales en el Caribe del siglo XIX %A Arpini %A Adriana Mar¨ªa %J Estudios de filosof£¿-a pr£¿£¿ctica e historia de las ideas %D 2009 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X in the complex sociopolitical scenario of the 19th century's caribbean several historical experiences of fights for independence and freedom took place. we focus our attention on two episodes, each one conveying a proposal for national organization: one in the early 19th century -the 1801constitution for saint domingue, still e french colony, written according to toussaint louverture's regulation-; and the other around the mid century -expressed in eugenio mar¨ªa hostos's "el programa de los independientes" from 1876, which conveys the basis for a future national organization of puerto rico. our approach is determined by the question about the ways of subjectivity reinforcement in the texts and the practices rising from them. %K freedom equality %K independence %K unity in diversity. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1851-94902009000200002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en