Manuel Altagracia Cáceres

Manuel Altagracia Cáceres y Fernández, sometimes called Memé (1838 in Azua – 1878) was a Dominican Republic politician.

He was born in the city of Azua in 1838, during the years of the Haitian occupation A supporter of President Buenaventura Báez, he fought the rebels during the revolution of July 1857, which earned him accusations of conspiracy.

An annexationist, he approved the Law of Annexation by Spain in 1861, but fought alongside President Pepillo Salcedo during the war of 1863 1 .

In 1867, he was again a supporter of Báez and participated in the coup d'état against the government of José María Cabral.

After the fall of the government in 1876, he returned to the Dominican Republic and led an armed movement against Ulises Francisco Espaillat.