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A love forever in the life of Jorge Navarro: journalism

“Those who have journalism in their veins can hardly leave that profession, even in retirement. “That love is forever.” That’s what Jorge Navarro Torres tells us, who through family tradition

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Woman’s hands and coffee aroma

The Master said that every beautiful work has the hands of a woman. Well, the protagonist of this article contributes, in addition to beauty, timely guidance to the newcomer, provides

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An architect in love with her profession

For many poets, architecture is the way to link dreams to the earth. For Aileen Marín González, it is restoring colors and lines that time has blurred in her beloved

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Summer on Rails: Tomasito

Summer vacation in the hot month of August was difficult for a boy like Tomasito, who is restless and creative; and despite the high temperatures he wanted to go out

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Communicating Heritage Workshop: a door to the radio

He has always liked the world of communication. At only 13 years old, Víctor de Miranda Betancourt enjoys doing promotions on social networks, reading in his school morning ceremonies and

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Guillén Birthplace: an open door to poetry

The building where the National Poet Nicolás Guillén was born, in his Camagüey, houses the foundation that bears his name. In recent months, the house has been renovated, to spread

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Between strings a new song to my city is born

During Camagüey’s Culture Week, I attended a concert in the José Marín Varona hall of this city. I was very surprised and at the same time satisfied, by the interpretation

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The Camagüeyan biotechnology family: Edy (I)

Edy Bover Fuentes can be defined as the “dad” of the enormous laboratories of the Camagüey Biotechnology Center. Everyone knows him, asks for his advice, and feel proud that he

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Three Marías for history: María Julia (III)

Maria Julia She did not plan to be a teacher, she was more inclined towards medical sciences, but her History teacher Héctor Rodríguez, whom she thanks for everything she is

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The wind blows, without fear of the dark

That night, after facing many obstacles, I managed to get to the theater. The new play invited us to make a parenthesis in our busy days, to give us a

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Two faces of El Che in the Workers’ Square

This June 14th, if he were alive, the guerrilla Ernesto Guevara would have turned 95 years old. I have thought of him this morning, when passing by Workers’ Square and

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The young soldier Jorgito

The moment in which he was told that he had to cut his abundant hair was his first shock with military life. Then they finished their long nights surfing the

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Chronicle of a Congo grandfather

White as the scourge of our century, amen Blanco como el azote de nuestro siglo, amén Negro como el disparo que me mató Blanco como la noche que acabará Negro

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Arte Plaza Trade Fair in the old Merchants’ Street

Merchants’ Street, today Maceo, was originally conceived as the Merchants’ Corridor. The Association of Merchants of Camagüey was in charge of the order and maintenance of all the emporiums that

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Preserve history and culture from El Camagüey

The city celebrates its 509 years. A week full of traditions and cultural beauty cannot begin in any other way than with the usual solemn session of the Municipal Assembly

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Three Marias for history: María Caridad (I)

The chronicle that I propose to you today is the first of a series that will bring us closer to three sisters named María; three women from Camagüey who love

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The threads of memory

Seeing her with her knitting needles and making a crochet knitted I couldn’t stop thinking about my grandmothers. From my childhood I remember them knitting little socks and hats for

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Camilo’s memory from the Motorized squad

Among the many tasks assumed by the Hero of Yaguajay, Camilo Cienfuegos, after the revolutionary triumph, was the creation of the Motorized Police. From that first squad, there are still

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From Spain to Camagüey: a contemporary odyssey

In these times when emigration is such a common phenomenon in the world, in Cuba it has increased. In this eagerness of some people to improve their economy and change

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Eduardo Rosales, a look at our origins

If we look into the corridor of the study gallery of the Camagüey plastic artist Eduardo Rosales, we can approach, through his works, to our origins, customs, deities and rock

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Che in Camagüey’s cigar makers

Where San Ramón street begins, encrypted with 323 and just to the right, is the former Guarina cigar factory, which became El Surco tobacco factory in 1960. To check that

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A language to include

Sign language is for the deaf community its soul, its ears and its window to the world. This is how Raquel Amador Aguirre defines it, a Camagüeyan woman who, since

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Remembering the Assault on the Prison Car

The historical site that commemorates the feat of the assault on the prison car of the Batista Police, received the new generation this morning, on the occasion of the 64th

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Chocolate Flavored Chronicle

A few nights ago I was talking to my friend Alicia Botella, a radio listener, and she told me that she missed the participation sections, in which cooking recipes were

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Maquetina was born in summer

Maquetina is a cheerful, spontaneous character and children love her from her first outing. This little clown was born in this summer of 2022, to save an activity of her

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A new academic year for the Trade School

A call to “take advantage of every opportunity to learn a trade, to give value to what is done and in every effort to put your heart into this beautiful

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Inheritance from my grandmother: an obelisk

If you leave the city in the heading to the Eastern region, near the checkpoint there is an obelisk that tells the little-known story of a young man from Camagüey.

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The crossing guard; an unusual job

There is a trade as old as its own guild, because with the railroad and its arrival in Camagüey in 1837, the gatekeeper or crossing guard emerged. This work continues

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Fatherly love for the king of the jungle

Every morning Landy goes out in his car to look for food for his three lions, the 5-year-old felines were born in captivity in the Camagüey zoo and since they

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Alliances for eternity

The bells of Our Lady of Solitude ring very early, announcing the union of Amalia Simoni and Ignacio Agramonte, we go back to August 1st, 1868, there are 2 months

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The Captain of the Aurora: María Aguilar

…The troops that Fidel formed are already marching, They already take over the towns, they shine more than the sun, the notes of the invading anthem are heard, the dictator

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From Montserrat to Soul United

After retracing various points of the city looking for information to dust off so many memories, I found very close to my house his founder and vocalist, Nelson Coma Lindo,

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A young band that advances like a sled: Desbroce

In a band, camaraderie, good friendship and brotherhood must prevail. There are professionals who treat music like a business, like any other job, the main thing to sustain a band