Camagüey is a city with an undeniable literary history. Cradle of the first work written in the Greater Antilles, land of the national poet Nicolás Guillén, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda,
The seventeenth century witnessed the creation of Espejo de Paciencia, the first literary work written in Cuba. Its author was the canary Silvestre de Balboa who had settled as a
Mom, what is heritage? A question that is not new resounds in my ears; but she makes me reinvent the answer so that a 5-year-old can understand. She hears so
If you want to discover the mysteries of a town, examine carefully the language of its buildings to discover data that sometimes books do not offer, and that are saved
It was one of the first three airports created in Cuba, around the early date of 1928, in the words of its current director Leudes Escobar Pino; notwithstanding that in
Summer invites us to find new ways to enjoy it, so from the Office of the Historian, a special programming has been prepared. Social networks are our main stage, from
By: Daris Rondón Laurencio & Yaneli Acosta Galindo On July 26th, 1953, there was an assault on the Moncada barracks, in Santiago de Cuba, and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, in
The day before the events of July 26th, 1953, Camagüey city was a discreet witness of the passage by road of 80 of the assailants to the Moncada and Carlos
When that historic July 26th was celebrated in Camagüey, where Fidel predicted that the socialist bloc in Europe was in danger of collapsing; the day before, the Center for Genetic
How many times do locals or tourists inquire to find out the origin of the name of a street, public space or building? How many people know why the artery
In the combat carried out in the town “24 de Miranda”, the prominent combatant Roberto Estévez Ruz, who belonged to the guerrilla movement of the rebel forces on the Second
The Camagüey pediatric hospital in the midst of this terrible epidemiological situation, reaching its 53rd anniversary, more than half a century in support of children is easy, but it was
Today is an ordinary day’s work, I am calling the historian Bárbara Oliva (Baby) to consult her about a topic for my chronicle, I dial 8 digits and when she
Values have always been the currency of valuable and enriching projects that encourage the human being to be better. And I affirm this because I have had the pleasure of
In all honesty, I can say that I have met few people whose smile and joviality breathe on the surface; interpreting that any concern or problems do not represent any
If in the East the Bayamés leader who led the outbreak on October 10th, 1868, had taken the initiative to attack Bayamo city, why wouldn’t the people of Camagüey carry
During the 1920’s, the University of Havana, the law career and political interests managed to join the Olivia Zaldívar from Camagüey and the eternal young Julio Antonio Mella in holy
This building dates from the early nineteenth century, but in 1878, a mortgage document divided the house into two houses. This house not only saw the birth of the National
The son and the rhymes in favor of the black and the oppressed always remind us of the national poet, but also the sad and less known prose of him
If there is something that Cubans have always been grateful for, it is television programming, the one that even in the current moments and in the middle of summer, we
Children, those little jewels that we treasure in our homes, are the ones who have suffered the most psychologically from the effects of this pandemic; because, undoubtedly, they do not
The joy for days due to the confirmation that among the four Cuban vaccine candidates, against the Sars-Cov-2 virus, the Abdala vaccine stands out, with 92% efficacy, which places it
On July 7th, 2008, the city of Camagüey received the news that its historic center would be inscribed on the World Heritage list, a condition granted by the United Nations
In 1873, military merits and triumphs in around a hundred combats, in addition to his archetypal personality, said a lot about the Man of Camagüey; Major General Ignacio Agramonte y
On July 4th, 1949, the Camagüey Delegation was founded as part of the Democratic Federation of Cuban Women. In the house located at 558 Oscar Primelles Street, 49 women from
A significant event Puerto Príncipe, today Camagüey, was the protagonist of primitive events in the set of historical processes on the Island of Cuba, in favor of a Spanish anti-colonial
A few years ago, on this same web site they were kind enough to publish an article that I wrote for a Father’s Day, where I referred to how wrong
The capture of the so-called Brave Indian, originated one of the best-known legends of Camagüey. Passed from generation to generation it has reached our days with various interpretations. Historians such
It was in the decade of anti-Machado struggles, of the 1930’s, when Dr. Emilio Roig de Leuchsenring was honored with the title of Historian of the city of Havana. He
There are those who are born with the gift of telling a story in such a peculiar way that it seems that they lived several centuries and come to our
On July 1st, 1871, Federico Fernández-Cavada Howard was shot. The General was trying to leave the north coast of Camagüey to the United States of America to seek support for
