They had been planning this meeting for a long time, the day finally arrived, the former students of the Vocational School, from the 1979-1985 academic year, from various groups, gathered
A few years ago I heard the name of Eugenio Molinet Amarós for the first time, through my uncle, Dr. Manuel Oliva Palomino, who did justice to him for his
I still seem to be watching him walk slowly but steadily, upright and very well dressed, wearing one of the berets from his great collection, and that he almost always
By: Kenny Ortigas Guerrero (president of the Performing Arts in Camagüey) Interrogate reality, question our behavior as individuals in society, illuminate areas of thought that allow improving the relations of
Combatant of the three Wars of Independence. On March 26th, 1855, Braulio Peña de la Cruz was born in Puerto Príncipe, although it is also said that he was born
By Claudia Sánchez (Journalism student) The Camagüey Railway Museum is one of the most relevant and attractive places in the city. Inaugurated on February 25th, it has received a little
On March 24th, 1899, Division General Lope Recio Loynaz would hold the position of Civil Governor of Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe. He took office after the end of
The Avellaneda Theater, located at the intersection of Avellaneda and Ignacio Agramonte streets in a striking eclectic-style building, is one of the main spaces for performing arts presentations in the
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Historian’s Office of Camagüey city, I wanted to offer a testimony of my time in it for several years. They ask
By: Claudia Sánchez (Journalism Student) Poetry is one of the purest forms that the human being found to express the affairs of the soul. Just like music, plastic arts and
The tram in Camagüey has a fascinating history since the 19th century, first pulled by pack animals and later moved by electricity, it traveled through the main roads, squares and
His parents were the intellectual and lawyer Manuel de Jesús Arango y Ramírez, and the no less renowned Ana Isabel Agüero y Perdomo, whose surnames were intertwined by family endogamy
Augusto Arango y Agüero was born in Puerto Príncipe on March 18th, 1830, he conspired against the colonial power from a young age and took up arms in 1851 with
Francisco de Agüero was born in a divided society, in the year 1795, with the punished crime of being a Creole mestizo; moreover, being the son out of wedlock of
A few days after the glorious call of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes at La Demajagua sugar mill, the family of Mariana Grajales was placed in the vortex of the libertarian
“When we transform a building, we also transform the soul of its inhabitants.” This phrase of our eternal Eusebio Leal inspires me in many of my chronicles, today I bring
On March 14th, 1892, the journalistic publication turned into the indispensable spokesperson in favor of the independence of Cuba, the Patria newspaper, would be born in New York. Its initiator
By: Sheila Barros Fals y Alejandro García Gutiérrez What would a professional of the word be without the inspiration to educate, guide and inform their public? The truthful news, the
In 1736, the first apothecary or pharmacy was established in Puerto Príncipe. Its owner was called Francisco Casado, as the record says. After the secularization of the Royal and Pontifical
By: Claudia Sánchez (Journalism student) Camagüey boasts centuries full of culture, mysteries and incredible artists who left sighs in the alleys of Camagüey’s identity. It is a city that, due
The Revolution of 1895 marked the paths of the future Cuban state, however, Marti’s project of a “Republic with all and for the good of all” was fractured by the
By: Yaremi García Maceo On March 10th, 1855, the moment in which Carlos J. Finlay graduated as a doctor of medicine from the Jefferson Medical College of the University of
Since the Office of the Historian of Camagüey city inaugurated the José Marín Varona Concert Hall in 2017, the music and history of that remarkable Camagüey composer have returned, to
There were several families residing in the city of Puerto Príncipe who interrupted their monotonous tasks in the city to go to the farms for raising and fattening cattle and
The life of the Cuban doctors who stood out in the wars of independence is always of great interest, such as the case of the outstanding doctor from Camagüey Eugenio
In the insurgent battlefield, on March 8th, 1872, Eduardo Agramonte Piña would lose his life, a man who, in body and soul, had given himself to the war of 1968.
The first days of March have a reflection of rejoicing with a historical background. The celebration on March 8th of International Women’s Day throughout much of the world is an
Why would a mortuary obituary published by El Progreso printing house on the day of his death describe Olallo Valdés, from Havana, “Apostle of Charity”? Is it that in colonial
The Editorial Board of the Renacimiento magazine was made up of young people with high-flying cultural and patriotic concerns. They were children of veterans of the wars of independence, social
The automobile industry needed a road infrastructure; one of the first works started on May 20th, 1927 was the construction of the Central Highway, which was completed on February 24th,
Camagüey city became scenes of the struggle against the brutal tyranny of Fulgencio Batista, as is the case of March 2nd, 1958. A revolutionary command lead by one of the
The hero of the Republic of Cuba, Antonio Guerrero Rodríguez, brought a special gift to the Office of the Historian of the City of Camagüey, for his 25th anniversary. He
El Derecho was a four-page gazette-sized newspaper that, in the context of the journalistic system of Camagüey, distinguished itself for its essentially political purpose, and within that code it aimed
