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Rhodas, the echo of a Sweet Love

We all have a soundtrack for our happy times, although we are not always aware of that sound that brings back memories. The Camagüeyan group Rhodas is that sound for

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Comic art to honor our railway heritage

The students of the Mártires de Camagüey secondary school and specialists from the Provincial Center of Plastic Arts met at the Railway Museum to receive a new comic book, this

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The mayor of La Pata

In any corner of Camagüey, the African heritage is latent. If you travel along the Santa Cruz highway and reach km 10 to a community known as La Pata, there

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Eternal values for a lawyer: Those of Agramonte

Some time ago, I had the opportunity to visit the Colegio Universitario San Gerónimo de La Habana, a faculty of the University of Havana that began operating in the 2007-2008

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From a guest house to a Student Museum

If we walk along Republic Street, almost at the end, we find the colonial mansion numbered 69; for many it may pass for another of the buildings from the 30s

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Sea stories: Jorge

It seems that, in this Mediterranean city, the inhabitants of it keep in their genes the longing for the sea. Perhaps it has to do with the birth of the

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Railway Museum: a journey through time on rails

She went there, the daughter and granddaughter of railwaymen, the one who according to the family’s machinists; railway lines run through her veins, a journey through time through stations, eras

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Camilo returns to Camagüey every May 1st

For the clandestine fighter Antonio Agustín Fontes Carbajo, the Escambray and the battle of Santa Clara is a privilege to have been close to the Lord of the Vanguard in

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Radio amateurs in Internet times

It may seem strange to talk about radio amateurs in current times where the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) overflow the globe, however, not many have thought

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The Smurfs’ Home: Teaching Place

It is an ordinary morning, on the way through the intersection of Teniente Cañón and Artola streets, in La Vigía neighborhood, a murmur and many complicit laughs; invite you to

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The Great Vocational School Máximo Gómez

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

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Beyond loneliness

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

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About the Symposium: Second Day

The day began with a greeting from Karla Vitantonino, representative in Cuba of the European Union NGO CARE, who regretted not being able to be in person at the event,

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Fidelio Ponce: a look from his hometown

The painter of Las Beatas, orphan girls and religious themes, had an eventful life. His irreverent posture before a society full of false morals and discrimination, led him to live

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Eternal young rebel

When we talk about youth organizations we think of the UJC, but I must clarify that this group was preceded by the Association of Young Rebels, in Camagüey that incipient

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Fair 500 +, crafts to brighten the soul

Camagüey’s culture week always brings us a space long awaited by all since 2014, a meeting with local and foreign handicrafts, which inject a breath of joy to those who

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Pilgrimage to the memory of our ancestors

For the Office of the Historian, this anniversary of the city began with a bow, to the memory of those who preceded us in the immense work of organizing history

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At 18 it is still fresh as water from a waterpot

This Sunday I enjoyed the opportunity to direct the radio program Acompáñame, by producing the script and selecting the songs, I went back to the years of the station’s birth,

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More than a revolutionary bus driver

In search of someone close to this little-known man from Camagüey, to tell a better story, I found how it is repeated in popular knowledge that he was a revolutionary

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Victor’s dreams from the Historian’s Office

The Office of the Historian of Camagüey city (OHCC, by its acronym in Spanish) since its beginnings incorporates in its projects the training of young people, in different specialties related

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The Teacher of the Sierra: Luisa Álvarez

“The first thing for a revolutionary must be selflessness, what he does must be out of love, otherwise he loses his value.” Thus, with that lesson for life, we began

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The greatest army, that of the whole country

Whenever January begins, many witnesses of that entrance of Fidel to Camagüey, relive the memories of him. Looking for notes of the time, I found in the newspaper El Camagüeyano

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In Camagüey: a heated December

The month of December takes the revolutionary fighter Antonio Fontes Carbajo to remember the year 1956, he remembers how this city supported with various actions the uprising of November 30th

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Along Agramonte’s trails

180 years ago, on the morning of December 23rd, that child who became El Mayor for the people of Camagüey was born. To commemorate the occasion, the magazine Senderos Number

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Story of a literacy tutor from Camagüey

I have wanted to tell this story for a long time, my uncle suggested it several times for my chronicles, but after listening to it so many times; I thought

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Chronicle with pointe shoes: Elda

The Camagüey Ballet is a dream come true for the dancer Elda María Almengor, it has been her growth and her improvement, while on that wonderful group she had her

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Chronicle with pointe shoes: Diego

If you are a ballet lover, when you see a shoe with ribbons, you immediately hear the music and imagine the dancers on stage, but … have you ever wondered

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Chronicle with pointe shoes: Rosa María

The Camagüey Ballet is a gift that today prima ballerina Rosa María Rodríguez Armengol did not expect. The 10 years of her artistic life have surprised her with many opportunities

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Luis Casas Romero, forever his soul on the radio

Two great merits make imperishable the musician, composer, and notable flutist, who was born in Camagüey city on Pobre Street, on May 24th, 1882. He is recognized for his great

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Happy Clown’s Day

Next February, close to the city’s birthday, Adiel Morales Rodríguez and Denia Rodríguez León will celebrate 19 years of artistic life. Surely these names don’t tell you much, but if

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Luis Casas Romero, forever his soul on the radio

Two great merits make imperishable the musician, composer, and notable flutist, who was born in Camagüey city on Pobre Street, on May 24th, 1882. He is recognized for his great

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Concept of danger: COVID-19

By having COVID-19 at home, the concept of danger changes. As sad as it causes me to know that a friend or colleague is sick and to see how many

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A Donation from the heart

The NGO Camaquito, together with the Japanese embassy, made a donation for the Héroes del Moncada special school, devoted to children with autism spectrum disorders. The project developed by the

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Golden medal for culture workers

As Martí said, “the arts are the most beautiful thing that can come from a man “, those who let the beauty radiate every day in their work, received this

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Barbados crime is not forgotten

45 years after the brutal crime in Barbados, the pain and injustice are not forgotten; because Cuba continues to honor the memory of those children who will be around forever.

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The giant friend: Alfredo Álvarez Mola

She spoke of him with such familiarity that she could feel her presence in that house, for her he was just another friend, an admirable human being, small in stature

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Fidel and the railroad

One of the largest works in the 70s of the last century was undoubtedly the reconstruction of the Central Line of Railroads of Cuba. The ceremony for the execution of

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Science and engineering at the service of health

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