
A Giant from Camagüey: Alfredo Alvares Mola
Recently, I received a book courtesy of its own author, Alberto Albariño Atiénzar, dedicated to the life of the Camagüey revolutionary Alfredo Álvarez Mola. As I began to look through
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Recently, I received a book courtesy of its own author, Alberto Albariño Atiénzar, dedicated to the life of the Camagüey revolutionary Alfredo Álvarez Mola. As I began to look through

The tolling of La Demajagua bell, on October 10th, 1868, marked the beginning the Cuban Revolution. Only ten days later, on October 20th, and as an expression of the revolutionary

It has been 44 years since the Cuban people were shaken by the sad news of the attack on October 6th, 1976, the country lost those champions who were traveling

With the arrival of summer, the Camagüey Railway Museum has just opened some of its rooms to the public. I think it’s fair enough to dust off the beautiful memories

The need to remember the lineage and image of a warrior woman is summarized in the words written by the National Poet Nicolás Guillen: “… talk about her life so

For more than a decade, the Provincial Concert Band of Camagüey found a definitive place for its rehearsals and creations, after shooting for 8 years in any “borrowed corner” or

Living up to 100 years is rare and always causes us admiration, it is even more curious to surpass them and celebrate 110. This is what happens today, on September

The morning started hot and busy, after five months of waiting we returned to the classrooms. These five months that we battled against the pandemic, added to the scarves, uniforms

The students of the trade school, created by the Office of the Historian, honor Francisco Sánchez Betancourt, by carrying out educational projects that make it possible to bring back life

The San Juan arrived again it is an unique opportunity to enjoy the incomparable rhythm of the conga and the camagüeyana procession, also of the parties in streets and squares,

This morning Plaza Maceo, in the city of tinajones, dressed in many colors. Flags and scarves adorned the site to remember the birth of two great warriors from two different

Today I propose you to approach to an illustrious daughter of Camagüey: Amalia Simoni Argilagos. Who was born in Port-au-Prince, on June 10, 1842, the eldest of the two daughters

The city was not yet completely awakened, with the haze of the last hours of the early morning, three enamored with the characters of Camagüey and their exciting stories, leave

In these days it seems that the history of the Cuban Revolution joins its threads and embroiders in time those of its children who from Camagüey contributed with courage to

The eighth day of cultural diversity for dialogue and development culminated in the city of the Tinajones. Three days between 19 and 21 May, which led to the exchange of

Whenever I visit the city of the dead, contrary to feel some kind of fear or prejudice with the place, I am looking at its curious layout and the architectural

The beloved lyric singer Faustina Morán, known as La Alondra camagüeyana, took her eternal flight on April 20. The news came a few days later, but it’s never too late

The beach was beautiful, sunny and with the intense blue that the spa of La Boca, in Santa Lucia usually has. We went as a family to fill with fresh

After the revolutionary triumph, Camagüey celebrated May 1rst, 1959, with the presence of the Commander Camilo Cienfuegos. His historic speech is remembered in a tarja that shelters the own scene,

The International Day of Monuments and Historic Sites was held this morning in the City of Tinajones, in its most emblematic space, the Agramonte Park. That’s why little Yiliana sang

“Whoever feels its beauty, inner beauty, does not look for borrowed beauty outside: it knows itself beautiful and beauty throws light”. Thus José Martí advised the women of his time.

For the Mambises, Homeland always came first, today we are talking about Don Agustín de Miranda and Piloña, colonel of the Liberation Army, who during his 80 years, besides fighting

Throughout the ages, people keep wealth, memories of different kinds, and documents, but I have never seen such a unique treasure. I found it in the José Martí neighborhood, at