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

It was the early morning of July 26th, several army music bands were in Santiago de Cuba for the carnival celebration, the General Staff Band was based in the capital

…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

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,

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

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

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

In the 30’s of the last century, Camagüey city experienced one of the most curious events in its history. Exactly on June 11th, 1933, the Cuatro Vientos biplane landed at

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

Our Nicolás Guillén may have been the only Latin American author who used the original name of various African regions, as a name: Yoruba soy, cantando voy, llorando estoy, y

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

During the Covid-19 pandemic, reading was a faithful friend to resist the long days of isolation. After two years of absence, with its invitation to immerse ourselves in new worlds,

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

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

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

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

The rehabilitation of Maceo Street is one of the largest interventions on an urban scale, which has been carried out in Camagüey city in recent years. The works included tasks

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

Autism is not a disease, it is a child development disorder that manifests itself differently in some people than in others, so it should not be generalized. Those who present

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

“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

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

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

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

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

Since the creation of the radio in Cuba in 1922, by the musician and patriot from Camagüey Luis Casas Romero, together with his son Luis Casas Rodríguez, much work has

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

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

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,

Fate wanted it to be on February 2th, the day of the Virgin of Candelaria, the one chosen for the people of Camagüey to celebrate each year a new anniversary

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

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

“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

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

Before opening as the Anthropology Center, the first name that was proposed for the House of Cultural Diversity of Camagüey, there were already several young people at the top of

By: Alejandro García Gutiérrez & Sheila Barros Fals The impact of COVID-19 was much greater in this 2021, however, that did not mean that the Office of the Historian stopped

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

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

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

By: Yusarys Benito Deliano & Alejandro García Gutiérrez Behind the summer activities, concerts around the city, artistic presentations by children, sociocultural projects, exhibitions and even in the works carried out

Magalys Cordero Rodríguez is one of those women who between knowledge and good treatment earn admiration; without having seen her before. Personal issues brought me closer to the Microbiology laboratory

The City of the Waterpots since the last years of the last century, is the protagonist of a significant change in the urban landscape. Various public spaces and buildings, today

Carlos J. Finlay is a personality that arouses a lot of controversy around him. First, an attempt was made to take away the authorship of him as discoverer of the

Roberto Morales Rodríguez is one of those people who believe that everything is possible, because his faith in life is greater than any difficulty, no matter how extreme it may

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

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

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