Shots that shook History
By Rolando Sarmiento Ricart/Adelante
José Antonio Echeverría, could have been another one of the brave young men who fought and climbed down the Sierra Maestra along with Fidel, but history reserved him another high seat of honor when he was barely a 24-year- old man.
Read more ...Fidel Castro: A champion of solidarity
By Nuria Barbosa León/Granma
We were witness to his vocation for solidarity, there following a natural disaster, an act of injustice, a people in need of healthcare, or youth desperate to study. He understood that poverty is eradicated through cooperation, not with bombs
Read more ...The virtues of the Cuban people
By Granma.cu
The majority of the Cuban people awoke this past November 26 to face a tremendous blow, the country's heart and soul was in mourning. Fidel had gone the night before, quietly in the late hours, to avoid causing us more pain.
Read more ...Cuba marks anniversary of death in combat of Independence Hero Maceo
By ACN
Cuba marks today the 120th anniversary of the death in combat of Major General Antonio Maceo and his aide captain Francisco Gomez Toro, in the farm of San Pedro.
Read more ...October 6th: Sad day to remember
By Olga Lilia Vilató de Varona/ Adelante
Camagüey.- We, the Cuban, are not mean persons not vindictives, all the contrary, we characterize for being modest, kind, united and very human. Although all this seems wrong for being written by a Cuban, that is the way I feel.
Frank, the legacy of a Cuban of the XXth Century
By MSc. Maria Delys Cruz Palenzuela / Photo: Archive
Camagüey.- This on July 30th is celebrated the 57 years of the fall in combat of one of the most transcendent men of the last stage of the insurrectionary struggle for the independence of Cuba, Frank País García.
Fidel's people
By MS.c Maria Delys Cruz Palenzuela/ Adelante
Camagüey.- The Generation of the 100th Anniversary, this way was named the group of young people who in 1953, inspired in the pro-independence legacy of Marti and headed by Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro, assaulted on July 26th, 1953 the Garrisons Moncada, in Santiago de Cuba, the second military strength in importance in the country, and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes in Bayamo.
The Platt Amendment in the history of Cuba
By M.Sc. Maria Delys Cruz Palenzuela/Adelante
Camagüey.- On June 12th, 1901, in secret meeting of the Constituent Assembly there was added the Platt Amendment as appendix to the Constitution of the Republic with the voting of 16 delegates in favor and 11 in against, with which kicked off a new page of hypocrisy and trick around the American intention of taking possession of Cuba.
The death of José Martí
By M.Sc. Maria Delys Cruz Palenzuela/Adelante
Camagüey.- There are innumerable versions of the events related to the fall in combat of José Martí on May 19th, 1895. A compilation realized by the researcher Rolando Rodríguez, in his book "Dos Ríos, a caballo y con el sol en la frente" brings us near to a great extent to the possible reality.