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The tortuous path of the Villa Principeña

On February 2nd, 1514, in the chiefdom of Mayanabo (Punta de Guincho), Diego de Ovando and a group of horsemen who had marched by land from Jagua (Cienfuegos) met together with forty men who arrived by sea with food, weapons, tools and fishing supplies, from the first town of Baracoa.

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When the patient cannot speak

What is the name of the baby?

"Alan, his name is Alan," the nurse says quickly and out loud.

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Martí: worker of all time

The universality of Martí, forged by the scope of his thoughts, places him as an indispensable foundation in the spiritual progress of our Homeland. This one-man-orchestra who was a poet, modernist, humanist, philosopher, journalist... is a recipe and reference manual for topics that will never go out of style, such as his vision of the fundamental cell in the flourishing of a nation: the worker.

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In the deep language of pain

I was five years old when they introduced me to Martí: he came to me before knowing how to read. It was the preschool teacher, as a glimpse and omen of a great love for letters, who brought us closer from the pages of La Edad de Oro (The Golden Age), so Martí was also my primary school teacher... and my companion of learned poetry with his Versos Sencillos (Simple Verses), and even the educator with a quasi-gentlemanly civic attitude in his phrases (put on television spots) where he always appeared on the screen, back in the eighties, a child with his "strong man's little hands" carrying a flower in his hands for his friend.

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When doing research delivers happiness and professional fulfillment

It is never exhausting to contribute with love and dedication to science, and to the development and well-being of society. On the contrary, Dr. C. Yailé Caballero Mota, expert in Artificial Intelligence and Director of International Relations of the University of Camagüey (UC) Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz, assures that doing research is a dose of happiness and professional fulfillment.

The night of the opening of the suite of The Nutcracker, Hilda "Lila" María Martínez de la Torre received a wonderful ovation when she went on stage at the Teatro Principal. She was no longer seen because she was with the children from the night school workshops. In the second function of the Ballet of Camagüey (BC), she was also behind the curtain, she was iridescent, petite, and restless as a butterfly.

They still don't know anything about the world, nor do they know life with all its shades and colors; because their little piece of planet is white and green. For the people of that complex world, the sacrifices and the problems abroad do not matter, because losing hope, there, is prohibited.

The University of Camagüey (UC) Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz, the first created by the Revolution, is celebrating. Although the date of its foundation still generates controversy among historians and specialists of the territory, every November 6th the institution commemorates the beginning of higher education in this province.

Beyond the “made in the USA” chicken, the blockade

A package of chicken with the American flag in the blockaded Cuba? The bulk carrier Century Royal carrying 10,000 tons of grain from New Orleans to Cuba? And the blockade, does it not exist, or is it a story on the way? Questions like these flood the digital social networks and even reach the Cuban streets. Beyond the virtual scenario, some with the ingenuity that ignorance creates and others with a marked interest in generating these opinion matrices in the population.

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