Contramaestre deserves all the glory, because his name, Juan Fajardo Vega, is substantive; as a fertile seed he became a paradigm, whose roots of independence were deeply rooted in the hearts of Cubans.
The Guayabal neighborhood remembers the revolutionary lineage, with infinite reverence to a man of light of mambisa and rebel emancipation, as the icon who said goodbye without knowing that he would be the last mambí of his land.
With your foot in the stirrup and machete in hand to defend the homeland oppressed by the Spain of the time; you went to the manigua from an early age as the most determined warrior.
The Unbeatable Juan Fajardo
But they could not defeat you, Juan Fajardo Vega, when you decided to change the white weapon of combat for the rifle also of war, as a consequence of the enemy intervention. Your defeat was impossible.
Your fate, attached to the humble, crystallized your destiny of courage and decorum, your love for the poor of the earth, and your unlimited faith for a better tomorrow.
With a dimension towards immortality, Juan Fajardo Vega, walks the streets, schools and workers’ collectives. His imprint transcends in his native Contramaestre, as a meritorious symbol in the Cuban Olympus.
Thirty-three years after his death, your glory widens in your homeland, because your loyalty to the revolutionary cause speaks of detachment in the service of the homeland, never accepting any pension as a veteran of the war for independence, becoming a flag of combat in the face of the dangers of the nation.
