News from Contramaestre, Cuba and the World
In the hearts of the children of the nation still vibrates the sentence of that verse about Santiago de Cuba, synthesis of Homeland and love, delivered not only to poetry …
Manuel Navarro Luna: Revolution and Poetry Read More
Like fertile seeds, defying time and distance, two men endure in the memory of their island and by inexplicable coincidence history brings them closer in their birth. Antonio Maceo Grajales …
Maceo and Ché defying time and history Read More
Cuba hogs today one of its illustrious sons, to that man of whom it will always be necessary to speak with capital letters Armando Hart Dávalos. The homeland embraces him …
Armando Hart, the indispensable of all times Read More
Torn away from their lands, far from their families, their traditions, the sons of Africa arrived in Cuba shackled and chained. The Island assimilated the cultural heritage in fields and …
African heritage in Cuba Read More
Contramaestre paid homage this May 19, to our National Hero, José Martí, in the act carried out in the Remanganaguas cemetery, where his corpse was buried for the first time …
José Martí, honored by Contramaestre and its people Read More
It was May 19, 1895, when upon learning of the presence of Spanish troops in Dos Rios, José Martí, on horseback and gun in hand, prepares to confront the enemy …
The Immortality of José Martí’s Legacy Read More
Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero today recalled the unfinished letter written by José Martí 128 years ago, in which he warned about the intentions of the United States to take …
José Martí’s anti-imperialist legacy remembered in Cuba Read More
To take away my land you have to kill me” would be the answer of Niceto Perez Garcia 77 years ago to the landowner Lino Mancebo Rosell landowner who focused …
Contramaestre pays tribute to Niceto Pérez Read More
On May 17, 1959, Fidel signed the first Agrarian Reform Law in the command of La Plata. Legislation that marked the political, economic and social path of the (Cuban) Revolution. …
Contramaestre farmers remember Fidel on their day Read More
A little more than 16 months of captivity had passed, during which Fidel and the other Moncada assailants suffered, without faltering, all kinds of humiliations. For Fidel, prison turned out …
The Moncada assailants are released from prison Read More