News from Contramaestre, Cuba and the World
Guantanamo, Cuba, Apr 1 (Prensa Latina) Cuba recalls today the landing in 1895 of Major General Antonio Maceo and a group of patriots on a beach in this eastern province …
Cuba recalls the arrival of patriots for the necessary war against Spain Read More
For the glory of the Cuban people on March 13, 1878, General Antonio Maceo carried out the Protest of Baraguá, when he rejected with all energy the unworthy proposal of …
Antonio Maceo in the Protest of Baraguá Read More
They call her the Mother of the Maceos, the Mother of the Cubans, the Mother of the Homeland and Martí called her Mariana Maceo, surname of brave, courageous men, inscribed …
Mariana Grajales, a woman of many names Read More
The three great men of the war in Cuba: Antonio Maceo, Máximo Gómez and José Martí, met for the first time in La Mejorana, in the vicinity of San Luis. …
La Mejorana Meeting: Homeland above everything else Read More
Santiago de Cuba saw the birth of a Mariana Grajales, woman who shines with her own light, a woman who rises like a star over an entire people, who honors …
Mariana Grajales, the Mother of the Cuban Homeland 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 MoreEarly in 1878, Máximo Gómez wrote in his War Diary: “A complete demoralization is noticeable and everyone is in low spirits, as much by the constant operations of the enemy …
Protest of Baraguá: a reaffirmation of love for independence Read More
The great desires of the patriots to achieve the independence of Cuba, who followed Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, after the uprising of October 10, 1868 in La Demajagua, were frustrated …
Nothing stopped the Cuban independence fighters Read More
“The Cuban war rested in the sad February”. Thus José Martí sentenced the unfortunate outcome when assessing the Pact of Zanjón, expression of the Cuban arms surrender and the approval …
The Pact of Zanjon, “peace” with no freedom Read More