News from Contramaestre, Cuba and the World
The writer returns in his letters without ever having left. Forty-three years after a journey that some believed to be a journey of death, his farewell is not true, because …
Alejo Carpentier’s legacy, still alive 43 years after his death Read More
The members of the Miguel Betancourt Credit and Service Cooperative (CSS) arrive early as the typical dishes of the Creole cuisine, wearing their characteristic attire, one of their traditions, and …
Peasant traditions back in Contramaestre Read More
In Cuba, Language Day is celebrated to pay tribute to the quintessential exponent of Spanish, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, author of “El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha”, an …
April 23, International Language Day: Saving languages Read More
Presidents of the Cuban and Vietnamese parliaments, Esteban Lazo and Vuong Dinh Hue, respectively, inaugurated today new investment projects in the Mariel Special Development Zone (ZED). Both parliamentary leaders cut …
Cuba and Vietnam inaugurate investments in Mariel Read More
Contramaestre, a municipality in the province of Santiago de Cuba, is also working on the extension of cellular telephone services to the most remote areas of its geography. In spite …
Communication agency in Contramaestre works to reduce silence areas Read More
The deputies to the Cuban Parliament today re-elected Miguel Díaz-Canel to hold the post of President of the Republic for the next five years, and Salvador Valdés to occupy the …
Elected Miguel Díaz-Canel President of the Republic of Cuba Read More
Let’s answer with iron and fire! It was the voice of attack against the invasion of mercenary troops. The capacity for resistance had been proven; courage was in abundance. The …
Bay of Pigs again with the strength of reasons and ideas Read More
The world gains strength when Heroes are born, when men of the lineage of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes emerge in history, the one who in October 1868 put on his …
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, a hero of rebellion and legitimacy Read More
In 1982, ICOMOS established April 18 as the International Day for Museums and Sites, and UNESCO adopted it during its 22nd General Conference. Each year, on the occasion of this …
International Museum Day: Preserving History and Culture Read More
In the early morning of April 17, 1961 a counterrevolutionary brigade, composed of 500 men, trained and transported by the US, arrived in the Zapata Swamp, south of Matanzas in …
Contramaestre also defended the homeland at the Bay of Pigs Read More