News from Contramaestre, Cuba and the World
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
Fidel welcomed his proletarian people illuminated by a light that anticipated the dawn. At eight o’clock sharp in Contramaestre the concept of Revolution immortalized by the Commander in Chief gave …
May 1st Parade in Contramaestre evoked Fidel Castro Read More
In the journey from Cajobabo to Dos Ríos José Martí mentions more than once the Contramaestre River, narrating his pilgrimage through these then narrow areas. The people from Contramaestre feel …
The Contramaestre River in José Martí’s crossing from Cajobabo to Dos Ríos Read More
The uniqueness of the Cuban Revolution is an inheritance that comes to us as a result of the independentist ideals that emerged as a response to the need for freedom …
Cuban Revolutionary Party, singularity still in force Read More
José Martí was the Uruguay representative at the International Monetary Conference that took place under the auspices of the US government from 7 January to 8 April 1891 in Washington. …
José Martí at the International Monetary Conference in 1891 Read More
The last war for the independence of Cuba was chiefly based on a strategy overcoming the mistakes leading to failure in the Ten-Year-War (1868-1867). Therefore it was necessary to create …
The Montecristi Manifesto still leading our steps Read More
Once and again, it is necessary to return to the imperishable work of José Martí. Today we go as far back as March 14, 1892, when the first issue of …
Patria Newspaper and José Martí, Forever Young Read More
Today we honor the Father of the Homeland, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, on the 149th anniversary of his death in San Lorenzo in the Sierra Maestra. On February 27, 1874, …
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, forever in the memory of Cubans Read More
On February 24, 1895, the struggle against Spanish colonialism resumed in Cuba, a necessary war, as Martí called it, after an intense struggle by Cubans inside and outside the island, …
Cuba:Restart of the Necessary War, February 24, 1895 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