History - Results from #8

La Granjita Siboney. Photo: Radio Rebelde

: Flavia L. Dotres Sánchez; 18 July 2018

A place for history: La Granjita Siboney

There are hundreds of places in Cuba that if they could talk would tell those extraordinary stories they witnessed. And without a doubt, La Granjita Siboney would be one of them.

: Roberto Ortiz del Toro; 14 June 2018

Maceo and Che, two greats of our history

It was by chance that on June 14, but from different years, two great men of our history were born, Major General Antonio Maceo Grajales and Commander Ernesto Che Guevara.

An angle of the batey of the Uvero, some time before the combat. The wooden house on the left in front of the others is the enemy barracks. Photo: Granma

: Roberto Ortiz del Toro; 28 May 2018

May 28: Combat of the Uvero and murder of expeditionaries of Corinthia

A shot from the rifle of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz at dawn on May 28, 1957, was the signal agreed to begin the battle against the Uvero barracks, the first major confrontation between the incipient Rebel Army and a garrison of tyranny Batistiana

: Roberto Ortiz del Toro; 19 May 2018

Martí with his fall in combat rose forever

In an unfinished letter to his friend Manuel Mercado, after his political testament, written on May 18, 1895, on the eve of his fall in combat in Dos Ríos, the National Hero of Cuba, José Martí, clearly expressed his commitment to the Fatherland when he said:

Peasants attend bean cultivation. Photo: Radio Juvenil (Archive)

: Roberto Ortiz del Toro; 17 May 2018

The Cuban Peasant's Day

Every May 17th the Day of the Peasant is commemorated in Cuba, and there are many reasons that justify the election of that date for the celebration.

Celia Sánchez Manduley and Che during the years of the guerrilla struggle in the Sierra Maestra. Photo: Archive

: Roberto Ortiz del Toro; 09 May 2018

Celia Sánchez Manduley in the memory of her people

When Armando Hart Dávalos described Celia Sánchez Manduley as "the most indigenous flower of the Revolution", he was not doing a simple compliment. It was an exact assessment of that revolutionary example born on May 9, 1920 in Media Luna, the old province of Oriente.

Fidel Castro at Playa Girón. Photo: Archive

: Roberto Ortiz del Toro; 19 April 2018

Victory of Playa Girón, a lesson of patriotism

This April 19 has a very special meaning for the Cuban people. The anniversary of the Victory of Playa Girón will be commemorated and the new president of the Council of State and Ministers will be presented, elected by the 604 deputies to the Parliament who exercised the secret and direct vote in the constituent session of the National Assembly of Popular Power for its ninth legislature.

The students of the school Camilo Cienfuegos of Holguín put an ofering of roses to the image of The Hero of Yaguajay, on the anniversary 86 of his birthday. Photo : Yoana Aguilera

: Ana Bárbara Moraga; 07 February 2018

Tribute to his eternal smile

The Hero of Yaguajay, the Commander of the eternal smile, would have fulfilled this February 6, 86 years of life. His big hat, his charisma and his revolutionary commitment marked the figure of this Cuban who, like so many young people of his time, made history. The high school, which has his name in Holguin, could not ignore this significant date.

José Martí P´rez, a man of yesterday and always. Photo:

: Radio Angulo; 29 January 2018

José Martí, a man of yesterday and always

As the son of a slave town, he fought for his redemption and died in combat, and that image of the man falling from his horse does not depart from our mind, nor does the street of Paula where the child was born on January 28, the simple school good sun and the sea of foam, and that certainty that will be here forever as river and forest.

Jesus Menéndez Larrondo. Photo: Trabajadores

: Radio Angulo; 22 January 2018

The eternal light of Jesus Menéndez

It was almost 8:30 p.m. of that January 22, 1948, and Cuba lost one of its bravest sons, Jesus Menéndez Larrondo, the trade union leader, the man of integrity, the defender of the workers.

El Quijote Park in the city of Holguín.Photo: Lisandra Cardoso

: Roberto Ortiz del Toro; 18 January 2018

Holguín celebrates its 266th birthday

This January 18 Holguin, the so-called "Cuban City of Parks" is celebrating his 266 birthday, and does so in the heat of the XXXVI Week of Culture in Holguin.

: Roberto Ortiz del Toro; 16 January 2018

Rubén Martínez Villena, poet, intellectual and revolutionary

On January 16, 1934, the poet, intellectual and revolutionary Rubén Martínez Villena died in Havana, victim of pulmonary tuberculosis, leaving behind an indelible mark of love for his country