On November 18th, 1896, at five-fifteen in the afternoon, Major General Serafín Sánchez Valdivia was shot at Paso de Las Damas, near the city of Sancti Spíritus»
SERAFIN SANCHEZ VALDIVIA
Serafin Sanchez Valdivia, the Anti-annexation Fighter
On occasion of the 166th birthday anniversary of Serafin Sanchez Valdivia this July 2nd, Escambray recalls the fact that this pro-independence fighter was one of the first to reject the fanciful and treacherous idea of having the United States involved in the Cuban cause.»