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People Involved in 1961 Literacy Campaign Honored in Cuba

By Delia Proenza Barzaga Nearly 700 people who took part in the 1961 crusade to fight analphabetism in Sancti Spiritus are being honored these days when Cuba commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Literacy Campaign. According to sources from the educational sector here, interviews and talks have been arranged with the ones who led this honorable task, which has been »

International Women’s Day Celebration

by Xiomara Alsina Different activities have been scheduled in the over 3 300 grassroots delegations in Sancti Spiritus, Cuban central province, to acknowledge students, housewives, retired and active female workers next March 8th, the International Women’s Day.»

Caballo de Mayaguara

The Caballo de Mayaguara(1) (the Horse of Mayaguara) he is a son of the wilderness and an old dog in the mountain. He says: “The Belgian-made FAL is my bug, and my favorite gun is a 45 “. May I see your gun, I handled it. It´s cold Colt, number 272 448, American government´s brand. He had it since the »

Escambray, the General´s Experience

By Carmen Rodríguez Div. General Raúl Menéndez Tomassevich, Santiago de Cuba-born and revolutionary by conviction, Hero of the Republic of Cuba and main unrepeatable figure of stories on fights against bandits in Cuba and Angola.»

Sancti Spiritus Readies for 500 Foundation Anniversary

by Carmen Rodríguez Amidst historians, biographers and experts’ dilemma concerning foundation date, the central Cuban city of Sancti Spiritus readies for its 500th foundation anniversary celebration in 2014. Abovementioned fact was inexcusable pretext to undertake actions on the rescue of local heritage.»

The San Ambrosio Murder

By Carmen Rodríguez As simple as his own name by which everyone knew him, was the life of Eliodoro Rodríguez Linares, a peasant murdered in San Ambrosio, alongside the voluntary teacher Conrado Benítez. Unreleased testimonies ever before reveal some details of his death.»

Cuba’s Sancti Spiritus Remodels Ancient Heritage

by Manuel Echevarria Sancti Spiritus Parque Maceo (Maceo park), best known by local residents as Parque de la Caridad (La Caridad park) for its location next to the church of the same name, was elected for overall restoration under a local project started October last year.»

The Bite of the Mongoose

By Pastor Guzmán Castro Murderous gangs sheltered by the empire seized the lives of six young people, members of a crew of topographical studies that was setting conditions for the forthcoming construction of Zaza reservoir.»

Sancti Spiritus: Water Reservoirs Current Situation Favorable

by Luis Herrera Yanes Except for the local territory of Trinidad, fallen rain availed the recovery of the underground basins and the main water reservoirs in the central Cuban region of Sancti Spiritus, where hydrological and hydraulic drought is no longer a problem.»