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The street of the poor
By Eduardo Labrada Rodríguez/Adelante
Los Pobres Street, in the city of Camagüey, goes from South to North through the urban center for 14 blocks. It starts at the right door of the church San Juan de Dios and ends in its convergence with Avellaneda Street after winding around. It is considered one of the longest in the city.
Read more ...Chacumbele… he killed himself
By Eduardo Labrada Rodríguez/ Adelante
How many times have you herd that phrase “He killed himself like Chacumbele”, when we talk about an announced ending? Was there such a character whose death was sing by all of Cuba in a son with a chorus that says: “Ay Chacumbele, él mismito se mato (Ay Chacumbele, he killed himself)”? Truth or lie? Fable or reality?
Read more ...Teachers, it is always your day!
By Yanisleidy Prado Rojas/Adelante
I always wanted to be a teacher. I had very good role models and I remember them fondly. From them I learned that a teacher does not only teach, but also educates; that in a class, other than the contents, you can share about life and bring up experiences; that the teacher can be a friend and even an accomplice. Life took me on a different way, but always admiring those who did follow that path.
Read more ...Long-lived Woman from Camagüey on her birthday
By Enrique Atiénzar Rivero/Adelante
The neighbors in the block where Justina lives, on Lugareño Street, between Bayardo Agramonte and San José, waited till down to surprise her by being the first to congratulate her on her 105th birthday yesterday September 26th.
Read more ...Ladislao, secrets of nature known in the country
By Yurislenia Pardo Ortega/Adelante
What a character this Ladislao! Joker, talkative and witty are three qualities that you cannot omit when characterizing this farmer in body and soul. He talks about his things like telling a story. He never gets tired of talking, and from there he has developed impressive dramatic qualities.
Lights in Lorenzo’s two lives
By Rolando Sarmiento Ricart / Adelante
Lorenzo lived his childhood and adolescence in dim light until that electric blackout when he discovered that he could only see the lit candle with one eye. Since very little he had the urge to seat in the front row of the classroom to better see the board.
“Crossroad” of the communal economy
By Rolando Sarmiento Ricart/Adelante
Alexei Carmenates Llanes, born, raised and settled in the area, knows every inch of the ground around him and the dry farming land that displays a neat bright green.
Storm Chasers, in Camaguey City?
By Jorge Enrique Jerez Belisario/Adelante
Storm Chasers in Camagüey City? Yes, but not the ones that risk their lives searching for an extraordinary photograph. The ones here are committed, using science, to provide the territory a system for early warning facing Severe Local Storms (SLS).
The future is in livestock farming
By Yurislenia Pardo Ortega/Adelante
The way is long, very long. The marabou, lord of those landscapes, imposes itself in both sides and in some areas, threatens to stop the way for the “intruder”. One, two, three… you cannot keep counting the many houses of cow pens and their huge cement tanks, in complete ruin in the middle of that thorny and intense green “sea”. The remains of the constructions and the isolated pieces of concrete on the embankment are the only marks of what was the Camagüey´s dairy basin,Fidel’s dream, and that was disrupted with the coming of the special period.
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