Our Region

Throughout the 18th century, Guamutas continued to be the only population center in the area. Center of all economic and religious life, site of games and cockfights, and forced transit of people who were heading to Havana, came to obtain the status of Judicial Party in the next century. Its catholic wooden temple and tile roof, frequently visited by important personalities such as the Bishop of Triscaly, in 1778 registered a population of 600 inhabitants. Of these, small parts were slaves, but their rebellion was already manifested through the maroon. The first reference in this regard dates from 1777 when… Read More

The farmhouse or paddock was built on a cavalry ground from the Bermeja estate, donated by the Biscayan Martín José Zozaya. More than altruism and civilization, the gesture of its owner allowed him to earn money from the matter through the auction of the plots for sale. The cavalry, almost swampy site, was divided into 115 lots, leaving a cloth of earth for the church and another for the cemetery. This donation was made official on August 8, 1836, date that the Colombians have considered as the foundation of their city. In its first years of life new Bermeja, name… Read More

In the independence wars, Eusebio Hernández Pérez, a distinguished patriot of Columbus, and Antonio de Armas and La Coba were promoted to Brigadier Generals of the Liberating Army, Ricardo Trujillo, Rafael Águila, Joaquín García Pola, Clotilde García Morejón and Felino Álvarez Duarte received Colonel’s degree. The Colombian woman brought sacrifices to these struggles: Guadalupe Nodal (Lupe), wife of General Antonio de Armas, worked in insurrection camps in Villareños; Edelmira Guerra presided in Cienfuegos the Esperanza del Valle Women's Patriotic Club, which also advocated the emancipation of women and their right to political vote.  Despite its geographical position inland, without costs… Read More

During the Neocolonial Republic, the working class demanded the repair of the Tinguaro plant (after Sergio González), the reopening of the Libertad canned products plant, the payment of the sugar differential and the termination of the workers' dismissals. In these claims they had the support of the student movement of the Arts and Crafts and Commerce schools. The peasants of Banagüises, Neda, La Conchita and Flor de Cuba defended their lands from eviction attempts, especially in that last place where they were led by the Castro Mesa family of communists. With the establishment of the Batista tyranny, the revolutionary struggle… Read More

In these decades of Revolution, the Colombian people, under the guidance of the PCC, have been the protagonist of each task, mission or battle for the development of their locality, the nation and the rest of humanity. With the contest of their men and women, agrarian transformations in rural areas took place, illiteracy was eliminated in 1961, they beat the counterrevolutionary gangs and the mercenary invasion by Bay of Pigs was defeated. The Zafras from town were also possible and the construction of new industries such as the feed mill (now deactivated), the Antonio Rodríguez dairy or pasteurizer, the poultry… Read More

On the sport, 24 disciplines have been practiced locally, being baseball, boxing, athletics, cycling, basketball, chess, judo and volleyball the best results in national and international competitions. Fruit of the sports mass, Colombian athletes have contributed to the Cuban sports movement 7 Olympic medals, won by volleyball player Ana Ibis Fernández Valle (3 gold and one bronze), baseball player Juan Manrique García (1 gold and one silver) and boxer Gilberto Carrillo Quesada (1 of silver). In Central American and Pan American competitions, its top exponents have been the cyclists Lisandra Guerra and Raúl Vázquez Vázquez (The Locomotive of Colón), the… Read More