Our Region

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 slaughterhouse XI World Youth and Students Festival, the soda factory and others . In volunteer work days, children's circles, medical institutions and educational centers were built. Towards numerous nations in Latin America, Africa and Asia, they have extended their solidarity through collaborations in public health, education, sports, culture, construction, etc., and 17 children from the territory offered their lives defending sovereignty and territorial integrity. From Angola and Ethiopia. 

From the social point of view, the Colombian population has reached in these decades high development rates comparable to those of industrialized nations. In public health, in addition to the construction of the new general hospital Doctor Mario Muñoz Monroy, first built entirely in Cuba by the Revolutionary Government, the polyclinics Gerardo Antonio Álvarez Álvarez, Carlos J. Finlay and Francisco Antonio Figueroa Vélis, the maternal home Eusebio were born Hernández, the Medical Sciences Branch of the same name, the health technician Doctor Mario Muñoz Monroy, and more than a hundred offices of the Family Doctor and Nurse with the aim of raising the quality of medical services to the residents, as well as your quality of life. Vaccination campaigns against 13 diseases that have been eradicated locally have been established, and the maternal and child program has reduced the death rate to 4 or 5 children killed per thousand live births. In view of the gradual aging of the population, care programs for the elderly have favored the quality of life of the elderly, who have the services of a nursing home, several grandparents' houses and community dining rooms. 

In education, new centers were built with free services: Eduardo R. Chibás, Felino Álvarez and Paulina Rodríguez elementary schools; the basic high schools José Martí, Guillermo Llabre and Antonio Rodríguez; ESBEC No.55 of Gispert (today IPA Gabriel Valiente); the Roberto "Coco" Peredo pedagogical school; the Juan Manuel Fernández Duque special education school, the Julio Padrón Armenteros polytechnic for agricultural mechanization, among others. After the Literacy Campaign the level of schooling of the population was rising and Columbus emerged victorious in the battles for the Sixth and Ninth Grades, until achieving the municipalization of university education with the new century, while at all levels Modern technologies are used for teaching, depending on the teaching - educational process, including computerization. 

Cultural work was strengthened with the creation of two history museums, a system of houses of culture, a network of public libraries and the rescue of the municipal concert band, which have allowed the municipality to obtain the headquarters of national events by the Cuban Culture and the Day of the Culture Worker. Two important media outlets are the Radio Llanura de Colón radio station and the Yumurí TV Correspondent Colón, which broadcast local events and neighboring municipalities to Cuba and the rest of the world. 

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