Pelayo María Villanueva Valverde (Colón, 10/12/1871 _ Havana, 9 / VIII / 1940)
Journalist, educator and historian. He directed the newspapers Paz y Libertad and the illustrated magazine La Nueva Senda. He devoted his life to the rescue of the historical memory of the town from the foundation of the city in 1836 to the years of the Machadista tyranny, writing for the municipality's schools his emblematic work Historia de Colón in three volumes and the Centennial Magazine. He was a member of the Cuban Academy of History and the Colombians have recognized him as El Historiador de Colón.
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