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Antonio de Armas and de la Coba (_ 31 / XII / 1870) As the cry for independence given by Céspedes in La Demajagua had no resonance in the Colombian jurisdiction, he marched with his wife Guadalupe Nodal (Lupe) to the insurgent camps in the old province of Las Villas, where he reached the rank of General in a few months. of the Liberation Army Brigade. While in Trinidad, the Father of the Fatherland appointed him Chief of the Colón District and ordered him to invade the rich Colombian plain with his troops to destroy his sugar base and free the slave… Read More

Ricardo Trujillo y Armas (Villa Clara, 13 / IX / 1953 _ Ciénaga de Zapata 19 / V / 1897) His life was linked to Columbus, as several members of his family settled here to manage haciendas and other properties, and they fought against Spanish colonialism. During the Ten Years War he was one of the few survivors of the Virginius expedition. While serving prison, he joined the Octavia steam expedition that landed in the eastern region. That contest ended as an assistant to Colonel Cecilio González and the rank of Commander of the Liberation Army. At Martí's call in 1895 he won a… Read More

Colonel Clotilde García Morejón (¿_ San José de los Ramos, 16 / VIII / 1896) There is no documentary evidence of the place and date of birth. Most of the historians locate his cradle in Recreo (today Máximo Gómez), others affirm that he came to the world on a farm near the town of San José de los Ramos. The truth is that with just over twenty years he rose up in arms in San José de los Ramos during 1895, waging several combative actions in the northeastern portion of the province of Matanzas. As the Mambisa invasion of Gómez y Maceo… Read More

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. Read More

Mario Muñoz Monroy (Colón, 26 / VII / 1912 _ Santiago de Cuba, 26 / VII / 1953) In 1942 he graduated as a General Physician, a profession he practiced in terroir with great ethics and humanism, giving free consultations to patients with low economic income. A lover of science and technology, he practiced photography in the studio of his father Marceliano, was a small ship pilot, a Class A radio amateur, filmed silent films and promoted the practice of sports based on his physical and mental health, the confrontation with board games for money and to raise funds for the La Caridad Orphan… Read More

Salvador Salazar Roig (Colón, 30 / VI / 1892 _ Havana, 10 / X / 1940) Doctor of Philosophy and Letters, Civil Law and Public Law. He was the forerunner of the Cuban university theater and one of the greatest exponents of academic oratory during the first half of the 20th century. He gave numerous conferences that were published, collaborated with important press organizations in the country, and also wrote poems, novels, and comedies. Among his works brought to the stage are the comedies The Other, The Caress, The Blind Hen, For the Force of Love and The True Aristocracy. During the Revolution of… Read More

Joaquín Ezequiel Pascual Gispert (Colón, 10 / IV / 1913 _ Havana, 2006) Doctor, professor and cadre of the Ministry of Public Health. He graduated as a General Practitioner in 1941, although he specialized in the study and treatment of neurological diseases in children, primarily autism, epilepsy, and West syndrome. For his valuable contributions to this branch of Medicine, he has been considered the Father of Cuban Neuropediatrics. He was Professor Emeritus at the University of Havana, published textbooks for the country's medical schools, had more than 200 publications in national and foreign magazines, and represented the country in numerous congresses, conferences,… Read More

Sánchez Álvarez Universe (San José de los Ramos, 22 / V / 1919 _ Havana, 14 / VIII / 2012) With the guidance of his father Julián Sánchez Prado, at the age of 15 he entered the ranks of the Communist Youth League and two years later became a member of the PCC. He was Secretary General of the Party in the old municipal district of San José de los Ramos, where he fought important battles for the improvement of public education, the distribution of idle land to peasants, the cessation of evictions in the countryside, the construction of the highway towards the city… Read More

Oscar Fernández Mel (Colón, 24 / III / 1931 - Havana, 23 / VI / 2019) Graduated as a doctor in Orthopedics and Traumatology at the University of Havana (1956), he provided services to clandestine wounded or injured combatants in Colón. Recorded by the intelligence services of the Batista tyranny, he went up to the Sierra Maestra. He joined the invading column No.8 Ciro Redondo led by Che, who promoted him to Captain of the Rebel Army and appointed him Chief of the Medical Services of the aforementioned column. He fulfilled numerous responsibilities during the Revolution in Power: President of the National Medical College, Chief… Read More

Gilberto María Espiñeira Cabrera (Perico 16 / X / 1924 _ Colón, 13 / XIII / 1957) As a child he settled with his family in the city of Colón. He was an active combatant and leader of the MR - 26 _ 7, reason why it got to evolve like Head of Action and Sabotage in the province of Matanzas. Recorded by the services of the Batista tyranny, he asked for political asylum in the Salvador embassy, ​​but when denied, he traveled to the town of Ceiba Mocha where he was arrested. After suffering horrible torture, his body appeared in an alley on the… Read More

José Ramón Zulueta Hernández (Colón, 5 / IV / 1936 _ Madruga, 23 / II / 1958) He entered MR - 26 - 7 in 1956 while studying at the Tirso Mesa Municipal School of Arts and Crafts in his hometown. There he also stood out in the practice of athletics, basketball and volleyball, reaching the 1955 Pepe Barrientos in Memoriam Athletic Festival with gold medals in the javelin throw and the 4 x 100 meter relay. For his courage and dedication to the revolutionary cause, he was appointed Provincial Chief of Action and Sabotage. While serving a movement mission, two Batista police officers intercepted him… Read More

Gabriel Valiente Martín (Spain, 6 / IV / 1896 _ Colón, 7 / XII / 1957) This Spanish immigrant from Salamanca, settled on the Colombian plain to earn a living as a small sugarcane colonist. He entered the ranks of the PCC and became a very combative peasant leader, as he led the struggles in the area against the evictions carried out by the North American Atlantic company of the Gulf, and demanded respect for the cane quotas agreed between the colonists and the central. Due to his incorruptible character and leadership, he was captured by the Batista army and killed in a small… Read More

José Miguel González Jiménez (Colón, 8 / V / 1921 _ Havana, 14 / VIII / 2005) Architect, ceramist, painter, teacher, and historian. Graduated from Architecture at the University of Havana (1950), he bequeathed a group of important works such as the Jagua hotels in Cienfuegos and Gran Caridad de Colón, in addition to banks and houses in several cities of the country, being awarded the National Architecture Prize that it was granted by the Executive Committee of the National College of Architects. His degree thesis on the Regulatory Plan of the City of Colón (1950) was valid until 1974, when he offered the… Read More