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BIOGRAPHY OF CONSTANTINO BARREDO GUERRA. Constantino Barredo Guerra, was born on April 12, 1911 on the farm "Desempeño", Quintana neighborhood, Municipality of Perico. Years after his birth, the family will live in the town of Carlos Rojas, in whose civil registry he is registered. Later, his parents established their domicile in the city of Cárdenas, a town that was then the most industrially developed place in the Province. With some savings they can make, by moving from a cane cutter to a weigher on a ferry near Carlos Rojas, the father acquires a small cafeteria establishment, from whose business he… Read More

PORFIRIO MANUEL RIZO'S BIOGRAPHY. Porfirio Manuel Rizo was born on May 4, 1923, in Máximo Gómez, Matanzas province, his parents were Juana Laudelina Rizo Amat and León Cabrera; Although he only had his mother's last name, because he was a natural son. His childhood developed surrounded by great poverty, so he could not attend school until he was 14 years old, when he started primary school, having to leave it, to work in the sugar harvest, thus helping the father in supporting his brothers, because he had lost his mother at the age of 8 years. Porfirio was a young… Read More

BIOGRAPHY OF FERNANDO ALFONSO TORICE. Fernando Alfonso Torices, was born in Máximo Gómez, Matanzas province, on May 27, 1927, being his parents Andrés Manuel and Inocencia. Of humble, peasant origin, whose main work was agriculture. The father was the only one who worked to support his five children. As a child, he studied at Public School No. 4, reaching the 5th grade. He leaves his studies to start as a worker to help support his family. He works as an agricultural worker in road construction, also in the El Roque Canal. From a young age, he understood the injustice prevailing… Read More

   BIOGRAPHY OF DANIEL LEON DIAZ.  Daniel León Díaz was born on January 3, 1940 in Martí s / n street, in Perico, Matanzas province.    He was the ninth of the twelve children of Martín and Aurelia, from a humble and peasant family. He studies his primary studies at the Luz y Caballero public school, reaching the sixth grade. He could not continue to improve himself due to the precarious economic situation in which they lived, so he helps in the maintenance of the house, working as a canteen dealer for the road workers who work in  the fields near the… Read More

  BIOGRAPHICAL DATA OF FRANCISCO SOTOLONGO RODRÍGUEZ. Francisco Sotolongo Rodríguez, was born on January 25, 1940, at Finca Reglita, in Perico. He was the eldest of the four children of Segundo Juan Francisco Sotolongo and Alejandrina Rodríguez, of humble origin. His father a worker, mechanical assistant of Central Spain and his mother dedicated to household chores. Since he was a child he has lived in Perico, on Calle González # 48. Those who had his friendship affirm that I liked studying, but the economic situation of his house and the reality of his country did not allow him to improve himself.… Read More

BIOGRAPHY OF RAMON BAUTISTA RODRIGUEZ MILIAN. Ramón Bautista Rodríguez Milián was born on August 21, 1926, in the town of El Roque, municipality of Perico, province of Matanzas, son of Felipe and Ana Columba. His childhood was spent in the greatest poverty, as he was orphaned by his mother from an early age and his father, an agricultural worker exploited by the bosses, was unable to care for him and needed to hand him over to a family in Cárdenas, where he lived for some years. There he began his studies in a Public School and upon reintegrating himself into… Read More