{"id":4818,"date":"2026-02-20T14:38:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/?p=4818"},"modified":"2026-02-21T14:44:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T18:44:44","slug":"centenary-of-fidel-castro-commemorated-through-philately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/centenary-of-fidel-castro-commemorated-through-philately-20022026\/","title":{"rendered":"Centenary of Fidel Castro Commemorated Through Philately"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cuba\u2019s Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed National Library served as the venue on February 18 for a commemoration of the centenary of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro through philately.<\/p>\n

As part of the Camino al Centenario series, Professor Juan Hern\u00e1ndez Machado\u2014recipient of the 2012 National Philately Award and secretary of activities of the Cerro Philatelic Circle\u2014presented the lecture Lo m\u00e1s importante: la ni\u00f1ez y la juventud. In his remarks, he emphasized how the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution gradually became aware of the importance of these stages of life and everything he carried out to promote the development of these age groups, as well as their incorporation into the revolutionary project.<\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez Machado, also a member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) and the National Union of Historians of Cuba (UNHIC), spoke before a group of twelfth\u2011grade students from Jos\u00e9 Miguel P\u00e9rez P\u00e9rez Pre\u2011University Institute. They were accompanied by their teachers and by Yah\u00edma Huerta, ideological secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Young Communist League in Havana. The students found this first experience of approaching history through philately highly instructive.<\/p>\n

Also in attendance were Roque L\u00f3pez Ruiz, president of the Cuban Philatelic Federation; V\u00edctor Manuel Falc\u00f3n, president of the Cerro Philatelic Circle; representatives of the Fidel Castro Ruz Center and the Cuban Postal Museum; as well as philatelists, historians, literacy campaign veterans, revolutionary combatants, and philately enthusiasts from Havana\u2019s Cerro municipality.<\/p>\n

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Gabriel Vega Acosta, president of the Federation of Secondary Education Students at the school, expressed his gratitude, on behalf of his classmates and himself, for the presentation, through which they learned important episodes of the life and work of the Commander in Chief that had previously been unknown to them.<\/p>\n

The importance of such encounters with history for young people was underscored, and another event considered highly beneficial for students will be scheduled.<\/p>\n

In this way, organizers put into practice what Fidel stated on May 11, 1959, during an event held at the University of Havana: \u201cOur youth must strive to acquire the knowledge that is most useful to the nation at every moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Translated by Luis E. Amador Dominguez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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