145 years after the Baraguá Protest, the pioneers of the Carlos Valdés de Bauta elementary school relived the historic event – a milestone in the 10-Year War and in the Cuban nation – in the special area of exploration of this town.
“When Antonio Maceo said no to the Zanjón Pact, he raised Cuban patriotism and the intransigence of not giving up. It is a transcendent fact, because it marked a change in the war, it was no longer one of the landowners who in 1868 freed their slaves, but rather a mulatto from a humble birth, but very Cuban,” the professor of Maikel Gonzalez story.
Right in a mango grove, the words of the Bronze Titan were heard again: “Keep that document, we don’t want to know anything about it.” The pupils were accompanied by Yamileth Mena, First Secretary of the Party in the municipality; Manuel Páez Salazar, director of the Palace of Pioneers Dionisio San Román; and students of different teachings.
This is an excellent medium because the little ones know their history of Cuba in another way. In particular, I really liked being here today, explained Mailén Pérez, a student of pedagogy, of labor practices at the ESBU Eduardo Bernabé Ordaz.