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Santiago Rafael Armada Suárez
Santiago Rafael Armada Suárez or Santiago Armada (20 June 1937, Palma Soriano – 29 May 1995, Havana) was a Cuban artist and designer. He was also known by the nickname Chago. Biography Armada entered the Havana Professional School of Business in 1954 where he studied bookkeeping. In May 1958 he created the cartoon character Julito 26, which later appeared in the El Cubano Libre newspaper. During the revolutionary insurrection he stood in the Sierra Maestra, while very young, and formed part of the José Martí Column 1. Armada composed several songs that were aired on the then newly opened Radio Rebelde station. In 1961 he co-founded the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (known by its acronym UNEAC) and in 1962 became a member of the Union of Journalists of Cuba (UPEC). He is considered, together with Servando Cabrera Moreno, Raul Martinez, Antonia Eiriz and Humberto Peña, as a participant in the visual artistic avant garde of the 60's decade. Work Armada published his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palma Soriano
Palma Soriano is a Cuban city and municipality in the Santiago de Cuba Province. With a population of 125,385 in the city proper, it is the second-largest in the province and the 16th-largest in Cuba. History The city was founded in 1825, uniting ranches (''haciendas'') that stood in this area, and was the place where the body of José Martí (the leader of the Cuban independence movement, killed in 1895, in the Battle of Dos Ríos) was brought before it was laid in its final resting place in Santiago de Cuba. Geography The city of Palma Soriano is located on the banks of the upper Cauto River. The municipality is divided into the localities of Aguacate, Arroyo Blanco, Candonga, Dos Palmas, Dos Ríos, El Maniel, Hatillo, Hicotea, La Candelaria, La Curia, Oriente, Ramón de Guaninao, Soledad, Yarayabo and other minor localities. Until the 1976 national municipal reform, it included the localities of Alto Cedro, Caney del Sitio, Guaninao, José Martí, Juan Barón, La Concepció ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
