A Wisconsin Medical Project trip is covered in a 10/1 article at wkowtv.com.  It features the experiences of Frank Byrne, president of St Mary’s Hospital.

When it comes to taking care of people– borders don’t matter for healthcare professionals. That certainly couldn’t be more true for the president of St. Mary’s Hospital.

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Through the Wisconsin Medical Project, Frank, along others from St. Mary’s, Dane County health leaders, and even his 16-year-old son…

From Radio Cadena Agramonte

For Jacinto Jaime García his 1922 Ford Model T is something more than a vintage car; it is much more personal than his own name since this car has belonged to the patrimony of the family for many years, once his father drove it home in 1944.

There isn’t any crack nor fault on the car that Jaime doesn’t recognize. Mechanic and lathe operator, Jaime García is like…

Reported in Radio Cadena Agramonte , Camagüey Television, and The International Plant Names Index.

Botanists from Camagüey have developed and reproduced a new variety of orchid.  Fittingly, it is called Orchidaceae Encyclia × camagueyensis, common name, Amalia

From Radio Cadena Agramonte (translation theirs)

Camagüey General Cemetery, the oldest graveyard still in operation in Cuba, was founded on May 3, 1814, in what was then the outskirt of Puerto Principe; and today is part of Camagüey city, National Monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Architect Adela García Yero, who has a master degree in Conservation and Rehabilitation of the Built Heritage, has devoted most of her research career to study the…

From Radio Cadena Agramonte (translation theirs)

Magnificent and reddish the sun rose at their backs. The stars that had helped Captain Mariano Barberán to trace out the route to be followed by no less heroic Lieutenant Joaquín Collar were fading away. It was the dawn of June 10th, 1933.

The two pilots, who represented the corps of aviators of the then, Republic of Spain, were about to set, on board of…

From Radio Cadena Agramonte:

Those who have discovered Camaguey through tourist guides, maps or Internet, could think that the wide territory of this province is made only by large meadows, thousands of hectares sown with different crops, beautiful beaches bathed by the Atlantic Ocean, or simply an old inland city seasoned with tinajones and palm trees. But this Cuba’s eastern region shows other nuances.

Here, the visitor who wishes to see each detail…

From Radio Cadena Agramonte

Baseball or ballet: that is the question

By Gualveris Rosales Sánchez .

Baseball or ballet: that is the question Choosing between the popular bat-and-ball game and the elite theatrical art was the dilemma Rafael Saladrigas Ruíz, current maître and main regisseur of the Ballet of Camagüey, had to solve when he was just 11 years old.

His decision would determine his career and his life, and why not, it would…

With appreciation to Conoce mi Camagüey.  Any errors of  translation are mine.

Children playing, the smile of a grandfather, the joy of first love, the shade of the ceiba tree, the carob and the eucalyptus,  the first steps of the child and always the return — they invite us to the Casino Campestre, a treasure of Camagüey.

The main green space of the city, the park is a regular gathering-place for the…

On discovering the essence of a fine Cuban cigar

“Just say no,” is the prescription offered by moralists
“Don’t smoke,” that’s good advice, except . . .
When one encounters the essence of Cuba, in the rolled product of Cuba’s land
When one experiences the spiritual uplifting that comes with a deep draw
When one sets aside standard proscriptions and considers another path to nirvana
When one sits backs, lights up, accepts, as intimately as a…

 Travel Prep
The total cost of the trip we paid to Marazul, the travel agent was around $1,150. We originally authorized Marazul to charge up to $1,000 on our credit card for each person for the trip. We had to give 2 additional authorizations as charges were added that…