Guantanamo.- Guantánamo as in all Cuba today commemorates Eusebio Leal, the eternal historian of the Havana City, on the fifth anniversary of his passing.His moving words still resonate in the Cuban Upper East, when the then President of the Network of Offices of the Historian and Curator of Cuban Heritage Cities, spoken on August 15, 2011, on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the founding of Our Lady of the Assumption of Baracoa, the first Cuban town.
In his notable speech, Leal Spengler alluded to the eastern territory, where the conquest and colonization of Cuba began, and where the axes of the natives first clashed with the arquebuses and cannons of the Spanish invaders.
The loss of Eusebio Leal was a hard blow for the nation. Cuba lost not only a magnificent historian, but also a tireless fighter and savior of our traditions and heritage, ensuring the dazzling beauty of Old Havana, declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
We honor his wonderful life, which was too brief for those who loved him for his work and for himself.
