Rolando Jesús Rodríguez García

Cuban historian and researcher. Law graduate. He studied Philosophy and was a founding professor of the Philosophy Department at the University of Havana. Later he would become its director. In addition to teaching and directing the Department, he was appointed director of Revolutionary Editions.

In 1967, he founded and presided over the Cuban Institute of the Book and in 1976 was appointed vice minister of Culture and president of the Editorial Council of that ministry. In 1981 he moved to the Secretary of the Council of Ministers as head of the area of social affairs and, later, was appointed its coordinator. Currently he is an advisor for special affairs of that same entity.

He was born in Santa Clara. He completed his high school education at Colegio Martí. He participated in student struggles against the Batista dictatorship and was detained in 1957.

He studied law at the University of Havana, where he received his doctorate in 1962. He was a leader of the University Student Federation (FEU) at the University of Havana and founder of the University Brigades José Antonio Echeverría, which he joined on October 26, 1959.

He participated in the takeover of the University that initiated the university reform process. He joined in 1960 the Association of Rebel Youth (AJR) and moved in 1962 to the Union of Communist Youth (UJC).

In 1962 he began studying Philosophy at the National School of PURS Raúl Cepero Bonilla and graduated as a professor of this subject in 1963. He then moved to the University of Havana, as an assistant professor of Marxist philosophy. In 1964 he was appointed subdirector of the Philosophy Department and in 1966 was appointed director.

In 1961 he was in the Fight against Bandits, in the voluntary platoon of the AJR that went to Escambray. In 1962 he moved to battalion 154 and participated in the mobilizations at Girón, and in the October Crisis he was in the perimeter defense of the Guanajay rocket base.

Fidel Castro appointed him head of the Special Plan for Revolutionary Editions and in 1967 the Council of Ministers created the Institute of the Book and he was appointed its president.

In 1968 he asked to leave one of the two responsibilities, the Cuban Institute of the Book (ICL) or the Philosophy Department and the Commander in Chief decided that he remain at the ICL, at the head of which he remained until 1976. In that year he became vice minister of culture and president of the editorial council of the ministry.

In 1971 he founded the current system of publishing houses, among them Editorial Ciencias Sociales, creating its collections, highlighting "Word of Cuba". In that same year, at the invitation of President Salvador Allende, he provided advisory services in the editorial field to Chile.

At the invitation of the leadership of the Sandinista Front, he provided advisory services in the editorial field to Nicaragua in 1979. In 1980 he was transferred to the secretary of the Council of Ministers to attend to Education, Culture, Sports, Health, Communications and social affairs.

In 1989 he was appointed coordinator of the secretariat, while continuing to attend to Education, Culture, Sports, Health, Communications and social affairs and, furthermore, drafted the minutes of the council of ministers. In that year he published his novel Heavenly Republic, reprinted in Spain in 1990.

In 1996 Under the Skin of the Manigua came out, about the Ten Years War and the removal of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. From 1987 to 2001 he worked at the National Archive of Cuba, the National Library, the Coronado Archive of the Library of the Central University of Las Villas, the Institute of History of Cuba, the Provincial Archive of Sancti Spíritus, all of these in Cuba; at the National Archives, the Library of Congress and the New York Public Library, of the United States; at the National Historical Archive, the Archive of the Royal Palace of Madrid, the General Military Archives of Madrid and General Military of Segovia, both of the Institute of Military History and Culture, the National Library, the General Archive of Administration, of Alcalá de Henares, all of Spain; the National Library, Venezuela, and conducted interviews in Caracas and Maracay, Venezuela, with protagonists of passages linked to the history of Cuba and search for bibliographic sources.

He has delivered hundreds of lectures on the subject of Cuban history. He has been appointed Full Professor of Cuban History at the University of Havana and in 2002 member of the Chair of Cuban Research at the University of Nottingham, Great Britain, 2002. He serves as vice president of the Cultural and Scientific Foundation of Madrid José Martí and is its representative in Cuba.

He chaired the jury for the National Publishing Award, Havana, 1999. He chairs one of the courts for the History Awards organized by the National FEU, 2008. He has been a mentor for two diploma works, in the degree in history, at the University of Havana, on autonomism.

Rated with 5 and commendation from the court. He received the National Award for Social Sciences 2007, awarded during the XVII Book Fair Book Fair of 2008, Havana, Cuba. Coverage in Trabajadores and in La Jiribilla. In the framework of the XVIII International Book Fair 2009, he will be awarded the National History Award 2008.

He has published numerous works in Cuban and foreign press and given dozens of lectures at universities and academic and cultural centers in Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia and Spain. He is a member of the Chair of Cuban Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, Great Britain.

Academic Training
-Doctor of Law, University of Havana, 1963
-Postgraduate for the training of Philosophy professors, 1963
Academic Positions
-Founder and special professor of the Philosophy Department, University of Havana, 1963
-Assistant professor, University of Havana, 1964
-Subdirector of the Philosophy Department, University of Havana, 1964
-Director of the Philosophy Department, University of Havana, 1966
-Chief of the Prime Minister's special project for the edition of university textbooks,
1965
-Member of the Chair of Cuban Research at the University of Nottingham, Great
Britain, 2002
-Full professor of Cuban History, House of Advanced Studies Don Fernando Ortiz, of the
University of Havana
Professional Positions
-Founder of the Cuban Institute of the Book, of which he is appointed Director General, 1967
-Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture, 1976
-President of the Editorial Council of the Ministry of Culture, 1977
-Advisor and head of the Area of Social Affairs, of the Secretary of the Council of Ministers, for matters of education, culture, health and sports, 1981
-Coordinator of the Secretary of the Council of Ministers, head of the Area of Social Affairs and
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drafter of the minutes of the Council of Ministers, 1988
-Advisor for special affairs of the Secretary of the Council of Ministers, 1989
-Official of the Secretary of the Council of Ministers, 2010
Research
1964 to 1965: The problem of alienation in Marxist philosophy. Sponsoring entity:
Philosophy Department, University of Havana.
1980 to 1985: The 1930 revolution. Research centers: National Library, Institute of
History and interviews with participants.
1987 to 2001: Colonial history of Cuba and the neocolonial republic. Research centers:
National Archive, National Library, Coronado Archive of the Library of the Central University of Las Villas, Institute of History of Cuba, Provincial Archive of Sancti Spíritus, Cuba;
National Archives, Library of Congress and New York Public Library, USA; National Historical Archive, Archive of the Royal Palace, General Military Archives of Madrid and General Military of Segovia, of the Institute of Military History and Culture, and National Library, General Archive of Administration, Alcalá de Henares, Spain; National Library, Venezuela, and interviews in Caracas and Maracay, Venezuela, with protagonists of passages linked to Cuban history and search for bibliographic sources.
Publications
Books
-Directs the preparation of Revolution in Education, compilation of the educational thinking
of Commander Fidel Castro, Havana, 1973
-Directs the preparation of In close and eternal friendship, about the visit of Leonid Brezhnev to Cuba,
Havana, 1973
-Directs the preparation of the yearbook Cultural Profile of 1978, Havana, 1979
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-Directs the preparation of the yearbook Cultural Profile of 1979, Havana, 1980
-Heavenly Republic, historical novel about the 1930 revolution in Cuba, Havana, 1989. It was
presented that same year in Madrid, in 1990 in Mexico City and Cuernavaca and in 1991 in
Caracas.
-Cuba: 1930 (novel). Spanish edition of Heavenly Republic, Madrid, 1995.
-Under the Skin of the Manigua, historical work about the Ten Years War, Havana, 1996.
-Cuba: the forging of a nation, two volumes, about the Cuban nineteenth century, Havana, 1998.
-The Unfinished Revolution. The Protest of Baraguá against the Pact of Zanjón, Havana, 1999.
-Cuba: the forging of a nation (second edition, corrected and expanded), Barcelona, 1999.
-Dos Ríos: on horseback and with the sun on his face, Havana, 2000.
-Martí: the documents of Dos Ríos, Santa Clara, 2001.
-A memorable edition: the Diary of Che in Bolivia, Santa Clara, 2002.
-Dos Ríos: on horseback and with the sun on his face, Havana, 2nd edition, 2003.
-"The borderless thought and action of Julio Antonio Mella", in Mella; 100 years, Havana,
2003.
-"Mella in Mexico", in Two centuries of Cuban liberation thought, Havana, 2003.
-The taking of Las Tunas; definitive defeat of Spanish arms in Cuba, Las Tunas, 2004.
-Cuba: the forging of a nation, Havana, 2006, second Cuban edition, three volumes.
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"The last dispute of the revolution: the Assembly of Cerro and Máximo Gómez", in Máximo
Gómez: 100 years. Havana, 2006.
-Fragment of Heavenly Republic, in Guiteras, 100 years, Santiago de Cuba, 2007.
-Cuba: The masks and the shadows: the first occupation, 2007, Havana, in two volumes
- A memorable edition: the diary of Che in Bolivia. Second edition, Santa Clara, 2007.
- "The Gómez Maceo Plan", in Máximo Gómez in perspective. Editorial Oriente, Santiago de Cuba,
2007.
-"A debt to Raúl Roa", in Raúl Roa: Imaginaries, Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, Havana, 2008.
-Cuba: roots in time. Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, Havana, 2009
He has in the process of publication at Imagen Contemporánea, of the House of Advanced Studies Don
Fernando Ortiz, of the University of Havana, the work The Conspiracy of Equals, the armed protest of the Independents of Color in 1912.
He has in publication at Ciencias Sociales Cork Republic, from Tomás Estrada Palma to José
Miguel Gómez.
Articles in journals and newspapers in Cuba and abroad and other publications
-Juventud Rebelde, Cuba: Critique of the work of Franz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth, 1965.
-Magazine The World of Books, Soviet Union: The Cuban editorial system, 1975.
-Bulletin of Publishing Houses and Bookstores, GDR: A small library in every family, 1980.
-Bohemia Magazine, Cuba: Critique of an exhibition of the plastic art of Juan Duporté, 1981
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-Granma, Cuba: Conversing with Mirta (portrait of Mirta Aguirre), 1981.
- " " : An image on the back of a caricature of Juan David (portrait of Juan David), 1981
-Granma, Cuba: Tina Modotti, a life like a legend, 1990.
- " " : Mella: the forging of an intimate friendship, 1991.
-Bulletin Editorial Promotion, of UNAM, Mexico: The book and culture in Cuba, 1991 .
-Granma, Cuba: Martí at Dos Ríos, 1996.
- " " : Varela still has much to tell us, 1997.
- " and Granma Internacional, Cuba: The Maine on its journey without return, 1998.
-Juventud Rebelde, Cuba: Diabolic democracy, 1998.
-Magazine Contracorriente, Cuba: The '98: first hours of the war, 1998.
-Education Magazine, Spain: A Cuban vision of '98, 1998.
-Granma and Granma Internacional, Cuba: Simply, a friend (memories of commander
Manuel Piñeiro), 1998.
-El País, Spain: Martí: the death he did not seek, 1998.
-Magazine Temas, Cuba: The dissolution of the Liberation Army, the great objective of the United States, 1998.
-Magazine American Debates, Cuba: The '98, epiphany of the new imperialism, 1998.
-Granma, Cuba: The '98: the decisive Cuban participation in the Santiago de Cuba campaign,
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1998.
-Bohemia Magazine, Cuba: The '98: The announced war, 1998
-ABC, Spain: The Cubans in the Santiago de Cuba campaign, 1998.///
-ABC, Spain: The international context at the time of the '98 war, 1998.
-ABC, Spain: Cuba and Santo Domingo: José Martí and Máximo Gómez, 1998.
-ABC, Spain: The '98: The weapons of diplomacy or the diplomacy of weapons?, 1998.
-Magazine Tareas, Panama: The '98; Cuba and the splendid little war announced, 1998.
-ABC, Spain: Cuba, South Africa and the defeat of apartheid, 1998.
-Magazine Bimestre Cubana: The borderless thought and action of Julio Antonio Mella, 1998.
-Granma, Cuba: Mella: The death of a continental leader, 1999.
-ABC, Madrid: The general Bolívar's labyrinth, 1999.
-Magazine Contracorriente, Cuba: Bolívar at the time of Cuban independence, 1999.
-Magazine Military History, Spain: The campaign of the invasion to the west in 1895. A Cuban vision, 1999.
-ABC, Spain: Cuba and Spain: the ties that bind us, 1999.
-Granma, Cuba: The catastrophe of Punta Brava, 1999.
-Magazine Contracorriente: In praise of Dr. Isabel Monal, 1999.
-ABC, Spain: A royal visit to Havana, in the nineteenth century, 2000.
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-Juventud Rebelde: Dos Ríos: following the footsteps of José Martí, 2000.
-ABC, Spain: Martí at Dos Ríos, 2001.
-Magazine Military History, Spain: Cuba and military and diplomatic victory over apartheid South Africa: a Cuban point of view, 2001.
-Juventud Rebelde, Cuba: The documents of Martí at Dos Ríos, 2001.
-American Debates, Cuba: Genesis and development of the Cuban Institute of the Book (1965-1980): memory and reflection, 2001.
-Juventud Rebelde, Cuba: A memorable edition; the diary of Che in Bolivia, 2001.
-ABC, Madrid: The English in Havana, 2002.
-Prologue to the book It is worth living, by Luis Báez, Barcelona, 2002.
-Granma, Cuba: Martí: There will be no pain, humiliation, mortification, trouble, cruelty, that I will not accept in service of my country, 2003.
-Granma, Cuba: The definitive defeat of Spanish arms in Cuba, 2003.
-Presents the painting exhibition on Martí, I know of a giant painter, Executive Committee of the Council of Ministers. Havana, 2003.
-Prologue to the book of paintings on Martí, sponsored by the Executive Committee of the Council of Ministers, I know of a giant painter, 2003.
-Juventud Rebelde: The Protest of Baraguá; the power of ideas, 2004.
-La Jiribilla (digital): The decade of the '60; a look back, 2004.
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-Granma and Granma digital: The integration of Latin America Will isolated sheep be able to resist?, 2005.
-ABC, Madrid: The imposition on Cuba of the Platt Amendment, 2005.
-La Letra del Escriba: The emergence of the Cuban Institute of the Book, 2005.
-Cuba Socialista: A bet on Marxism, 2006.
-La Jiribilla (digital edition): Origin of the Cuban Institute of the Book, memory and reflection, 1967-
1980.
-Magazine Bimestre Cubana: An apocryphal document: The Breackreazon Memorandum also titled Breckinridge. 2007
-Prologue to the book Cuba and the defense of the Spanish republic. Editorial Endimión, Madrid, 2006.
-Introduction to the catalog of reproductions The campaign of Cuba and news items, Málaga, Spain,
2006.
-La Jiribilla on paper no. 71. Estrada Palma. "…political dependence is preferable". 2007
-Digital magazine La Jiribilla, no. 335: An apocryphal document: The Breackreazon Memorandum
also titled Breckinridge, 2007.
-Interview for La Letra del Escriba, January-February 2008, no. 66.
-Bohemia Magazine: The fateful hour of the Maine, 2008.
-Magazine of the National Library, nos. 1-2: Estrada Palma: "political dependence is preferable…". 2008.
-Calibán digital no. 1: Presence of the Protest of Baraguá. 2008.
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-Calibán digital no. 2: An apocryphal document: The Breackreazon Memorandum also titled
Breckinridge. 2009
Passive Bibliography
-Pedro Pablo Rodríguez, "Jorge Ibarra, passion for History", Gaceta de Cuba, Havana no.
6, 2001.
-Enrique Ubieta: On history, myths and men. Editora Política, Havana, 1999.
-Marial Iglesias: The metaphors of change in daily life. Cuba 1898-1902. Havana,
2002, UNEAC.
-Raúl Roa: The fire of the seed in the furrow, Letras Cubanas, Havana, 1982.
-Pamela María Smorkaloff: Literature and book publishing. Letras Cubanas. Havana, 1987
-Barbarroja, compilation by Luis Suárez, Tricontinental, Havana, 1999.

-Yamil Díaz: Martí Chronicles. Ediciones Capiro. Santa Clara, 2000.
-Fernando Flores: I was an enemy of Fidel. Ediciones LOM, Santiago de Chile, 2001.
-Tony Piñera: History as protagonist. Granma, Havana, August 16, 1995
-José A. Tabares. Cuba: the forging of a nation, Granma, Havana, November 5, 1998
-Mauricio Vicent: The Maine at 100 years. El País, Madrid, February 10, 1998
-Pedro García: The Protest that annulled the Zanjón, Granma, Havana, November 3, 1999.
-Rigoberto Segreo: From Compostela to Bishop Espada. Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, Havana,
2000.
-Marta Bizcarrondo and Antonio Elorza: Cuba/Spain. Ediciones Colibrí, Madrid, 2001.
-Enrique Ubieta: Dos Ríos, last days of the delegate. Granma, Havana, June 1, 2001
-Josef Opatrný and Consuelo Naranjo: Visiting the island. Topics on Cuban history. Madrid, Ahila.
2002.
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-Armando Hart: On horseback and with the sun on his face. Granma, Havana,. February 26, 2002
-Pedro de la Hoz: Memorable testimonies and documents, Granma,.Havana, March 2,
2002
-Luis Gómez Amador. The death of the apostle. El Nuevo Herald. Miami, May 20, 2005
-Victor Marrero: Spain's definitive defeat in Cuba. Granma, Havana, February 9,
2005
-Pedro de la Hoz: From fear in the classroom to true history. Granma. February 7, 2006
-Luis Hernández Serrano. Cat condemned to death for eating a sparrow. Juventud Rebelde.
Havana, March 15, 2006
-Osvaldo Martínez. In praise of Rolando Rodríguez. La Jiribilla, Havana, February 2007
-Pedro de la Hoz. The lesson of Rolando. Granma, Havana, December 19, 2007
-Yinet Polanco: Present Cuba, the masks and the shadows. La Jiribilla. Havana, December 18,
2007
-Rafael Rojas: Dilemmas of new history. Espacio Laical, Cuba. 2008
-Yinet Polanco: Regarding an award. La Jiribilla, Havana, January 12, 2008
Emilio Ichikawa Cuba, United States and a recent book. Global radiography. com 2008
Rodolfo Zamora: Between masks and chiaroscuro, history. Juventud Rebelde, Havana, May 10,
2008
-Rafael Rojas: The tricks of officialism. El Nuevo Herald, Miami, February 11, 2009
-Amelia Duarte: Roots of history, Granma, July 22, 2009.
Lectures Given
-The role of Latin American universities in the social process, Universidad de San Marcos,
Lima, Peru, 1971
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-Culture in the contemporary social process, Congress of Bulgarian Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria,
1977
-Cuba: the republic and the revolution, National Autonomous University (UNAM), Iberoamerican University, Workers' University, Mexico City, Mexico, 1990
-Cuba: challenges and perspectives: National College of Economists, and National Youth Director of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, Mexico City, Mexico, 1990.
-Evolution of Cuban Culture, nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Carabobo University and Simón Bolívar University, Maracay, Venezuela, 1991
-Cuba today, Central University of Caracas, Catholic University Andrés Bello, Caracas,
Venezuela, 1991.
-The book in Cuba, First Meeting of Ibero-American Publishers, Havana, 1996
-Cuba and its political, economic and social situation, Headquarters of ONCE, Madrid, and Castle of San Marcos, El Puerto de Santa María, Spain, 1996.
-Genesis and development of Cuban Institute of the Book, Faculty of Social Communication of the University of Havana, 1997.
-The '98: an announced war, José Martí National Library, Havana, 1998.
-José Antonio Saco and the keys to his time, Research and Development Center of Juan Marinello Culture, Havana, 1998.
-Causes of the Spanish-Cuban-American war, II Workshop "The press vision of two wars",
Havana, 1998.
-Bolívar and the conquest of Cuban independence, Bolivarian Museum of the Quinta San Pedro Alejandrino, Santa Marta, Colombia, 1998.
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-In praise of Dr. Isabel Monal, on the occasion of the awarding of the National Prize for Social Sciences,
Havana, 1999.
-Bolívar and Cuba, Santiago de Cali University, Cali, Colombia, 1999.
-Cuba at the threshold of the twenty-first century, Antonio Nariño University, Cali, Colombia, 1999.
-Cuba: keys to its history, Eighth Colombian Meeting of Organizations in Solidarity with Cuba, Cali, Colombia, 1999.
-Cuba: keys to its history, Center for Molecular Immunology, Cuba, 1999.
-The defeat: alternative to unity in Cuban independence, cycle of five lectures, Coordination and Support Team of the Commander in Chief, 1999.
-Two centuries of Cuban history, Training course for cadres of the Ministry of Education, Havana, 2000.
-Cuba at the threshold of the twenty-first century, headquarters of Ponferrada, of the Distance University, Spain, 2000.
-History and nation, at the House of Nationality of Bayamo, Cuba, 2002.
-Mella in Mexico, University of Havana, 2003.
-Round table Fifteen years of the Cuban Institute of the Book. Martí Library, Santa Clara, 2003.
-Cuba: keys to its history, Núñez Jiménez Foundation for Nature and Mankind, Havana, 2002.
-Cuba and its history, Higher Pedagogical Institute of Sancti Spíritus, 2002.
-Cuba and its history, City Government, Trinidad, 2002.
-The Martí project, José Martí Memorial, Havana, 2003.
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-Reason and presence of the Protest of Baraguá, Seminar The Maceo-Grajales Family, House of Advanced Studies Don Fernando Ortiz, University of Havana, 2003.
-José Martí: when death is not truth. Provincial Library José Martí, Santa Clara. 2003.
-José Martí: from Fernandina to Dos Ríos. VII National Workshop of City Historians. Las Tunas. 2003
-José Martí: from Fernandina to Dos Ríos. Higher Pedagogical Institute Félix Varela. Santa Clara. 2003
-Reason and presence of the Protest of Baraguá. Institute of History of Cuba, 2003
-The Protest of Baraguá. University Student Federation. University of Havana, 2003
-Mella and Venezuelan liberation, San Juan de los Morros, Edo. Guárico, Venezuela, 2004
-The revolutionary and political thought of Antonio Maceo. Historical Day. Antonio Maceo and Máximo Gómez in Caribbean liberation thought. Institute of History of Cuba, 2005.
-General Bolívar in Latin America today, World Bolivarian Congress, Santa Marta,
Colombia, 2005.
-History: will or circumstances. Panel on current historiography at the congress "With all and for the good of all", Havana, 2005.
-Lecture on the fall of Martí at Dos Ríos to the Hermanos Saíz Association, Dos Ríos, 2006.
-Lecture Máximo Gómez and the dispute with the Assembly of Cerro. Heritage Center. Santa Clara, 2006.
-Lecture The Uprising of Las Villas in the Revolution of 1868. Heritage Center. Santa
Clara, 2007.
-Estrada Palma: a servile ruler. Dulce María Loynaz Center. Havana, 2007.
-The long road: from banner to banner, Center for Historical Studies, MINFAR, 2007.
-Reason and presence of the protest of Baraguá. MININT, 2008.
-Interview on Havana Radio Life and work of Rolando Rodríguez: weapons of good caliber. 2008.
-In praise of Bohemia Magazine on its centenary. Aula Magna of the University of Havana,
2008.
-Dos Ríos: fall of a hero. Heritage Center, Santa Clara, 2008.
-Dos Ríos: death of a hero, National School of the UJC, 2008.
- Presents at Hotel Inglaterra the book "Autonomism in the crucial hours of the nation", 2009
-Presents at the XVIII Book Fair "Autonomism in the crucial hours of the nation", 2009
-Presents at the Central University Marta Abreu, Santa Clara, the book "Autonomism in the crucial hours of the nation", 2009
-Gives the lecture "Estrada Palma: …political dependence is preferable", Heritage Center Santa Clara, 2009
-Lecture Dos Ríos; the fall of a hero. Commemorative memorial to Martí, monument of Revolution Square, 2009.
-Lecture Dos Ríos; the fall of a hero. Provincial Organization of Havana, of the Union of Historians of Cuba, 2009.
-Lecture on design at the Cuban Institute of the Book, 1960 to 1970. Centro Pablo de la Torriente Brau, Havana, 2009.
Presentation of Roots in time. Book Fair, La Cabaña, Havana, 2010.
General Bolívar and Cuban independence. Heritage Center, Santa Clara, 2010.
Reason and presence of the protest of Baraguá. Headquarters of the Central Committee of the PCC, 2010.
Elections under United States occupation. Buenos Días Magazine. Channel 10, 2010.

Main Events in Which He Has Participated
-Seminar for International Cooperation. Organization of the United Nations, New York,
1966.
-Chairs Cuban delegations to biennial conferences of publishing organizations of the socialist bloc in Moscow, Prague, Warsaw, Havana and Ulan Bator, 1967 to 1978.
-Delegate to the Cultural Congress of Havana, 1968.
-Chairs the Cuban delegation to the UNESCO Regional Conference for the Promotion of the Book and the creation of the Center for the Promotion of the Book in Latin America (CERLAL), Bogotá. Elected vice president of the Conference. Bogotá, 1969
-Participates in the international seminar Culture, society and economy. Havana, 1980
-Presents at the House of America, in Madrid, the work of Alberto Schommer The Life, 1994, photographic essay on Havana. Madrid, 1995
-Participates in the workshop Ethics and politics on the frontier of our America, at the Center for Martí Studies. Havana, 1997
-Presents a paper on the panel 1898: the Spanish-Cuban-American War, during the XIV World Festival of Youth and Students. Havana, 1997
-Participates as a special guest at the XIII National History Congress. Havana, 1997
-Participates on the panel on the Spanish-Cuban-American War, at the 8th International Book Fair. Havana, 1998
-Presents to the II Congress of Latin American Historians, the papers Julio Antonio Mella in the perspective of an American left and Cuba and the Caribbean in the imperialist determination of '98. Havana, 1998
-Presents at the Madrid Atheneum, at the meeting "From '98 to '98" two papers: Cuba, Spain
and the United States: the path of an announced war and The '98: the Santiago campaign. Madrid, 1998
-Participates on the panel of the 6th International Conference on European Studies, on the wars of '95 and '98, with the paper The '98: the keys to the conflict, Havana, 1998
-Participates as a special guest at the VI Congress of the Union of Cuban Writers and Artists. Havana, 1998
-Participates as a special guest at the XV History Congress. Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, 1999.
-Participates in the II Congress of Latin American Historians. Havana, 1999.
-Participates in the V Euro-Latin American Communication Forum, held in Havana, on Mediatic Interaction between Europe and Latin America, Havana, 1999.
-Opening remarks at the Scientific Workshop From colony to neocolony. One hundred years after the first occupation of Cuba by the USA, Institute of History of Cuba, Havana, 1999.
-Participates as a presenter at the workshop History, the historian, Cuban society and the challenges of the new millennium, sponsored by UNHIC, Havana, 2000.
-Participates in the Scientific Workshop Bibliographic inaccuracies regarding the Maceo family,
sponsored by UNHIC, Havana, 2000.
-Participates in the IV Meeting of Cuban and British academics, Havana, 2001.
-Participates as a special guest at the XV History Congress. Santiago de Cuba, 2001.
-Participates as guest of honor at the national assembly of the José Martí Cultural Society, Havana, 2002.