By Gerardo Ortega
Outstanding surgeon, Director of the Sanatorium of the Spanish Colony, Rector of the Raymundo Esercio Menocal Civil Hospital, president of the Cuban Medical Council in its Pinareña Branch, Member of the Superior Council of the Cuban Medical Federation and Delegate of the American Medical Federation.

By Gerardo Ortega Rodríguez
Cirilo Villlaverde is undoubtedly, in Cuban literature, the best known among the Pinar del Rio writers of the last century; the mere mention of his novel Cecilia Valdés would justify this assertion, since the popularity of the work and its artistic stature, for the century and place in which it was created, would be the best defense of the criteria already exposed.

By Marcia Álvarez
Illustrious doctor and famous gynecologist, credited as a notable architect for his beautiful palace, sometimes poet and patriot throughout life, was a constant conspirator for national freedom, distinguishing himself by his endearing love he called his beloved Cuba.