Aurelio Álvarez de la Vega
Aurelio Álvarez de la Vega was born in Camagüey in 1881. As a teenager he joined the Cuban Liberation Army. At the end of the war he was a member of […]
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Aurelio Álvarez de la Vega was born in Camagüey in 1881. As a teenager he joined the Cuban Liberation Army. At the end of the war he was a member of […]
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Por: Vicente Morín Aguado PROLOGO. Este 29 de septiembre, Yunior García Olivera, dramaturgo y artista cubano, líder visible del proyecto mediático opositor Archipiélago, publicó en la página de igual nombre
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