Adolfo Dollero (November 11, 1872), son of Tancredi Dollero and Ernestina Cane, was an Italian Mexican historian who travelled and lived in many countries in Latin America. He married Maria Luisa Paoletti, countess of Rodoretto, from the region of Piemonte in Italy. He authored various books among them:
México al día (impresiones y notas de viaje), 1911, publisher Paris/México, Librería de la Viuda de C Bouret, 972 pagine, con immagini
Il Messico d’oggi, 1914, Milano, Ulrico Hoepli ed, 909 pagine, con 300 illustrazioni, 20 tavole e una carta itineraria
¿El problema social ha sido ó no el móvil de las últimas revoluciones mexicanas?, 1915, en: La Reforma Social, La Habana, Tomo IV, abril a julio de 1915, pp 412–423
Consideraciones sobre la guerra europea, 1915, en: La Reforma Social, La Habana, Tomo V, agosto a noviembre de 1915, pp 29–47
Cultura Cubana/Cuban Culture, 1916, Habana, Imprenta “El Siglo XX”, 478 pagine, bilingue: spagnolo e inglese, con numerose immagini
Las simpatias de Cuba por Italia (Con motivo de la reimpresión del folleto del Dr Fernando Ortiz, “Los Mambises Italianos”), 1917, in: Revista Bimestre Cubana, Vol XII, Septiembre-Octubre 1917, Núm5, pp 327–331, e successivamente, come Proemio, in: Italia y Cuba, 1917, di Fernando Ortiz, pp 3–6
Cultura Cubana (La provincia de Matanzas y su evolución), 1919, Habana, Imp Seoane y Fernández, 438 pagine
Cultura Cubana Evolución de la provincia de Matanzas Suplemento, 1919, 32 pagine
Ideas e Ideales (Revista mensual de propaganda y defensa de la causa aliada), 1919, La Habana, diretta da Adolfo Dollero; pubblicati solo 7 numeri: junio-diciembre 1919
Cultura Cubana (La provincia de Pinar del Río y su evolución), 1921, Habana, Imp Seoane y Fernández, 436 pagine
Cultura Cubana Evolución de la provincia de Pinar del Río Suplemento, 1921; non consultato
Cultura Colombiana Apuntaciones sobre el movimiento intelectual de Colombia, desde la Conquista hasta la época actual, 1930, Bogotá, editorial Cromos, non consultato
Cultura de Venezuela Apuntaciones sobre la evolución de la cultura desde la Conquista Excursiones, 1933, Caracas, Tipografía Americana, 2 Tomos; il secondo non consultato
Cultura de Venezuela Apéndice, 1933; non consultato
Italia y los italianos en la historia y en la cultura de Venezuela, stampatore e anno sconosciuti; non consultato
Las glorias de Italia en la civilización del mundo, inedito (?), coautore: Manuel Dollero
Source: Domenico Capolongo, 2006, Adolfo Dollero, un intellettuale italiano tra Messico, Cuba, Colombia e Venezuela, in: Emigrazione e presenza italiana in Cuba, Vol.VI, ed. Circ. Cult. B.G. Duns Scoto di Roccarainola, pp.179–226.
Alfredo de Zayas y Alfonso, usually known as Alfredo de Zayas under Spanish naming customs and also known as Alfredo Zayas, was a Cuban lawyer, poet and political figure. He served as prosecutor, judge, mayor of Havana, secretary of the Constitutional Convention, Senator 1905, president of the Senate 1906, Vice President of Cuba 1908–1913 and President of Cuba from May 20, 1921, to May 20, 1925.
In South America, the word médanos refers to continental dunes whereas dunas refers to dunes of coastal origin. Médanos may be vegetated or unvegetated. For example, the médanos of La Pampa Province in Argentina are mostly vegetated dunes with occasional blowouts. On the other hand, the dunes of Médanos de Coro National Park in Venezuela are mostly unvegetated. An early description of unvegetated médanos in Peru is provided by the Swiss naturalist and explorer Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1847):
"The médanos are hillock-like elevations of sand, some having a firm, others a loose base. The former, which are always crescent-shaped, are from ten to twenty feet high, and have an acute crest. The inner side is perpendicular, and the outer or bow side forms an angle with a steep inclination downward. When driven by violent winds, the médanos pass rapidly over the plains. The smaller and lighter ones move quickly forwards before the larger ones; but the latter soon overtake and crush them, whilst they are themselves shivered by the collision. These medanos assume all sorts of extraordinary figures, and sometimes move along the plain in rows forming most intricate labyrinths, whereby what might otherwise be visible in the distance is withdrawn from the view of the traveller. A plain often appears to be covered with a row of médanos, and some days afterwards it is again restored to its level and uniform aspect. Persons who have the greatest experience of the coast are apt to mistake their way, when they encounter these sandhills."
Giovanni Battista Agostino Codazzi was an Italo-Venezuelan soldier, scientist, geographer, cartographer, and governor of Barinas (1846-1847). He made his main investigations and cartographic work in Venezuela and Colombia, thereby creating for both countries a complete set of maps and statistics after the tumultuous post-independence years from the Spanish Empire.
Modesto Francisco Fernández Díaz-Silveira is a Cuban government official that travels often around the world talking about the environment.
José María Vitier is a Cuban music composer and pianist. He has made music for movies and television, as well as compositions for piano, symphonic orchestra, chamber orchestra, among other formats. His style often combines the classical and Cuban folk music styles. Some of his most remarkable works are his compositions for the Cuban film Fresa y Chocolate, and his Cuban mass.
Raúl Corrales Fornos was a Cuban photographer. Since 1961 he was member of the Photography Section of the Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC).
Adriano Buergo, is a Cuban artist specializing in painting, drawing and installations.
Eliseo Valdés Erustes is a Cuban artist specializing in sculpture, painting, and drawing.
Adolfo Columbo was a leading singer in the Alhambra Theatre in Havana, and also an actor and a leading personality in the theatre. Colombo was the most recorded artist in Cuba up to 1925: records show he recorded about 350 numbers between 1906 and 1917.
Víctor Miquel Moreno Piñeiro, known as Victor Moreno was a Cuban painter. He was born in Placetas, Villa Clara, Cuba and died in Havanna, Cuba.
Ramón Dionisio José de la Sagra y Peris was a Spanish anarchist, politician, writer and botanist, who founded the world's first anarchist journal, El Porvenir.
José Manuel Fors is a contemporary Cuban artist born in Havana in 1956. His work is principally based on installations and supported by photography. His first artistic forays, during the early eighties, were part of what has been coined "The Renaissance of Cuban Art". His artworks have been shown in renowned museums and galleries in the United States, Europe and Cuba.
Gerardo Mosquera is a freelance curator, critic, art historian, and writer based in Havana, Cuba. He was one of the organizers of the first Havana Biennial in 1984 and remained central to the curatorial team until he resigned in 1989. Since then, his activity turned to be mainly international: he has been traveling, lecturing and curating exhibitions in more than 80 countries. Mosquera was adjunct curator at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, from 1995 to 2009. Since 1995 he is advisor in the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kusten in Amsterdam. His publications include several books on art and art theory, and more than 600 articles, reviews and essays have appeared in such magazines as Aperture, Art in America, Art & Text, Art Criticism, Art Journal, Art Nexus, Atlántica, Cahiers, Casa de las Américas, ArtForum, Kunstforum, La Jornada Semanal, Lápiz, Neue Bildende Kunst, Oxford Art Journal, Parkett, Plural, Poliester, Third Text, etc. Among other volumes, Mosquera has edited Beyond the Fantastic: Contemporary Art Criticism from Latin America and co-edited Over Here: International Perspectives on Art and Culture.
Alfonso Bernal del Riesgo was a Cuban psychologist, known for his contribution to the origin and development of psychology as science and profession. He was a psychologist, lawyer, professor, writer, and researcher. Bernal del Riesgo had a long and successful career at the University of Havana. Through his writings he developed the notion of "Cubanosofía" that defined the study of the Cuban psychological identity. The writings of Enrique José Varona and Alfredo Aguayo influenced his early work.
Manuel A. Iturralde-Vinent, is a Cuban geologist and paleontologist and former deputy director of the Cuban National Natural History Museum in Havana. He is a scientific personality in Cuba and the Caribbean and President of the Cuban Geological Society for 2007-2016.
Juana Rosa Pita is a poet, writer, editor and translator. She was born in Havana on December 8, 1939. She left Cuba in 1961. Since then she has resided in many cities, including Washington, Caracas, Madrid, New Orleans, Miami, and Boston, where she currently resides. From 1989 to 1992 she was Visiting Professor at Tulane University. She is considered one of the most important contemporary Cuban and Latin American poets. The late Nicaraguan poet Pablo Antonio Cuadra hailed her as "one of the outstanding voices of Cuba’s pilgrim culture. Book after book Juana Rosa Pita has been creating a mysterious realm of love and prophecy: an island of enchantment where words restore all that hatred turned to ashes".
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Matanzas, Cuba.
The Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País de la Habana or Real Sociedad Patriótica de la Habana is a learned society in Havana, Cuba. It was initially organized to promote agriculture, commerce, education, and industry, modelled on the Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País in Spain. Founding members included Diego de la Barrera, Francisco Joseph Basabe, José Agustín Caballero, Luis de Las Casas, Juan Manuel O'Farrill, Tomás Romay y Luis Peñalver, and Antonio Robledo. In its early decades the group produced publications, maintained a library in the Convento de Santo Domingo (1800-1844), and arranged educational programs. Around the 1790s the group built the Hospicio o Casa de Beneficencia in Havana.
Mirta Gloria Yáñez Quiñoa is a Cuban philologist, teacher and writer. She graduated from high school in Raúl Cepero Bonilla Special Pre-university Institute where she was considered a high-performing student. She entered the University of Havana in 1965, graduating five years later. She earned a PhD in philology (1992) at the same university, specializing in Latin American and Cuban literature, as well as in studies on Cuban women's literary discourse. She worked for many years teaching and conducting research at the University of Havana.
Gabriela de la Caridad Azcuy Labrador was a Cuban nurse and poet who participated in the Cuban War of Independence. On 10 February 1896, she joined the militia of Miguel Lores near Gramales as an army medic. The following year, General Lorente wrote that "in the heat of battle at Las Cañas, between Guane and Mantua, Mrs. Azcuy got off of her horse to heal the wounded in such moments of peril that other doctors had already temporarily withdrawn." Azcuy was made a Captain and after the war entered politics as the Secretary of the Board of Education in Viñales.
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