The Museum Oscar María de Rojas and cultural Project Hope 2016
An effort made to bring visual art spaces dedicated to culture, is an exhibition of visual artists of the town, and guests, featuring oil paintings and acrylics on canvas, prints on specialty monotypes. A joint effort between the museum management and participants.
Exposed children between 7 and 12 years old with inclinations to artistic creation, which supports the project Hope Cardenas city. Recreational, social and cultural option for children and family
CUBA: CUBAN BOY ELIAN GONZALEZ LATEST
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Elian Gonzalez's father is urging a federal appeals court to let the family go home to Cuba.
In a motion filed with the federal court of appeals in Atlanta on Tuesday, Juan Miguel Gonzalez asks the court to end the excruciating delays and let the boy go home to Cuba.
But back in the Gonzalez's hometown of Cardenas Cuba, townspeople are optimistic and are continuing with their preparations for his welcome home.
Despite months of legal wranglings, this pastel-tinted town hasn't lost hope.
They are confident that the American judicial system will eventually send Elian back to his family and friends.
The sense of expectancy for Elian's return spans all generations.
Jennifer Rodriguez Abrantes, Elian's school mate at the Marcelo Salado primary school, said she wanted Elian to come back because he left when the class was just learning how to write the number eight.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish):
I want him to come back to Cuba, so that I can help him, so he isn't left behind.
SUPER CAPTION: Jennifer Rodriguez, School Girl
The little girl's father said he had faith that Elian would be back soon.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish):
We are an optimistic people, and the people are the same. I think things will be resolved soon, but that's not our decision - some other people will decide that. That's what I think anyway.
SUPER CAPTION: Carlos Rodriguez, Jennifer's Father
The Oscar Maria de Rojas Museum in Cardenas has set up an exhibit documenting the campaign to bring Elian home.
The walls are covered with letters from all over Cuba urging Elian to return.
Miriam Torres, a guide at the museum stood in front of a mural depicting Elian's life in Cuba and the United States.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish):
Cubans are in a bad state of mind, because this has gone on for so long, but we have not lost hope. Our hope is still alive, and will remain so while the boy is over there (in the U-S.)
SUPER CAPTION: Miriam Torrez, Museum Guide
It still remains unclear as to when Elian will return to play in his local park and his street.
Lawyers for Elian's father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, and the U-S Justice Department have initiated the latest legal step in the international custody battle over the boy.
They are urging a federal court to reject an appeal by Elian's Miami relatives - and are pressing for an injunction keeping Gonzalez and his son in the United States to be dissolved.
This month, a panel of three judges ruled that only the boy's father could speak for 6-year-old Elian.
Lawyers for Gonzalez welcomed the ruling in a four page document.
Meanwhile, Elian's neighbors in Cardenas wait with eager anticipation for this little boy who has reinforced their national and local identity.
Their reference point - Cuban television - covers the ongoing drama with close scrutiny.
Meanwhile, the U-S government, in a separate filing with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta said Elian's great-uncle's demand for the full appeals court to hear the Miami relatives' appeal was inappropriate.
If the full appeals court rejects the rehearing, the Miami relatives would have seven days to take their case to the Supreme Court.
No timetable was given on Tuesday for the court's decision.
Nevertheless, the town of Cardenas will be avidly watching on.
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MANUEL HERNANDEZ 1993.mp4
ENTREVISTA EN EL PROGRAMA CORREO ESPECIAL CON EL RECONOCIDO ARTISTA COLOMBIANO , MANUEL HERNANDEZ QUIEN DESDE SU TALLER HABLA SOBRE LA RETROSPECTIVA DE SU OBRA EN EL MAMBO Y LAS PARTIICULARIDADES DE SU PROCESO CREATIVO.
PERIODISTA: GLORIA VALENCIA DE CASTAÑO
PROGRAMA: CORREO ESPECIAL
EMISIÓN: NOV 10 / 1993
La Dominica: nuevo intento de restauración
Cárdenas, reconocida por la historia como la Ciudad Bandera, resguarda en sus calles una de las construcciones de mayor valor histórico y arquitectónico del país: La Dominica.
La Dominica constituye, junto a la Iglesia Parroquial de la Purísima Concepción de Cárdenas, el edificio más emblemático y representativo de la localidad, pues desde hace 168 años se le conoce como el lugar en que se enarboló por vez primera la bandera de la estrella solitaria y aunque esta no surgió como hija de la independencia verdadera es la que en abril de 1869 se adoptó en la Asamblea de Guáimaro como enseña nacional.