Cuba

El Dr. V ctor Vega Ceballos naci en Camag ey, Cuba, en 1901 y realiz una asombrosa labor cultural y pol tica durante casi todo el siglo XX. Graduado de la Escuela de Derecho de la Universidad de La Habana en 1924. En Camag ey, se dedic a la ense anza y continu su carrera de abogado. Ocup importantes cargos como ministro de Justicia y de Gobernaci n y representante a la C mara durante ocho a os. En el exilio, continu su labor docente y mediante numerosos art culos publicados durante veinte a os en el Diario Las Am ricas, logr que sus lectores mantuvieran viva a la patria, a la que l llamaba mi primorosa Cuba, m s amada mientras m s lejana. Falleci en Miami en 1996 a los 96 a os de Edad. Dedic su vida a los nobles ideales de luchar por la libertad de su patria, amar a Dios, a su familia y al pr jimo, impartir la justicia, ense ar a la juventud y difundir la cultura.

La edici n de este libro se debe al trabajo de recopilaci n y edici n de la hija del autor, Dra. Mar a Vega de Febles, y de su nieto, Dr. Eduardo A. Febles Vega.

El libro con pr logo del Dr. Horacio Aguirre, director de Diario Las Am ricas de Miami, donde aparecieron la mayor a de estos escritos, cuenta tambi n con una cronolog a del Dr. Vega Ceballos. La recopilaci n de art culos est dividida por temas: Cuba. Camag ey, personajes, familia, religi n, periodismo, exilio y otros temas. Se incluyen comentarios de colegas, estudiantes y amigos del Dr. Vega. Los art culos recopilados, ejemplos de su prosa elegante, unen la historia, el folklore y la erudicci n, para mostrar la lucha constante del ser humano en pos de la realizaci n de nobles ideales. Incluye fotograf as del autor. Un cubano excepcional merece ser le do y estudiado por las nuevas generaciones de Cuba, cuando pase este sufrido lapso de su historia, creado por el castrismo.

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Dr. Victor Vega Ceballos was born in Camaguey, Cuba, in 1901 and achieved an amazing cultural and political career throughout the 20th century. After graduating Law School from the University of Havana in 1924, he taught as well as worked as a lawyer. He occupied important positions in the Department of the Interior for over eight years. In exile, his newspaper articles spanning over 20 years enabled his readers to keep Cuba alive in their hearts. He died in Miami in 1996 at the age of 96. He dedicated his life to the noble ideals of fighting for the freedom of his homeland, loving God, his family and neighbor, imparting justice, teaching youth and spreading culture.

His daughter, Dr. Maria Vega de Febles, and grandson, Dr. Eduardo A. Febles Vega have made possible this book with their painstaking compilations.

This collection of newspaper articles contains a prologue by Dr. Horacio Aguirre, who was director of the Diario Las Americas in Miami, where the majority were originally published. They are divided by topic: Cuba, Camaguey, characters, family, religion, journalism, exile and other themes. Also included are commentaries by colleagues, students and friends of Dr. Vega Ceballos, as well as chronology and pictures of his life. An exceptional Cuban deserves to be read and studied by the new generations of Cuba, when this suffering period of its history, created by Castroism, passes.