A man to discover it seems!
Here is an excerpt from an interview with Jean Fugère, former journalist:
" What book would you like those who lead us to read?
The biography of Eusebio Leal, the great historian of Havana. Cuba – and it is not said enough – is a country that respects the work and the place of intellectuals in its society.
If you didn't know, Cuba is a country that names its airports after intellectuals (not just politicians) and puts statues of José Martí, the greatest Cuban intellectual and thinker of the 19th century, in all its cities, all over the country. Revolutionary, writer, thinker and intellectual, José Martí dreamed up today's Cuban society. Jean Fugère
Eusebio Leal is responsible for the social and economic architectural restoration of Old Havana. Intellectuals like Eusbeio Leal, Fidel Castro, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes have profoundly shaped Cuban life. They are intellectuals who have raised Cuba, Cubans and have projected and shaped the Cuban identity.
We should one day get out of the mentality that an intellectual cannot count and that intellectuals are paper people. Eusebio Leal has enriched Cuba. He has made Old Havana a very prosperous tourist business. He is a creator of prosperity.
The day when we give human responsibility for our lives in society not to accountants, administrators or managers, but to humans with a vision, a thought and a reflection, [...] we will have made a big step forward as a society. It seems to me that we are very far from that. Jean Fugère
For those who want to discover it
Here is an article about this historian: https://www.cubania.com/blog/cubania-2/post/eusebio-leal-spengler-historien-de-la-havane-306
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