Feb, 2026.- In Guáimaro, the stairs leading to the resting place of Ana Betancourt de Mora are not mere steps: they are symbols that take us back to the moment when she, ahead of her time, broke the chains of silence and spoke on behalf of all.
Citizens: The woman, in the quiet corner of the home, waited patiently and resignedly for this radiant hour when a new revolution breaks her yoke and unleashes her wings.
Citizens: Here everything was enslaved: the cradle, the color, the sex. You sought to destroy the slavery of the cradle, fighting to the death; you have broken the slavery of color by emancipating the servant; now is the time to liberate women.
For the children of the easternmost Camagüey territory, it is a pride to possess a monument that dignifies the memory of the distinguished patriot. It is a source of satisfaction to know that, in the very place where her remains rest, the eternal tribute lives on every day.
In the region beats the liberating energy of the mambises who on April 10, 1869, decided to grant a constitution to the newly born nation. Every day of the year, united in remembrance, children, youth, and adults venerate Doña Ana, the same Cuban whom Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, the Father of the Homeland, named worthy of a perpetual place in the island’s history.
Ana Betancourt de Mora died in Madrid, yet her legacy remains indelible: all of Cuba remembers her. Let us recall that revealing moment on November 4, 1868, when her husband Ignacio Mora left for the wilderness and she implored him: “Unite me to your destiny, for like you, I wish to dedicate my life to the Fatherland.”
Today, in the Museum-Mausoleum erected on the very site where in 1869 she reaffirmed before legislators and the people her reasons for women’s emancipation, her immense feminine presence is felt: Ana, the Cuban who, ahead of her time, demonstrated in her speech the greatness of women, tireless fighters who know how to grow from birth and fly like doves.
On the 235th anniversary of the town, the unforgettable woman from Camagüey returns again and again to reaffirm her conviction: Emancipator!
(Photo taken from the Internet)
