Havana, Cuba.- Political and cultural figures in Cuba expressed their deep condolences for the death of the prominent Cuban intellectual, academic, historian, and university professor Eduardo Torres Cuevas, at the age of 82.
On the social network X, the president of the National Assembly of People’s Power (Parliament), Esteban Lazo, expressed: “We extend our deepest condolences for the unfortunate passing of the congressman and eminent historian and researcher, Eduardo Torres Cuevas; whose prolific work is of invaluable importance to the understanding of national and world history.”
“It is very sad to learn of the passing of Eduardo Torres Cuevas, a brilliant intellectual, prominent revolutionary, and Party activist who dedicated much of his strength and energy to the homeland, leaving a fertile legacy,” Roberto Morales, Secretary of Organization of the Communist Party of Cuba, wrote on the social network.
He added, “I extend my deepest condolences to family and friends.”
Vice Prime Minister Ines Maria Chapman, also on the social network, expressed her sorrow for Torres Cuevas’ death, calling him an eminent historian and one of the most relevant figures in the social sciences and contemporary Cuban culture.
“A huge loss, so many conversations and projects, Maestro, thank you for your teachings,” she added.
Other figures echoed the news, including Omar Valino, director of Jose Marti National Library, and intellectual Abel Prieto, the president of Casa de las Americas cultural institution.
Eminent Cuban historian Eduardo Torres Cuevas shed a better light on our nation’s history, and his enormous legacy will endure. It will be our duty to honor him at the Jose Marti National Library of Cuba, of which he was the illustrious director, Valino wrote in X, extending his condolences to Patricia, friends, and colleagues.
On its Facebook page, Casa de las Americas expressed that Torres Cuevas, author of fundamental works for understanding the future of our nation, dedicated himself from a very young age to teaching and disseminating history.