Source: Photograph (2010) by WTL© on site at the Ministerio de Comunicaciones in the Plaza de la Revolución, La Habana.
Comment: In 2009, 50 years after his death, the outline of Camilo Cienfuegos' face as a one hundred ton steel sculpture was placed on the façade of this building. The words say "Vas bien, Fidel" (You're doing well, Fidel). In 1959, just after the Revolutionaries entered Havana, Castro asked Cienfuegos how he (Fidel) was doing, and Cienfuegos gave him that answer. Cienfuegos (1932-1959) accompanied Castro and others on the famous ship Granma (see: => Havana #19) and was a principal military leader of the Revolution. It seems that he was neither a Communist nor a Stalinist, but rather he was a "radical socialist leftist." On the other hand, it also seems he was totally loyal to Fidel Castro. In October, 1959, a twin engine plane (a Cessna 310; manufactured 1954-1980) he was flying disappeared over the ocean on a night flight from Camagüey to Havana. Neither he nor the plane were ever found, and, as a result, he was elevated to the status of martyred hero of the Revolution.
Humanities topic: Evaluate the pairing of this monumental steel sculpture with the parallel sculpture of Che Guevara in the previous page (<= Havana #3). Research speculation about the possible causes of the Cienfuegos' death and subsequent posthumous role in Cuban politics from 1959 to the present.