The renowned Francisco López Sacha praised , Miguel Terry Valdespino, a Brigadier General with command of a troop, in terms of writers, because of his dizzying domination and rise in the world of literature, with elegance through drama, theater, poetry , with jocular tone, but at the same time with the pride of feeling his height.

Pretexts, arrived from Candelaria with his host Danilo Felipe Díaz, to the Ciro Redondo library together with Alberto Guerra, Jesus Ismael Irsula, Juan José Jordán, and others present, to discuss the work of the friend, whom many of them witnessed his beginning in the world of letters.

Terry´s characters , said Jordan, are defeated, sad, with harsh realities and gray days, but their justice distinguishes them, which makes them truly valuable beings with a rich drama to be interpreted, while, there were those who described him as a warrior of the lyrics, tireless and capable of bristling the skin with its renaissance style.

Traveling through our country´s reality , seen also from Caimito township , including fiction in his creations, unhesitatingly said, and catching the readers distinguish the mulatto who never overwhelms with his conversation, who makes silence when the moment needs it and who has been a Maceo, a Maximo Gomez or another General of the Cuban battlefields, of having been born at that time, said Guerra Naranjo.

In el artemiseño, Terry is a VIP rather than a journalist, for his generosity, knight´s idiosyncrasy, contrast between rebellion, professionalism, respect and discipline. Hence, being an example for the staff , mostly young, who also leads from his example.

Some and other words of those who know his roots and their perseverance marked the tribute that started with his life in photos, ( a selection of his daughter María Fernanda) and the documentary La hora señalada, by Jaime Masó and Raudén González.

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