Carmen Nordelo
Tejera dies
Around midday on Monday November 2 in this
capital, Carmen Nordelo Tejera – mother of Hero of
the Republic of Cuba, Gerardo Hernández Nordelo -
died aged 76 years following a long illness.
Carmen Nordelo was born on February 15, 1933 in
the Canary Islands and emigrated to Havana at the
age of 17 years for economic reasons on the part of
her family. As a housewife, she supported the
revolutionary activities of her husband and took
care of the intellectual and social development of
her three children.
She had an outstanding participation in the
Battle of Ideas that our people are waging for truth
and justice for our five compatriots unjustly
imprisoned in the empire’s jails until, due to poor
health, she was unable to continue.
Our deepest condolences to Gerardo and her other
relatives on behalf of the Cuban people.
Translated by Granma International
