Eduardo Torres-Cuevas (1942-2025)

Cuba

Eduardo Moisés Torres Cuevas (Havana, September 4, 1942 – Havana, August 31, 2025) was a distinguished Cuban academic, historian, and university professor. He was a full member of the Cuban Academy of Language, a tenured professor, and a Doctor of Historical Sciences. He received the National History Prize and the Félix Varela Prize. He served as President of the Don Fernando Ortiz Center for Advanced Studies; director of the journal Debates Americanos and of the publishing house Imagen Contemporánea; a member of the National Commission for Scientific Degrees of the Republic of Cuba; a member of the National History Tribunal for the defense and awarding of scientific degrees; and a member of the advisory boards of the Social Sciences Publishing House, the Center for Martí Studies, and the Institute of History of Cuba. He served as a Deputy to the National Assembly of People’s Power from the 7th Legislature. Elected to the Council of State in the extraordinary session of the IX Legislature of the National Assembly of People’s Power held on October 10, 2019, a position he held until 2023. Re-elected Deputy to the National Assembly of People’s Power for the municipality of Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba province, on March 26, 2023, for the X Legislature. He was a meticulous researcher of the process of Cuban nation-building and the evolution of political thought and ideas on the island.

Key Achievements

  • Literacy Commemorative Medal
  • Frank País Order, First and Second Class
  • Carlos J. Finlay Order
  • José Tey Medal
  • Fernando Ortiz Distinction
  • National Culture Distinction
  • Cuban Education Distinction
  • 25 Years in Education
  • Recognition from the University of Pau, France
  • Social Sciences Critics' Prize
  • Félix Varela Order, First Class
  • Félix Varela Prize, awarded by the Economic Society of Friends of the Country
  • National Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities for his entire body of work (2000)
  • Knight of the Order of Academic Palms, French Republic (2005)
  • National History Prize (2005)
  • Legion of Honor of the French Republic (2012)
  • Honorary Doctorate in Social Sciences, awarded by the University of Cienfuegos
  • Our Memory Honorary Prize, within the framework of the May Pilgrimages in its XXVIII edition (2021)
  • Replica of the Machete of Máximo Gómez