Felix Varela
Cuban Catholic priest and independence leader
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Félix Francisco José María de la Concepción Varela y Morales, Félix Varela Morales or simply Félix Varela (1788-1853) was a Cuban political leader, Catholic, delegate and one of the founding fathers of the Cuban nation.
Félix Varela Morales | |
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 Varela circa 1853. | |
| Delegate to the Parliament | |
| In office Jan 18, 1809 – 1820 | |
| Bishop of the Cathedral of La Habana | |
| In office Dec 21, 1811 – Jan 18, 1822 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Félix Francisco José María de la Concepción Varela y Morales Feb 20, 1788 La Habana, Viceroyalty of New Spain, (Spanish Empire) |
| Died | Feb 25, 1853 (65 years) Ciudad de La Habana, (Cuba) |
Félix Varela was a man who is revealed as a precursor of various activities, and not only as a patriot of independence ideas who bequeathed to his country the foundations of a radical revolutionary thought, which had independence and the abolition of slavery as its center.
Varela defended the right to autonomy of the American territories, proposed the abolition of slavery on the Island and the modernization of education.