Fundación Ariguanabo

Fundación Ariguanabo (FUNDAR) is a Cuban non-governmental organization based in San Antonio de los Baños, in the province of Artemisa. According to its official website, the foundation was created with the purpose of fostering a culture of environmental protection tied to the rescue of the Ariguanabo River, which runs through the town and is described as a natural, spiritual and cultural symbol of the municipality. The river, which the site notes is born and dies within the town, was the fundamental wealth of the nascent settlement founded in 1794, and its bathing waters gave the town such fame that its name was changed from San Antonio Abad to San Antonio de los Baños. The foundation operates as a civil-society platform rather than a commercial enterprise. Its public activity is visible through cultural and environmental programming: the official site reports that FUNDAR convened a program in observance of World Environment Day, and that the 103rd concert of Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez's "Gira por los barrios" (Neighborhood Tour) was held on 21 June at 7:00 pm in San Antonio de los Baños, at Parque El Soldado in the El Palenque neighborhood, serving as the closing event of that environmental program. The site frames the concert under the theme "Cantarle al barrio, donde hay un río" (Singing to the neighborhood, where there is a river). Because the organization is a foundation, its "offerings" are programs, campaigns and public events rather than products. Its identity is closely tied to the Ariguanabo River basin and to the cultural life of San Antonio de los Baños. Public information about its legal registration, founding date, leadership and funding is limited; the available evidence identifies it simply as a Cuban NGO. Its website, ariguanabo.org, serves as its main public communications channel.

Fundación Ariguanabo (FUNDAR) is a Cuban non-governmental organization based in San Antonio de los Baños, Artemisa province. Its public identity is built around the Ariguanabo River, which the foundation's website describes as running through the town, being born and dying within it, and constituting the fundamental wealth of the settlement founded in 1794. According to the same source, the river's bathing waters gave the town such fame that its name was changed from San Antonio Abad to San Antonio de los Baños. The foundation presents itself as a new organization created to foster a culture of environmental protection linked to the rescue of the Ariguanabo River, which it treats as a natural, spiritual and cultural symbol of the municipality. Its activities combine environmental advocacy with cultural programming. A notable example reported on its website is its role in convening a program in observance of World Environment Day, which was closed by the 103rd concert of Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez's "Gira por los barrios" on 21 June at 7:00 pm in San Antonio de los Baños, held at Parque El Soldado in the El Palenque neighborhood. The concert was framed by the foundation under the theme "Cantarle al barrio, donde hay un río." Beyond these public activities, verifiable details about the foundation's founding date, legal registration, leadership, membership and funding are scarce in the available evidence. Wikidata classifies it simply as a Cuban NGO. Its website, ariguanabo.org, is its primary public-facing platform, publishing news and announcements about its environmental and cultural work in the Ariguanabo River area.

• The settlement of San Antonio de los Baños is founded; the Ariguanabo River is described as its fundamental wealth.

• Fundación Ariguanabo convenes a program in observance of World Environment Day, closed by the 103rd Gira por los barrios concert on 21 June.

A community-based environmental and cultural foundation focused on the rescue and protection of the Ariguanabo River as a natural, spiritual and cultural symbol.

1. 1Bienvenidos a la Fundación Ariguanabo | Ariguanaboariguanabo.org
2. 2Fundación Ariguanabo - Wikidatawikidata.org