The economist and politician Marcos Maceo, gravitated in the public life of San Cristóbal for more than 50 years, which gives him the endorsement of being recognized as an icon of this province, given the multiple contributions provided in favor of the society of San Cristóbal , of the country and Ayende the seas
Maceo, today is suffering from a disease that drains his ability to know and preserve memory, thought and behavior.
Symptoms usually develop slowly and worsen over time, until they are so severe that they interfere with daily tasks.
However, all of us who know him always have in mind the selfless figure and always ready to serve in any cause that requires him, to join his efforts with others to achieve things that have always benefited the country and especially San Cristobal
Maceo, was a sports leader for life, occupying the top positions in the direction in that area in the province and a promoter of sports in all areas of the different sports disciplines.
Brief sports history of Marcos Maceo
The graduate who was a member of the team of the Armed Forces Teaching Center (CEFA) in the year 1960-1961. From the UASD team that won the Amateur Baseball National in 1962, being the only time that award has been won.
Founder and president on two (2) occasions of the Universal Inc. softball league. President of the amateur boxing association in the years 1972-1976, president of the first municipal sports games of San Cristóbal in 1981. President on three occasions of the Sports Union of San Cristóbal UDESANCRIS, where the two and third municipal games of this city were held in 1983 and 1985. President on several occasions of the baseball association in this town, where in 1985 it was the headquarters of the national youth baseball Treasurer of the national sports games based in San Cristóbal in 1987. President of the basketball association from 1989 to 1991. Founder of the Sports Union of Azua in 1992. President of the organizing committee of the superior basketball in the year 2004. After reading this little sports sketch by Mr. Marcos Maceo, he asked the Dominican state to create a sports committee in the popular sectors of this population to reduce the rise in crime, to prevent girls and adolescents from continuing to be pregnant at an early age, he asked the youth to stay away from the scourge of crime and drugs. He reminded those present that thanks to sports activities he became a professional, the one who got out of poverty from small revenues obtained from sports.
SAN CRISTÓBAL.- The leader of sports clubs and former president of the Sports Union of San Cristóbal (UDESANCRIS), Mr. Marcos Maceo, manages to hold the next inter-neighborhood sports games in the coming months with all the municipalities and municipal districts, where experts in the field and participation will participate. of former great glories of the sport.
He said that the sports sector must be rescued from the state of abandonment in which this southern town finds itself, and recalled that in the 70s and 80s it was the time when the difference was marked with the beginning of the first Olympic games where the committee was elected for the different clubs.
Maceo recalled that in 1972 to 1985 the Boxing delegation had its best rally where Luis Vicioso, Elpidio de Paula (Macumba), José Vallejo, the brothers Agustín and Nelson Niña, Francisco Nina, Correa, Negro López, Enrique Mateo among others participated. . 1987 the national games were held where new exponents of the sport participated.
Former president of the Universo softball league in the 1970s and 1980s, Marcos Maceo recalled that Cyclone David destroyed buildings and they were quickly restructured by him; In 1981 he was president of the sports games in this city, where he referred to the parade of athletes through the main public roads of the city so that the population would give its best support to these sports entertainment.
He said that the population gave great support to the entire population and where great political and sports personalities participated, which he recalled was directed by Domingo Porfirio Rojas Nina and Bolívar Matos Acevedo and chaired by Marcos Maceo from 1989 to 1981; To what he said, he gave more strength to the great slogan used by athletes (healthy mind, healthy body), in 1987 he was treasurer of the national games, which he reported broke the parameters at the time.
He recalled that he provided the first and only power plant that the sports center facilities in this city have. In 2004 he was the president of the organizing committee of the top basketball games dedicated to Temístocles Montas. He reported that not all the parameters are lost since he is making contact with different figures of local, national and international sports and to make the first international games -barrels.
Marcos Maceo said that José Napoleón Domínguez, Tito Ceballos, Nelson Guillen, Gilberto Brito Valdez (Babay), Roberto Pérez (El Mester), Leandro Vargas, Angel Cabrera Sánchez, David Dionicio, Víctor Nova (El Copy), Hilario Lachapelle, Luis Fría, Angel Díaz de León (Pachiro), Tirso Urbáez, José Ramón Cruceta, José Osvaldo Leger, Victor Cabrera Porte among others.
