[3][4] Alfredo Hornedo was an ingenious and lucid politician and businessman who, although he had a humble childhood selling oranges on the streets of Havana, began to work as a coachman for the Maruri family.

Although the social position and heritage of his in-laws favored him, Hornedo, with intelligence and skill, in a very short time, made the Maruri fortune grow, living together as a successful investor.

[5] According to a 1938 intelligence report compiled by the U.S. War Department, a secret Nazi organization in Cuba headed by German ambassador Hans Hermann Voelckers boasted of Senator Alfredo's support.

At his side, a servant or butler carried some very fine Carmelite dogs and extended a roll of paper with nickels that Alfredo Hornedo would soon distribute among the neighborhood children who at times sneaked into the patio of his mansion, located in Carlos III and Castillejo, to greet him and wait for the gift with which the millionaire rewarded them".

[3] Alfredo Hornedo y Suárez was the owner of the Blanquita theater which opened in 1950, now the Karl Marx Theatre, and the Sports Casino, which is today the social circle Cristino Naranjo.