He is renowned for receiving the Paul Erdős Award in 1992 by the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction, and for being awarded the distinction of Maestro Founder of Mathematics in Ibero-America by the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture.

And he is the author of many books, including Equations and mathematicians (2008), and Problems of elementary mathematics (1987).

[1][2] From 1945 to 1961 he taught at the Instituto de Segunda Enseñanza in Matanzas, and in 1950 he was part of the delegation that represented Cuba at the International Congress of Mathematicians at Harvard University.

In 1971, he represented Cuba, as Head of the national delegation in the International Mathematical Olympiad, and in 1988, while a member of the organization, he became the Vice President for the IMO Site Committee.

The latter was part of a series that he planned to write about: a story about mathematicians and the problems they have solved.