The Flame That Endures

A symphony of light prepares to flow once more down the street. History names it the March of the Torches and, again, it will not be something abstract, but the…

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Fortune

28 January is one of the dates that most fills Cuba with pride. In 1853, José Martí was born, the man who cast his lot with the poor of the…

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On Track

The iron roads are rough today. The hardships of hauling loads are felt in the workshop, spanner in hand, by Felipe Díaz Denis, a skilled mechanic at the basic business…

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Heartbeats of Champions

The members of the Avilanian political emulation movement Latido 87 (Heartbeat 87) feel the emotions of triumph as winners of the national event for the 87th anniversary of the CTC.…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Workshop on Nutrition and Health Held in Ciego de Ávila
Integrantes del Capítulo Avileño de Nutrición Clínica y Metabolismo. Foto: DPS / Members of the Avilanian Chapter of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. Photo: DPS

Workshop on Nutrition and Health Held in Ciego de Ávila

A Provincial Workshop on Nutrition and Health was held in Ciego de Ávila to update the new concepts of human nutrition in order to maintain healthy habits. This event was…

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Indigo Childhood

January is not only the month with which the new year bursts forth, but also a prospect of challenges, hopes and fantasies, especially, for childhood which resumes the school year…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Urgent Need to View Our National Series Seriously
Los Azucareros no tienen la culpa de las situaciones desencadenadas durante su búsqueda de la clasificación. Foto: Carolina Vilches Monzón /Archivo de Vanguardia / The Azucareros are not to blame for the situations triggered during their quest for qualification. Photo: Carolina Vilches Monzón / Vanguardia Archive

Urgent Need to View Our National Series Seriously

The feat of Villa Clara in recovering its pending matches leaves many questions. Cuban baseball, that sensitive fabric of our identity, is experiencing a close to the regular season with…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Morón Hospital Receives Donation
Foto / Photo: Osvaldo Gutiérrez

Morón Hospital Receives Donation

The Roberto Rodríguez General Teaching Hospital in the Avilanian municipality of Morón received an important donation originating from the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, in Spain. The donation, amounting to more…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Mastery and Versatility
Foto: Tomada de La Jiribilla / Photo: Taken from La Jiribilla

Mastery and Versatility

Five years since the death of filmmaker Enrique Pineda Barnet This is how Enrique Pineda Barnet told it, more than once: "my friend Norka Méndez had arrived at my house,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo «No One Tells Us What to Do»
Foto / Photo: José M. Correa

«No One Tells Us What to Do»

"Sick with rage at the sovereign decision of this people to choose its political model," after its "go in and smash" Cuba – one of the most recent threats –…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cuba Remembers Fallen Combatants in Tarará
Foto tomada del Perfil Oficial en Facebook Héroes de azul en Cuba / Photo taken from the Official Facebook Profile Héroes de azul en Cuba

Cuba Remembers Fallen Combatants in Tarará

Thirty-four years ago, in the early hours of the 9th of January 1992, four young Cubans lost their lives in an ambush that occurred at the Tarará Nautical Base, east…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Delcy Rodríguez Sets Out Three Directives in Meeting with the Great Patriotic Pole: Rescue of Maduro, Guarantee of Peace and Governability Following Kidnapping
Rodríguez dictó tres directrices fundamentales: el rescate del jefe de Estado y su esposa, la garantía de la paz en toda la República y el mantenimiento de la gobernabilidad política. Foto: prensa presidencial / Rodríguez dictated three fundamental directives: the rescue of the head of state and his wife, the guarantee of peace throughout the Republic and the maintenance of political governability. Photo: presidential press

Delcy Rodríguez Sets Out Three Directives in Meeting with the Great Patriotic Pole: Rescue of Maduro, Guarantee of Peace and Governability Following Kidnapping

In response to the current juncture, marked by the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and the First Lady Cilia Flores at the hands of United States occupying forces, the Acting…

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Lee más sobre el artículo US Department of Justice Acknowledges that the «Cartel of the Suns» is Not a Real Organisation
Corte de Nueva York. Maduro se declaró prisionero de guerra y rechazó categóricamente los cargos presentados en su contra, reafirmando su condición de jefe de Estado legítimo de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela. Foto: EFE / New York Court. Maduro declared himself a prisoner of war and categorically rejected the charges presented against him, reaffirming his condition as legitimate head of state of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Photo: EFE

US Department of Justice Acknowledges that the «Cartel of the Suns» is Not a Real Organisation

The United States Department of Justice has substantially modified its accusation against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, abandoning the assertion that the "Cartel of the Suns" is a real criminal organisation…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Donation Enriches Documentary Heritage in Ciego de Ávila
Foto tomada del perfil en Facebook de Archivo Histórico Provincial de Ciego de Ávila / Photo taken from the Facebook profile of the Provincial Historical Archive of Ciego de Ávila

Donation Enriches Documentary Heritage in Ciego de Ávila

The Brigadier José Ambrosio Gómez Cardoso Provincial Historical Archive of Ciego de Ávila enriched its documentary heritage upon receiving a donation of the Complete Works of José Martí and texts…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Intimacy and Cuban Identity in Amelia Peláez del Casal
Como pintora, ceramista y muralista supo capturar la esencia de la cubanía. Foto: Archivo de Granma / As a painter, ceramicist and muralist she knew how to capture the essence of Cuban identity. Photo: Granma Archive

Intimacy and Cuban Identity in Amelia Peláez del Casal

It is common for her to be cited, on most internet sites, only as Amelia Peláez; but a small oversight is committed by omitting her full name. For Amelia Peláez…

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Lee más sobre el artículo National Assembly in Session Today
Foto / Photo: Jorge Luis Sánchez Rivera

National Assembly in Session Today

Via videoconference, and with the participation of Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, the Economic Affairs, Constitutional and Legal,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Beyond Twenty Years
La compositora, cantante y guitarrista alcanzó gran reconocimiento a fuerza de puro talento. Foto: Instituto Cubano de la Música / The composer, singer and guitarist achieved great recognition through sheer talent. Photo: Cuban Institute of Music

Beyond Twenty Years

Six decades ago, on the 17th of December 1965, María Teresa Vera passed away. With profound pride, we honour the memory of a troubadour we immediately identify with the Habanera…

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Lee más sobre el artículo ETECSA Announces New Offer for Nauta Hogar Residential Service
Foto: Tomada de la cuenta en X de @ETECSA_Cuba 236 / Photo: Taken from the X account of @ETECSA_Cuba 236

ETECSA Announces New Offer for Nauta Hogar Residential Service

The Cuban telecommunications company ETECSA, is making a new offer available to its customers for the Nauta Hogar Residential service, with a postpaid service. Lidia Esther Hidalgo Rodríguez, commercial vice…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Chile Turns to the Far-Right
Foto / Photo: PL

Chile Turns to the Far-Right

With a tough-on-crime and anti-immigration discourse, the Chilean far-right candidate, José Antonio Kast, defeated his rival, Jeannette Jara, by a wide margin in the presidential elections. In Sunday's polls, Kast…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Avilanian Doctors Receive the Doctor Antonio Luaces Iraola Award
Médicos avileños reciben premio Doctor Antonio Luaces Iraola. Foto: DPS / Avilanian doctors receive Doctor Antonio Luaces Iraola award. Photo: DPS

Avilanian Doctors Receive the Doctor Antonio Luaces Iraola Award

Three Avilanian doctors have just received the Doctor Antonio Luaces Iraola Award presented by the provincial hospital of Ciego de Ávila for their meritorious professional careers. The recognised physicians are…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Because We Are Soneros
Foto / Photo: Jorge Luis González

Because We Are Soneros

Since yesterday, Wednesday, the Practice of Cuban Son is Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Since yesterday, Wednesday, the Practice of Cuban Son is Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The delicious…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Immoderation and Resistance for Continental Cinema
Fidel, también, fue impulsor de la Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano. Foto: Archivo de Granma / Fidel, too, was a driving force behind the Foundation for New Latin American Cinema. Photo: Granma Archive

Immoderation and Resistance for Continental Cinema

Four decades have been completed by the Foundation for New Latin American Cinema, an institution defending diversity and roots Its first president, Gabriel García Márquez, stated the ultimate goal on…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The Series, in the Home Straight
Alberto Bisset logró su sexta victoria de la temporada. Foto: Yuhki Ohboshi / Alberto Bisset achieved his sixth victory of the season. Photo: Yuhki Ohboshi

The Series, in the Home Straight

Las Tunas, Matanzas, Holguín and Industriales are advancing very comfortably in the top four positions There are 12 games remaining in the regular schedule of the National Series and with…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Thank You, Vietnam, for So Much Solidarity, Generosity, and Your Example!
Trabajaremos codo a codo en el año 2026 por fortalecer la hermandad, aseguró Díaz-Canel. Foto: Estudios Revolución / We will work side by side in 2026 to strengthen brotherhood, Díaz-Canel assured. Photo: Estudios Revolución

Thank You, Vietnam, for So Much Solidarity, Generosity, and Your Example!

Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, at the groundbreaking of the Vista…

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Lee más sobre el artículo An Ágape to Nourish Avilanian Culture
Ágape se erige como un espacio necesario. Foto: Ortelio González Martínez / Ágape stands as a necessary space. Photo: Ortelio González Martínez

An Ágape to Nourish Avilanian Culture

A space for poetry, melody, image and reflection is making its way in Ciego de Ávila. In the cultural panorama of Ciego de Ávila, often fragmented between nostalgia, silence and…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The Epidemiological Situation Remains Complex
Es indispensable continuar con las acciones de control de vectores. Foto: Yaimí Ravelo / It is essential to continue with vector control actions. Photo: Yaimí Ravelo

The Epidemiological Situation Remains Complex

Experts and scientists addressed the current situation of arboviruses in a meeting with the President, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez. On the programme Buenos Días, Vice Minister Carilda Peña García confirmed the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The Illusion of the Market
Foto: Ilustración de Michel Moro / Photo: Illustration by Michel Moro

The Illusion of the Market

Exchange rate inefficiency, manipulation of expectations and the fragility of the informal exchange rate in Cuba Foreign exchange markets are spaces particularly vulnerable to information failures, irrational expectations and speculation.…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Leo Tolstoy, The Enduring Writing
Retrato de León Tolstói. Foto: Obra de I. Repin / Portrait of Leo Tolstoy. Photo: Work by I. Repin

Leo Tolstoy, The Enduring Writing

On the 115th anniversary of his death, returning to the memorable pages written by the brilliant writer would be enough to understand those endurances which, pen in hand, the greats…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Actor Luis Alberto Ramírez Passes Away
Foto / Photo: Cubavisión El canal de todos

Actor Luis Alberto Ramírez Passes Away

The Cuban actor Luis Alberto Ramírez, born in 1960 in this capital, passed away this Tuesday at 65 years of age, as confirmed by the Cubavisión Facebook profile. Ramírez, son…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Council of Ministers Approves Economic and Social Measures
Se autoriza que las mipymes y CNA que tienen en su objeto social la producción, pueden comercializar de forma mayorista las materias primas y productos asociados a su actividad. Foto: Estudios Revolución / MSMEs and Non-Agricultural Cooperatives whose corporate purpose includes production are authorised to commercially trade, on a wholesale basis, the raw materials and products associated with their activity. Photo: Estudios Revolución

Council of Ministers Approves Economic and Social Measures

The Council of Ministers of Cuba, headed by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, and directed…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cuba to Present Energy Transition Strategy at FIHAV 2025
Rosell Guerra Campaña, director de Energías Renovables del Ministerio de Energía y Minas Foto: Abel Padrón Padilla/ Cubadebate / Rosell Guerra Campaña, Director of Renewable Energy at the Ministry of Energy and Mines Photo: Abel Padrón Padilla/ Cubadebate

Cuba to Present Energy Transition Strategy at FIHAV 2025

Cuba will present its comprehensive energy transition strategy at the Havana International Fair (FIHAV 2025), led by the Ministry of Energy and Mines, with the objective of consolidating a sovereign…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Max Henríquez Ureña, the Noble Devotions
El intelectual dominicano Max Henríquez Ureña. Foto: Tomada de Historia Dominicana en Gráficas / The Dominican intellectual Max Henríquez Ureña. Photo: Taken from Historia Dominicana en Gráficas

Max Henríquez Ureña, the Noble Devotions

There are illustrious families. Those with true value are not those whose lineage and coffers mark their degree of celebrity, but rather those whose prestige comes from having contributed to…

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A Speech, Like a Clarion Call

In the Aula Magna of the University of Havana, the 20th anniversary of Fidel's words was commemorated; words which were, there, a warning of the greatest danger, and an expression…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Theatre is a Link with the Other
La obra Crimen (Historia de una reina) estuvo en la muestra del Festival. Foto: Tomada de teatroregionalcervantes.cl / The work Crimen (Historia de una reina) was featured in the Festival's showcase. Photo: Taken from teatroregionalcervantes.cl

Theatre is a Link with the Other

The 21st Havana Theatre Festival offered 90 activities, attended by almost 9,000 people. Theatre is an instrument for examining (and catalysing) social transformations, because theatricality not only allows us to…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Proliferation of Aedes aegypti Makes the Epidemiological Situation in the Country More Complex
En una epidemia, permitir la realización del tratamiento adulticida es obligatorio. Foto: Yaimí Ravelo / In an epidemic, allowing adulticide treatment is mandatory. Photo: Yaimí Ravelo

Proliferation of Aedes aegypti Makes the Epidemiological Situation in the Country More Complex

The responsibility is not exclusive to the Health system, but rather implies an organised social mobilisation to reduce infestation rates and protect the most vulnerable groups. Cuba is facing a…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Confront this epidemic in the same way as was done with COVID-19
Es muy importante la intersectorialidad, la percepción de riesgo y el apoyo para que las acciones de control de vectores se puedan realizar. Foto: Estudios Revolución / Intersectorality, the risk perception of all of us, and the support are very important so that the vector control actions can be carried out. Photo: Estudios Revolución

Confront this epidemic in the same way as was done with COVID-19

"We are going to work on this epidemic in the same way as the COVID-19 was worked on," said this Tuesday afternoon the First Secretary of the Central Committee of…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Germán Mesa: “I am a warrior who always goes out to win”
Germán Mesa en el juego contra República Dominicana, en el grupo B del Torneo Premier 12 de Beisbol, realizado en el Tianmu Stadium, en la ciudad de Taipei, Taipei de China, el 13 de noviembre de 2024. Foto: Roberto Morejón/Periódico JIT (Cuba) / Germán Mesa in the game against the Dominican Republic, in Group B of the Premier 12 Baseball Tournament, held at the Tianmu Stadium, in the city of Taipei, Taipei of China, on 13th November 2024. Photo: Roberto Morejón/Periódico JIT (Cuba)

Germán Mesa: “I am a warrior who always goes out to win”

Hours after the cancellation of the Baseball America Cup, the mentor of the Cuba team, Germán Mesa Fresneda, was faithful to his promise. He agreed to answer the audience of…

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Lee más sobre el artículo A cinema that reaches wherever it is needed
Foto: Cartel del Festival / Photo: Festival Poster

A cinema that reaches wherever it is needed

In addition to the anticipated cinematographic projections, the Festival proposes theoretical and exchange spaces associated with the industry, exhibitions and book presentations. The International Festival of New Latin American Cinema,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo UN Rapporteur evaluates impact of blockade on human rights during visit to Cuba
Alena Douhan, relatora especial del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas. Foto: AFP / Alena Douhan, special rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Photo: AFP

UN Rapporteur evaluates impact of blockade on human rights during visit to Cuba

The Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the negative repercussions of unilateral coercive measures, Alena Douhan, is developing an intense work programme during her official visit…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Carmen. Cuba, a magic that captivates… in China
Visualmente, junto con los diseños de luces del propio Veitía, que aportan a la magia del espectáculo, las imágenes escenográficas realizadas por Tamine González con el video mapping son de un gusto extremo. Foto: Toni Piñera / Visually, together with the lighting designs by Veitía himself, which contribute to the magic of the spectacle, the scenographic images created by Tamine González with video mapping are of extreme taste. Photo: Toni Piñera

Carmen. Cuba, a magic that captivates… in China

Just two weeks after the Spanish Ballet of Cuba, directed by maestro Eduardo Veitía, began its long tour through the People's Republic of China, they have already performed in four…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The recovery grows, but much remains to be done for the eastern residents to return to their daily life
Los daños en las líneas de distribución son grandes debido a la caída de árboles. Foto: Armando Yero / The damage to power lines is extensive due to fallen trees. Photo: Armando Yero

The recovery grows, but much remains to be done for the eastern residents to return to their daily life

The National Defence Council – headed by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, and by the member of…

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Lee más sobre el artículo New bite from Holguín Cubs in 64th SNB
Foto / Photo: Roberto Morejón

New bite from Holguín Cubs in 64th SNB

The north-eastern team won the particular subseries 4-1 against Artemisa. With an offence of 16 hits, the leading Holguín Cubs defeated the Artemisa Hunters 10x3 this Sunday and won the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Alfonso Hernández Catá, the cordiality and the great talent
Hernández Catá, relevante narrador. Foto: Archivo de la Fundación Banco Santander. Foto: Internet / Hernández Catá, relevant storyteller. Photo: Archive of the Banco Santander Foundation. Photo: Internet

Alfonso Hernández Catá, the cordiality and the great talent

Storyteller, poet, playwright and diplomat, author of universal resonances, from our letters A singular name within Cuban letters is that of Alfonso Hernández Catá, storyteller, poet, playwright and diplomat, author…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Avilanian builders support recovery in Santiago de Cuba
Foto: cortesía de la Empresa de Construcciones y Montaje de Ciego de Ávila (Conavil) / Photo: Courtesy of the Ciego de Ávila Construction and Assembly Company (Conavil)

Avilanian builders support recovery in Santiago de Cuba

A brigade made up of 55 workers from the Construction and Assembly Company of Ciego de Ávila (Conavil) is supporting the recovery work in the province of Santiago de Cuba,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Can there be cultural development without innovation?
Las nuevas tecnologías como medios para la expansión de la cultura tienen espacio en varias ponencias. Foto: Dunia Álvarez Palacios / New technologies as a means for the expansion of culture are featured in several presentations. Photo: Dunia Álvarez Palacios

Can there be cultural development without innovation?

To bring together knowledge, to know and understand oneself as part of an innovative science not alien to culture and art… Why a National Innovation Fair organised by the Ministry…

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Lee más sobre el artículo No to FTAA! Yes to integration
Foto: Web Presidencia y Gobierno de Cuba / Photo: Web Presidency and Government of Cuba

No to FTAA! Yes to integration

Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, reaffirmed today Cuba's commitment to Latin American and Caribbean unity…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Confrontation of illegalities continues in Ciego de Ávila
Vasijas con doble fondo para robar al pueblo. Foto: RS / Containers with double bottoms to steal from the people. Photo: RS

Confrontation of illegalities continues in Ciego de Ávila

Coordinated forces of the National Revolutionary Police in Ciego de Ávila and the Provincial Inspection Group, carried out an operation this Tuesday on the sale of rice to the population.…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Avilanian solidarity with the eastern provinces continues
Nuevas brigadas de Etecsa hacia el oriente cubano. Foto tomada del perfil de Etecsa Ciego de Ávila / New Etecsa brigades towards the Cuban east. Photo taken from the Etecsa Ciego de Ávila profile

Avilanian solidarity with the eastern provinces continues

Two new brigades from the Telecommunications Company in Ciego de Ávila, one for Cable and another for Cutting and Downlead, directed by José Antonio Pichardo, are joining the eastern zone…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Blockade and lack of fuel, something to do with it?
La persecución a las operaciones de traslado de combustible a Cuba ha reducido la cartera de proveedores extranjeros. Foto: Caricatura de Lema / The persecution of fuel transport operations to Cuba has reduced the portfolio of foreign suppliers. Photo: Caricature by Lema

Blockade and lack of fuel, something to do with it?

The economic siege has exacerbated the financial limitations and access to credit for repairing the country's thermoelectric plants, acquiring technologies and the fuel required for strategic sectors of the national…

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Dignity as a Standard

The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, announced yesterday that she will not attend the forthcoming Summit of the Americas Given the exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua from the forthcoming…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Oilseed Plants: Another Step Towards Food Sovereignty
El girasol es una de las oleaginosas por excelencia que se potencia hoy en Ciego de Ávila. Foto: invasor.cu / Sunflower is one of the quintessential oilseeds being promoted today in Ciego de Ávila. Photo: invasor.cu

Oilseed Plants: Another Step Towards Food Sovereignty

With innovative techniques, Avilanian farmers are leading an essential movement to substitute imports and strengthen national and provincial economic resilience Far from traditional monocultures, the fields of Ciego de Ávila…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Exemplary Drug Trial Held in Ciego de Ávila
Foto / Photo: https://www.tsp.gob.cu/tribunal-provincial-popular-de-ciego-de-avila

Exemplary Drug Trial Held in Ciego de Ávila

In consonance with the perennial struggle of the Cuban authorities against the scourge of drugs, due to the grave social consequences they entail, an exemplary trial was recently held in…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Representatives of the Pioneer Collectives Elected
Electo colectivo pioneril de la escuela Augusto César Sandino . Foto tomada del perfil de facebook de la escuela Augusto César Sandino / Pioneer collective of the Augusto César Sandino school elected Photo taken from the Facebook profile of the Augusto César Sandino school

Representatives of the Pioneer Collectives Elected

In an exercise of true democracy, the Avilanian students elected the representatives of each pioneer collective, an act with which they paid homage to Francisco “Paquito” González Cueto, the first…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Avilanian University Rector Participates in International Forum on Climate Change
El Doctor Gallardo en su intervención on line en el Foro Internacional de Cambio Climático Foto de la UNICA / Doctor Gallardo during his online intervention at the International Forum on Climate Change Photo from UNICA

Avilanian University Rector Participates in International Forum on Climate Change

Doctor of Science Yurisbel Gallardo Ballat, rector of the Máximo Gómez Báez University of Ciego de Ávila, was called to speak at the IV International Forum: University and Climate Change,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo From Cuba, the Unconditional Support of a People for a Sister Nation
La firma del Presidente cubano es constancia del apoyo incondicional a la hermana Venezuela. Foto: Estudios Revolución / The signature of the Cuban President is a record of the unconditional support for sister Venezuela. Photo: Estudios Revolución

From Cuba, the Unconditional Support of a People for a Sister Nation

The José Martí Memorial opened the signature process taking place on the Island in support of the Declaration of the Cuban Revolutionary Government in solidarity with the Bolivarian Republic of…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Sea Turtles Hatch on Cayo Coco Beach
Foto: Cortesía de trabajadores del Hotel Mojito / Photo: Courtesy of the workers of the Mojito Hotel

Sea Turtles Hatch on Cayo Coco Beach

A natural spectacle captured the attention of guests and workers at the Mojito Hotel, and other holidaymakers enjoying the waters of Playa Larga on Cayo Coco, when the eggs from…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The Series from the Inside… and the World Baseball Classic
Juan Reinaldo Pérez Pardo, comisionado nacional. Foto: Roberto Morejón / Juan Reinaldo Pérez Pardo, national commissioner. Photo: Roberto Morejón

The Series from the Inside… and the World Baseball Classic

They constituted topics of analysis in the exchange between the national commission and the specialised press The analysis of topics related to the 64th National Series and the World Baseball…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Angola demanded lifting of US blockade against Cuba
João Lourenço, presidente de Angola. Foto: PL / João Lourenço, President of Angola. Photo: PL

Angola demanded lifting of US blockade against Cuba

Angola’s President, João Lourenço, demanded the unconditional lifting of the United States’ economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba, while addressing the 80th United Nations General Assembly, which continues today.…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Avilanian Scientific Centre’s Work Appreciated by Deputies
Ubicado en el municipio de Morón, el CIBA se instala en un medio natural, donde se practica también la producción agropecuaria. Foto: CIBA/Facebook / Located in the municipality of Morón, CIBA is set in a natural environment, where agricultural production is also practised. Photo: CIBA/Facebook

Avilanian Scientific Centre’s Work Appreciated by Deputies

Deputies to the National Assembly of People’s Power (ANPP) for the province of Ciego de Ávila spoke this Tuesday with workers from the Centre for Environmental Engineering and Biodiversity, as…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Deputies Meet with Avilanian Science Workers
Foto: Tomada del perfil en Facebook Citma / Photo: Taken from the Facebook profile Citma

Deputies Meet with Avilanian Science Workers

Deputies to the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP) are meeting with workers from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA) in the province of Ciego de Ávila, as…

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FEEM Assembly Process Begins

From Monday 22 September, assemblies for the process of the Federation of Secondary School Students (FEEM) will be held in the Avilanian municipality of Morón. These meetings will be favourable…

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Cuba Shines in Tokyo

The Cuban delegation at the still ongoing 2025 Tokyo World Athletics Championships has written a memorable page for the island's sport, combining medals, national records, and pioneering performances that reflect…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Morales Ojeda Begins Working Visit to Venezuela
Foto: Tomada de la cuenta en X de @DrRobertoMOjeda / Photo: Taken from the X account of @DrRobertoMOjeda

Morales Ojeda Begins Working Visit to Venezuela

Roberto Morales Ojeda, Secretary of Organisation of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), arrived today in Venezuela for a working visit, following an invitation from the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo A Cuban in the Cosmos
El cosmonauta investigador Armando Tamayo Méndez y el comandante de la Soyuz-38, Yuri Romanenko, completaron 18 vueltas a nuestro planeta entre el 18 y el 26 septiembre de 1980. / Roscosmos / The research cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez and the commander of the Soyuz-38, Yuri Romanenko, completed 18 orbits of our planet between 18 and 26 September 1980. / Roscosmos

A Cuban in the Cosmos

A Cuban in the Cosmos! That was the phrase heard most on 18 September 1980, when Cuban television and radio announced that the Soyuz 38 spacecraft carrier rocket had launched…

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Her, the Ayagba

It would seem she was always at the summits: prima ballerina, prima singer and prima actress of the National Folkloric Ensemble, and one of its founders; called by critics “the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo From the side of the Revolution and beauty
«Soy un hombre con su visión del mundo, un hombre que ha tomado partido», ha dicho Silvio Rodríguez. Foto: Tomada de Zurrón del Aprendiz / “I am a man with his vision of the world, a man who has taken sides,” Silvio Rodríguez has said. Photo: Taken from Zurrón del Aprendiz

From the side of the Revolution and beauty

Silvio will carry with him the indomitable fighting spirit of the Cuban troubadours At seven o'clock on the evening of Friday 19th September, the University of Havana Steps will once…

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Lee más sobre el artículo We take with us the example of resilience, courage and bravery of the Cuban people
Ambas delegaciones rubricaron acuerdos de cooperación interparlamentaria. Foto: Cuenta en X de la Asamblea Nacional Cuba / Both delegations signed interparliamentary cooperation agreements. Photo: Account in X of the Cuban National Assembly

We take with us the example of resilience, courage and bravery of the Cuban people

The presidents of the national assemblies of Cuba and Angola held official talks A demonstration of the historical relations of friendship, cooperation, solidarity and affection between the peoples of Cuba…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Expertise of sector workers allowed reconnection of National Electrical System in record time
Continúa el mantenimiento en la unidad 2 de Santa Cruz. Foto: José M. Correa / Maintenance continues on unit 2 of Santa Cruz. Photo: José M. Correa

Expertise of sector workers allowed reconnection of National Electrical System in record time

The National Electrical System (SEN) was restored this Thursday, although the investigation is still lacking to establish the conclusions regarding the reason for the outage of the Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Some novelties proposed by the draft Labour Code law
Los trabajadores que se encuentran en espera del restablecimiento del proceso productivo recibirán el salario básico de su cargo. Foto: José Manuel Correa / Workers who are awaiting the re-establishment of the production process will receive the basic wage of their post. Photo: José Manuel Correa

Some novelties proposed by the draft Labour Code law

The principle of demonstrated capacity, based on competency management, governs incorporation into employment and permanence in the post The development of collective labour relations, decisions in state business entities and…

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The curse of waiting

When Pedro Quiñones called me to say he was going to give me one of the works from his most recent personal exhibition at the Azagaya gallery of the Avilanian…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Alert on cyclone impacts in September
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Alert on cyclone impacts in September

The ninth month of the year concentrates the maximum cyclonic activity in the North Atlantic Ocean, whose statistical peak occurs around the 10th day, warned Professor Luis Enrique Ramos Guadalupe.…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The Caesar of boxing wants to conquer Liverpool
Julio César La Cruz tiene la oportunidad de hacer historia en Liverpool, e igualar a los boxeadores más laureados en la élite. Foto: Getty Images / Julio César La Cruz has the opportunity to make history in Liverpool, and equal the most decorated boxers in the elite. Photo: Getty Images

The Caesar of boxing wants to conquer Liverpool

Julio César La Cruz will face his eighth world championship, and will seek his sixth gold medal in this contest Julio César La Cruz, with his characteristic style, always reminds…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Minister of Education sends message for start of school year
La titular reconoció que la captación para los centros de formación pedagógica muestra una situación compleja. Foto: Tomada de Juventud Rebelde / The minister acknowledged that recruitment for teacher training centres shows a complex situation. Photo: Taken from Juventud Rebelde

Minister of Education sends message for start of school year

Naima Ariatne Trujillo Barreto, Minister of Education, today highlighted the importance of comprehension, trust and unity to face the challenges of the 2025-2026 school year, which began this first of…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Start of the new school year in Morón
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Start of the new school year in Morón

With contagious joy and the optimism to move forward with renewed vigour, the students of the Avilanian municipality of Morón, together with their teachers, are attending the classrooms and beginning…

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Lee más sobre el artículo 161 irregular migrants return from the US
Foto: Tomada de la cuenta en X de @minint_cuba / Photo: Taken from the X account of @minint_cuba

161 irregular migrants return from the US

A group of 161 irregular migrants (37 women and 124 men) returned this Thursday to Cuba from the United States via the José Martí International Airport, in strict compliance with…

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Lee más sobre el artículo La Colmenita, unforgettable for the Vietnamese audience
El espectáculo, pensado para todas las edades, fue una fiesta de música, color y alegría. Foto: Moisés Pérez Mok / The show, intended for all ages, was a festival of music, colour and joy. Photo: Moisés Pérez Mok

La Colmenita, unforgettable for the Vietnamese audience

The work La Cenicienta… según los Beatles was the calling card of the colmeneros at the capital's Ho Guom Theatre Ingeniousness and purity combined in the performance, in Vietnam, of…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Morón to host psychiatry scientific events
Hospital general docente Roberto Rodríguez Fernández de Moròn. Foto: ACN / Roberto Rodríguez Fernández General Teaching Hospital of Morón. Photo: ACN

Morón to host psychiatry scientific events

The XXIII Provincial Psychiatry Conference and the III Depression Symposium will take place on the next 10th September at the Roberto Rodríguez General Teaching Hospital in Morón. Under the precept…

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Lee más sobre el artículo A World Championship to regain laurels?
Saidel Horta será el gran ausente en Liverpool. Foto: IBA.SPORt / Saidel Horta will be the great absentee in Liverpool. Photo: IBA.SPORt

A World Championship to regain laurels?

Rolando Acebal, head coach of the Cuban boxing squad, discusses details about the already imminent World Championship, starting next 4th September From the Holveín Quesada National Boxing School have come…

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Lee más sobre el artículo For Venezuela, all of Cuba’s solidarity
Foto: TOMADA DE LA CUENTA EN X DE LA PRESIDENCIA / Photo: TAKEN FROM THE X ACCOUNT OF THE PRESIDENCY

For Venezuela, all of Cuba’s solidarity

The Bolivarian Revolution prepares to defend its national sovereignty The Bolivarian and Chavista Revolution, led by President Nicolás Maduro, can count on "all the solidarity and support of Cuba," stated…

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Prohibited, but not for turtles

The reproductive stage of turtles is a spectacle of resistance and natural precision, marked by epic migrations, nocturnal nesting rituals and a constant struggle for survival from the first instant…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Reopening of the Ciego de Ávila Casa de la Trova announced
LA Casa de la Tova es una de las instituciones culturales preferida por los avileños. Foto: Carlos Mola / The Casa de la Trova is one of the cultural institutions preferred by Avilanians. Photo: Carlos Mola

Reopening of the Ciego de Ávila Casa de la Trova announced

The reopening of the Miguel Ángel Luna Casa de la Trova, in the Avilanian capital, will take place next Saturday the 23rd, at 9:00 in the evening. “Where love becomes…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cuba faces potential comeback in the medal table
Foto: Roberto Morejón, enviado especial / Photo: Roberto Morejón, special correspondent

Cuba faces potential comeback in the medal table

Led by the athletics squad the Island’s delegation closed a good day, and prepares to continue adding prizes Amid a final stretch promising good news, the Cuban delegation will begin…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Assassination attempt on indigenous leader Iza denounced in Ecuador
Leonidas Iza, expresidente de la Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador (Conaie) y excandidato presidencial por Pachakutik. Foto: PL / Leonidas Iza, former president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) and presidential candidate for Pachakutik. Photo: PL

Assassination attempt on indigenous leader Iza denounced in Ecuador

The Indigenous and Peasant Movement of Cotopaxi (MICC) today denounced an alleged assassination attempt against Leonidas Iza, former president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) and former…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Installation of solar panel pumping stations benefits more than 468 000 inhabitants
En la actualidad funcionan 716 sistemas fotovoltaicos para el bombeo, con hasta diez kilowatts de potencia. Foto: Rafael Martínez / Currently, 716 photovoltaic systems for pumping, with up to ten kilowatts of power, are operational. Photo: Rafael Martínez

Installation of solar panel pumping stations benefits more than 468 000 inhabitants

The change in the energy matrix for water supply has, to date, allowed an annual saving of 9.8 gigawatt hours and around 700 tonnes of fuel The water supply service…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The mark of a remembered art director
Las actuales generaciones de espectadores y realizadores cubanos tienen en Pedro un referente de compromiso. Foto: Tomada de La Jiribilla / Current generations of Cuban viewers and filmmakers have in Pedro a reference of commitment. Photo: Taken from La Jiribilla

The mark of a remembered art director

Five years after the passing of Pedro García Espinosa, we recall the work of he who led or collaborated on the art direction of celebrated Cuban films The visual distinction,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Chilean candidate bets on «less discourse and more contact»
Jeannette Jara, candidata presidencial del Pacto Unidad por Chile. Foto: PL / Jeannette Jara, presidential candidate of the Pact Unity for Chile. Photo: PL

Chilean candidate bets on «less discourse and more contact»

Presidential candidate of the Pact Unity for Chile, Jeannette Jara, is preparing a national tour today to present her government programme and dialogue face to face with the electorate. The…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Fidel, that which the tree calls root
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Fidel, that which the tree calls root

Raúl and Díaz-Canel presided over the political-cultural event in homage to the 99th birthday of the Commander-in-Chief, a day that marked the start of the commemorative programme for Fidel's centenary…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Carnavalito Corazón shone again in Ciego de Ávila
Los niños disfrutaron de la segunda edición de Carnavalito Corazón en el parque José Martí. Foto: Malena Corcho Vergara

Carnavalito Corazón shone again in Ciego de Ávila

Its contagious joy and distinctive rhythm shone again, Carnavalito Corazón, by Latin Luli’s Productions and the Provincial Council of Performing Arts in Ciego de Ávila, this 13 August, in the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo With Fidel
Foto / Photo: ALBERTO KORDA

With Fidel

Let us enter alongside him through the widened gates of History In 1985, a foreign journalist asked Fidel: "What would you like your legacy to be? How would you like…

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Young art ascends mountains

The Luis and Sergio Saíz brigade ascended the 28 de Enero Peak in Florencia municipality, as part of the "Why We Fight" campaign running nationwide until 13 August. The motives…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Implementation of Life Task advances
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Implementation of Life Task advances

The project dedicated to restoring sand mounds, led by the Centre for Environmental Engineering and Biodiversity (CIBA) in the Avilanian municipality of Morón, as part of Life Task, includes technical…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Mirtha Ibarra recalls her cinematic debut
Foto / Photo: Isniel Díaz Arocha

Mirtha Ibarra recalls her cinematic debut

Within the framework of the 9th Summer Film Festival, promoted by the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC), Havana's Charles Chaplin cinema hosted an emotional meeting this Friday…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Hydraulic sector workers pay tribute to Fidel
Foto / Photo: José Luis Martínez Alejo

Hydraulic sector workers pay tribute to Fidel

Through productive actions, individual and collective recognition for extraordinary work merits, the protagonists of investments and water resource management and control in Cuba pay homage to the driving force behind…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Noel, the Fortune is Ours
Noel retrató la Isla de su tiempo y sentimientos universales. Foto: Archivo de Granma / Noel portrayed the Island of his time and universal feelings. Photo: Granma Archive

Noel, the Fortune is Ours

Twenty years ago, Noel Nicola departed; behind him he left us many reasons-songs to be alive, simply. The entertainment industry, powerful, omnipresent, bets on homogeneity: that we find the same…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cuban Cartoonist Humberto Lázaro Miranda (LAZ) Passes Away
Humberto Lázaro Miranda Ramírez (LAZ), caricaturista y colaborador del periódico Juventud Rebelde. Foto: ACN / Humberto Lázaro Miranda Ramírez (LAZ), cartoonist and contributor to the newspaper Juventud Rebelde. Photo: ACN

Cuban Cartoonist Humberto Lázaro Miranda (LAZ) Passes Away

Humberto Lázaro Miranda Ramírez (LAZ), cartoonist and contributor to the newspaper Juventud Rebelde, has passed away at 64 years of age, the publication confirmed today. Born in Havana, Miranda Ramírez…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Dolphin Therapy Promoted in Cuban Keys
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Dolphin Therapy Promoted in Cuban Keys

A therapeutic programme for individuals with neurological development disorders is currently underway at the dolphinarium in Cayo Guillermo, part of the Jardines del Rey tourist destination in northern Cuba. The…

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Circávila 2025: Day 2

When the morning performance began with the Rayitos de Sol circus, the San Carlos cinema in Morón wasn't at full capacity, but it looked immense. And indeed, the laughter, applause…

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The Bohemian Diva

Not only her singular timbre, but her stage histrionics established Sheila Mora as an irreplaceable legend of Avilanian music. Her final farewell leaves a void both in the local musical…

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Imandra, the Young Photographer

Women in visual arts have predominantly played the role of muses, despite their presence as creators throughout art history; the evolution of various artistic expressions is practically inconceivable without female…

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Water Travels Across the Causeway

Perhaps very few guests and visitors arriving at the Jardines del Rey tourist destination wonder how and from where the water used in all services—including human consumption—reaches this location. This…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cuba’s Achievements in Hepatitis B Fight Highlighted
Esta vacuna cubana recombinante contra la hepatitis B está precalificada por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS). Foto: Arnaldo Santo / This Cuban recombinant hepatitis B vaccine is prequalified by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Photo: Arnaldo Santo

Cuba’s Achievements in Hepatitis B Fight Highlighted

Cuba stands out as a successful example in controlling and potentially eliminating this disease in paediatric ages through the use of Heberbiovac HB, a nationally produced recombinant vaccine that has…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cuban jumper Aniel Molina wins silver at Luxembourg Meeting
Foto: Tomada del perfil de Facebook del periodista Carlos Manuel Bernal / Photo: Taken from the Facebook profile of journalist Carlos Manuel Bernal

Cuban jumper Aniel Molina wins silver at Luxembourg Meeting

Cuban athlete Aniel Adrián Molina Gómez claimed the silver medal today at the International Meeting of Luxembourg, leaping 7.78 metres in the men's long jump final, a Category D event…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Raúl and Díaz-Canel Head Central Act for 26th July in Ciego de Ávila
El Acto Central Nacional por el 72 aniversario del asalto a los cuarteles Moncada y Carlos Manuel de Céspedes inició este sábado en la Plaza de la Revolución Máximo Gómez Báez de esta central provincia. Foto: Marcelino Váquez Hernández/Cubadebate / The National Central Ceremony commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the attack on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks began this Saturday in the Máximo Gómez Báez Revolution Square in this central province. Photo: Marcelino Váquez Hernández/Cubadebate

Raúl and Díaz-Canel Head Central Act for 26th July in Ciego de Ávila

The National Central Act for the 72nd anniversary of the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks began this Saturday at the Máximo Gómez Báez Revolution Square…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cuba Protects Its Wetlands and Waterbird Habitats
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Cuba Protects Its Wetlands and Waterbird Habitats

Cuba currently safeguards eight Ramsar Sites—internationally recognized wetlands of ecological importance, particularly for waterbird habitats. These include: Zapata Swamp (Matanzas) Cauto Delta Wetland (Granma) Great Northern Wetland (Ciego de Ávila) Máximo-Camagüey River Wetland (Camagüey) Lanier…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Harnessing Productive Potential Through Collective Effort
Sobre posibles encadenamientos, comentó el Presidente Díaz-Canel en la vaquería Pradera Roja. Foto: Estudios Revolución / President Díaz-Canel commented on possible linkages at the Pradera Roja dairy farm. Photo: Revolución Studios

Harnessing Productive Potential Through Collective Effort

The President of the Republic toured production facilities in Cotorro and Habana del Este municipalities, emphasizing the development of productive linkages to address the country's economic challenges. True to his…

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Lee más sobre el artículo What is Osvaldo Doimeadios Made Of?
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What is Osvaldo Doimeadios Made Of?

This Thursday at 5:00 p.m., the Charles Chaplin Cinema in Havana's Vedado district will premiere the first episode of the documentary series "Ruta ADN Cuba" - an unprecedented fusion of…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Heartbeats of the 26th Resonate Across Cuba
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Heartbeats of the 26th Resonate Across Cuba

In preparation for National Rebellion Day, commemorative events are taking place in municipalities that have earned the distinction of serving as provincial hosts due to their comprehensive achievements. Yesterday, hundreds…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Morón Concludes Academic Year with Positive Results
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Morón Concludes Academic Year with Positive Results

The 2024-2025 academic year concluded successfully in Morón municipality, achieving quality and efficiency through the dedicated efforts of teachers, methodologists, and administrative staff. These accomplishments were celebrated during the Municipal…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cuba to its first VNL final
Yant, máximo anotador de esta ronda preliminar y el mejor en ataque.Foto: FIVB / Yant, top scorer of this preliminary round and best attacker. Photo: FIVB

Cuba to its first VNL final

China jeopardised its advance, but the outlook cleared with Bulgaria's failure against Iran. Despite the complication caused by a surprise 2-3 loss to China, Cuba advanced for the first time…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The serious economic limitations have not halted all investments
Al sector hidráulico estuvieron dedicadas importantes inversiones en el semestre. Foto: José Manuel Correa / Significant investments in the semester were dedicated to the hydraulic sector. Photo: José Manuel Correa

The serious economic limitations have not halted all investments

Despite the marked economic constraints faced by the country, whose impact is reflected daily in the development strategies of all social and economic sectors, prioritised objectives have been determined in…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The Crazy Cars Park Rises Again in Ciego de Ávila (+Photos)
El Parque de Ciudad está viviendo una transformación que busca devolverle su brillo. Foto: Abel Padrón Padilla /Cubadebate / Parque de la Ciudad is undergoing a transformation to reclaim its sparkle. Photos: Abel Padrón Padilla / Cubadebate

The Crazy Cars Park Rises Again in Ciego de Ávila (+Photos)

Everyone in Ciego de Ávila knows it as "el parque de los carritos locos"—the place where, in the memories of locals, children's laughter blends with the hum of engines and background…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Coastal Ecosystems Centre as Guardian of Science
Centro de Investigaciones de Ecosistemas Costeros. Foto: Cortesía del CIEC / Coastal Ecosystems Research Centre. Photo: Courtesy of CIEC

Coastal Ecosystems Centre as Guardian of Science

Guaranteeing sustainable development in the Jardines del Rey tourist destination, the Centre for Coastal Ecosystem Research (CIEC) has established itself as a scientific institution supporting environmentally responsible management across hotels,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo To Be Champion Requires Unity and Discipline, Says Granma Mentor
Marcos Ortega, director Alazanes de Granma en la recién finalizada Serie Nacional Sub-23 de Beisbol. Foto: Roberto Morejón Rodríguez/Periódico JIT (Cuba) / Marcos Ortega, manager of Granma's Alazanes in the recent National U-23 Baseball Series. Photo: Roberto Morejón Rodríguez/JIT Newspaper (Cuba)

To Be Champion Requires Unity and Discipline, Says Granma Mentor

Marcos Ortega, manager of the championship-winning team in the National U-23 Baseball Series, emphasised this principle "To aspire to be champions, a team needs unity and discipline alongside talent," stated…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Forever, Sindo
Cuando se hable de Cuba / en alegres reuniones, / y se digan canciones / que los hagan vivir, / que recuerden las mías... pidió Garay en Testamento lírico. Foto: Archivo de Granma / When Cuba is spoken of / In joyful gatherings, / And songs are sung / That make them live, / May they remember mine... Garay asked in Testamento Lírico. Photo: Granma Archive

Forever, Sindo

As Marta Valdés would say, Sindo Garay was astonishment itself Today’s date calls for an emotional tribute to the memory of who stands as the highest exponent among cultivators of…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Avilanian Biofactory to Produce High-Quality Potato Seeds
Fotos Tomadas de Sebioca Semillas Biotecnológicas Ciego de Ávila Facebook / Photos: Sebioca Semillas Biotecnológicas Ciego de Ávila Facebook

Avilanian Biofactory to Produce High-Quality Potato Seeds

Aligned with the need to further leverage science for food production, the state-owned micro, small, and medium-sized enterprise Semillas Biotecnológicas Ciego de Ávila (Sebioca S.U.R.L.) has initiated a process to…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Leyanis Pérez and Liadagmis Povea Achieve World Podium-Worthy Marks
Leyanis Pérez lidera el triple salto femenino en la temporada actual. Foto: World Athletics / Leyanis Pérez leads the women’s triple jump rankings this season. Photo: World Athletics

Leyanis Pérez and Liadagmis Povea Achieve World Podium-Worthy Marks

The two athletes from Pinar del Río are enjoying a year of stability and results, positioning them among the top favourites ahead of the imminent global outdoor championship. Cuban triple…

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Lee más sobre el artículo AI Fair for Youth to Be Held in Cuba
Foto: Tomada de Prensa Latina / Photo: Prensa Latina

AI Fair for Youth to Be Held in Cuba

A fair designed to introduce young people to artificial intelligence (AI) usage, featuring personalised training spaces, will take place this Thursday, organisers announced today. Under the motto "Inspiring Action," the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Critical Assessment of INDER’s Work, States Deputy
Idalis Ortiz, Gloria del Deporte Cubano y diputada a Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular. Foto: Carlos González Rego / Idalis Ortiz, Glory of Cuban Sport and Deputy to the National Assembly of People's Power. Photo: Carlos González Rego

Critical Assessment of INDER’s Work, States Deputy

Deputy Idalis Ortiz, Glory of Cuban Sport, described the assessment report on the work of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER) as critical and self-critical. The…

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National School Games Inaugurated

"This is the premier multidisciplinary event of Cuba's sporting movement," stated INDER President Osvaldo Vento Montiller, confirming the commitment to hold such a major competition under challenging circumstances. "Coinciding with…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cubans Bring Healthcare to Aztec Lands
Fotos: Tomadas del perfil de la BMC en México / Photos: Taken from the BMC's profile in Mexico

Cubans Bring Healthcare to Aztec Lands

The Cuban medical mission in Mexico, nearing its third anniversary this July, has consolidated its presence across 29 of the country’s 32 states, delivering healthcare in remote and hard-to-reach areas,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The Canvases of a Mambí
Foto: Autorretrato de Menocal / Photo: Menocal's self-portrait

The Canvases of a Mambí

How would it have been to live a day in late 19th-century Cuba? We shall never know first-hand, and as time travel still belongs to fiction, those passionate about the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Morón-Perea Train Re-establishes Services
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Morón-Perea Train Re-establishes Services

After seven years of inactivity, the train covering the route from Morón to Perea-Venegas, with stops at Enrique Varona, Chambas and Florencia stations, has re-established its services. This required determined…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Playoff Time for the Under-23s
La Habana consiguió el último cupo a los play off. Foto: Tomada de Jit / Havana secured the final playoff spot. Photo: Taken from Jit

Playoff Time for the Under-23s

Granma host Camagüey today, and Havana host Villa Clara From tomorrow, we enter playoff mode, now in a version as short as its regular calendar. The VIII National Under-23 Championship…

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Lee más sobre el artículo New Management Forms Developed in Morón
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New Management Forms Developed in Morón

Services from non-agricultural cooperatives and construction sector potential are essential alternatives amid workforce shortages in Morón municipality, Avilanian territory. Authorities emphasise changing mindsets and leveraging opportunities established under Cuban government…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Job Fairs in Morón Positively Assessed
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Job Fairs in Morón Positively Assessed

Local authorities in Morón positively assess the job fairs where professions or trades are offered, and interested individuals receive training for occupations matching their qualifications. With support from People's Power…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Caribbean Festival Commences
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Caribbean Festival Commences

Over 400 international visitors and representatives of cultural groups nationwide inaugurated the event also known as the Fire Festival, with its 44th edition dedicated to the popular culture of Curaçao.…

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Majagua Knows Well What It Preserves

If Only All Municipalities Pursuing Autonomy and Food Sovereignty Could Practically Understand This Majagua, Ciego de Ávila – While many immediately associate this municipality with its fierce tradition of two…

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Why Ciego de Ávila for the 26th?

Amid scarcity and high prices for available goods; blackouts, water shortages, accumulating rubbish, and countless other problems, many find it difficult to understand why our province earned the honour of…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Culture Also Contributes to 26 July Celebrations
Al inicio radicaba en su casa, pero, se le concedió una patente que le autoriza a vender libros en un espacio del céntrico parque Martí. Foto: Alain / Initially, he lived in his home, but was granted a patent authorizing him to sell books in a space in the central Parque Martí. Photo: Alain

Culture Also Contributes to 26 July Celebrations

When Carlos Ramos Rizo, a true man of culture, decided to make his personal library – his books – available to his fellow townspeople, he did so convinced it would…

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Dreaming with History

July begins with a cultural celebration, as the first of this month marks Historian’s Day, in honour of Dr Emilio Roig de Leuchsenring, who in 1935 was appointed Historian of…

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Woman for Everything

It is often said: "He is a man for everything." So why not also affirm: "She is a woman for every kind of task"? This is exactly how Misleidys Sánchez…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Top Contributor to National Hydraulic Works is Avilanian Enterprise
La empresa Ciegoplast se consolida como la mayor aportadora para obras hidráulicas del país. Foto: Osvaldo Guttierez / Ciegoplast has established itself as the country's largest supplier of hydraulic works. Photo: Osvaldo Guttierez

Top Contributor to National Hydraulic Works is Avilanian Enterprise

Inaugurated over two decades ago, Ciegoplast is recognised for its contribution to water access in vulnerable zones across all provinces, while facilitating the commissioning of major infrastructure projects. With nearly…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Miguel Díaz-Canel Undertakes Official Visit to Belarus to Strengthen Ties with the Nation and the Eurasian Economic Union.
La voluntad que compartimos ha sido construida a lo largo de décadas y, en los últimos años, por los presidentes Alexander Lukashenko y Miguel Díaz-Canel. Foto: Estudios Revolución / The will we share has been built over decades, and in recent years, by Presidents Alexander Lukashenko and Miguel Díaz-Canel. Photo: Estudios Revolución

Miguel Díaz-Canel Undertakes Official Visit to Belarus to Strengthen Ties with the Nation and the Eurasian Economic Union.

“The relationship between Cuba and Belarus is long-standing. Beyond the establishment of bilateral ties in April 1992, they are deep, historical bonds, concerning the friendship and feelings of respect and…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Food Sovereignty Programme Promoted
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Food Sovereignty Programme Promoted

In the context of the emulation for the 26th of July, the Avilanian municipality of Morón is redoubling its efforts to strengthen the food sovereignty programme, as part of its…

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Lee más sobre el artículo “El Cristinazo”: The Day After
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“El Cristinazo”: The Day After

The echoes of yesterday’s massive mobilisation supporting former President Cristina Fernández – now under house arrest and banned from politics – still resonate across Buenos Aires today. Meanwhile, her Justicialist…

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Editorial: With Local Flavour

No compatriot remains unaware: Cuba navigates a critical juncture in its national trajectory. Confronted by daily dilemmas facing families, many attest that the imperial blockade’s coercive, extraterritorial measures now inflict…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Exchange Held with Members of UNEAC
Foto / Photo: Radio Morón

Exchange Held with Members of UNEAC

Luis Alberto Echemendía Manzanares, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) in the Morón municipality of Ciego de Ávila, held a fruitful exchange with members of the National…

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Lee más sobre el artículo New Matchups Begin in U-23 National Series
durante el segundo juego de la subserie Industriales vs Las Tunas de la segunda etapa de la 58 serie nacional de béisbol que tuvo lugar en el Estadio Latinoamericano el domingo 2 de diciembre de 2018, en La Habana, Cuba. Foto: Calixto N. Llanes/Periódico JIT / During the second game of the Industriales vs. Las Tunas subseries of the second stage of the 58th National Baseball Series, which took place at the Latin American Stadium on Sunday, December 2, 2018, in Havana, Cuba. Photo: Calixto N. Llanes/JIT Newspaper

New Matchups Begin in U-23 National Series

The U-23 National Baseball Series continues today across four stadiums in the country with the commencement of the second individual subseries. In Group B, defending 2022 champions Villa Clara will…

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Lee más sobre el artículo International Biotechnology Day
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International Biotechnology Day

International Biotechnology Day is celebrated every 16 June to celebrate scientific disciplines that are of great importance for the sustainable development of the planet. The day also recognises the work…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Official opening ceremony of the Cuban embassy in the Republic of Korea held in Seoul
Ceremonia de apertura oficial de la embajada de Cuba en la República de Corea , el 10 de junio de 2025, en Seúl. Foto: Tomada de Cubaminrex / Official opening ceremony of the Cuban embassy in the Republic of Korea, on 10 June 2025, in Seoul. Photo: Taken from Cubaminrex

Official opening ceremony of the Cuban embassy in the Republic of Korea held in Seoul

The official opening ceremony of the Cuban embassy in the Republic of Korea took place in Seoul on Tuesday. The director of Asia and Oceania of the Minrex, Ariel Lorenzo…

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Lee más sobre el artículo BioPlant Centre awards PhD degrees to doctors of science
Entrega de títulos a Doctores en Ciencias del Centro de Bioplantas. Foto: CB / Awarding of Doctor of Science degrees at the Bioplants Centre. Photo: CB

BioPlant Centre awards PhD degrees to doctors of science

The Bioplants Centre in Ciego de Avila awarded the title of Doctor of Science to four of its professionals, who obtained the high academic degree last year: Claudia Linares Rivero,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Avilanians promoting efficient management of plastics
Fotos cortesía de Delegación Territorial del Citma Ciego de Ávila / Photos courtesy of Delegación Territorial del Citma Ciego de Ávila

Avilanians promoting efficient management of plastics

The celebrations for World Environment Day (5 June) in the province of Ciego de Avila are an opportunity to promote the efficient management of plastics and the replacement of single-use…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Tigers look for sweep against Lumberjacks
Luis Alberto Marrero . Foto: Tomada de Invasor / Photo: Taken from Invasor

Tigers look for sweep against Lumberjacks

The Tigres de Ciego de Avila will be looking for the last roar that will make them champions of the III Elite League of Cuban Baseball today, but they will…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cuba highlights priorities as a Brics partner country
Mayra Arevich, ministra de Comunicaciones de Cuba. Foto: PL / Mayra Arevich, Cuban Minister of Communications. Photo: PL

Cuba highlights priorities as a Brics partner country

Cuba's Minister of Communications, Mayra Arevich, today in Russia, in an interview with the multinational TVBrics channel, spoke of her country's priorities as a Brics partner country. The minister, who…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Heavy rains hit northern Ciego de Avila province
Varias zonas bajas del municipio avileño de Morón sufrieron inundaciones, por las fuertes y persistentes lluvias ocurridas desde la tarde- noche de este lunes y madrugada y mañana del martes último. Foto: Radio Morón / Several low-lying areas of the Avilanian municipality of Morón suffered flooding, due to the heavy and persistent rains that have occurred since Monday evening and early Tuesday morning. Photo: Radio Morón

Heavy rains hit northern Ciego de Avila province

Significant accumulations of locally heavy and intense rainfall on Tuesday in the northern part of the province of Ciego de Avila affected several houses in the city of Morón, especially…

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Theatre takes over the streets

The 1st edition of the event Andares Callejeros is already a reality in the city of Morón; with an inaugural parade the theatrical festival officially began in these premises. Sponsored…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Information from the Cuban Boxing Federation
Foto / Photo: Roberto Morejón

Information from the Cuban Boxing Federation

World Boxing affiliation formalities completed The Cuban Boxing Federation (FCB) confirmed today that it has completed the formalities to join World Boxing, an organisation provisionally recognised by the International Olympic…

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Lee más sobre el artículo New first vice-chancellor of the University of Ciego de Avila appointed
Ariel Villalobos Olivera, nuevo vicerrector primero de la Universidad avileña. Foto: Yurisbel / Ariel Villalobos Olivera, new first vice-rector of the University of Ciego de Avila. Photo: Yurisbel

New first vice-chancellor of the University of Ciego de Avila appointed

Ariel Villalobos Olivera, PhD in Agricultural Sciences, was appointed first vice-rector of the University of Ciego de Avila Máximo Gómez Báez, a centre accredited with the category of Excellence. Professor…

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Lee más sobre el artículo National Meeting of the Speciality of Criminal Proceedings concludes in Ciego de Ávila
Efectúan Ciego de Ávila Reunión Nacional de la Especialidad de Procesos Penales. Fotos: Danis Rodríguez Ceballos / Ciego de Avila National Meeting of the Speciality of Criminal Proceedings. Photos: Danis Rodríguez Ceballos

National Meeting of the Speciality of Criminal Proceedings concludes in Ciego de Ávila

The National Meeting of the Speciality of Criminal Proceedings concluded in Ciego de Ávila with the analysis of the main deficiencies in the control of the investigation and the particularities…

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Lee más sobre el artículo A tribute to José Martí in Ciego de Avila’s schools
Mediante dramatizaciones de cuentos que pertenecen al libro La Edad de Oro los pioneros rinden homenaje a Martí. Foto: Archivo / Through dramatisations of stories from the book La Edad de Oro (The Golden Age), the pioneers pay homage to Martí. Photo: Archive

A tribute to José Martí in Ciego de Avila’s schools

The homage to José Martí is multiplying these days in the educational institutions of Ciego de Ávila, where students take part in workshops, exhibitions, special matinees and, most enjoyed by…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Vanguard grows at the Capablanca Chess Open
Foto: Federación Cubana de Ajedrez. / Photo: Cuban Chess Federation.

Vanguard grows at the Capablanca Chess Open

Michel Alejandro Diaz joined the leaders. In the Elite the top did not change with Volodar Murzin alone. While in the Elite group of the International Capablanca in Memoriam Chess…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Atlantic cyclone and storm names announced
Temporada ciclónica en Cuba. Foto: Prensa Latina / Cyclonic season in Cuba. Photo: Prensa Latina

Atlantic cyclone and storm names announced

An international committee of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has for years maintained and updated the names of storms and tropical cyclones that can form in the Atlantic during the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The Council of Ministers approved normative provisions to be submitted to the National Assembly.
Los proyectos debatidos y aprobados por el Consejo de Ministros serán presentados ante la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular para su discusión y aprobación definitiva. Foto: Estudios Revolución / The projects debated and approved by the Council of Ministers will be submitted to the National Assembly of People's Power for discussion and final approval. Photo: Estudios Revolución

The Council of Ministers approved normative provisions to be submitted to the National Assembly.

Issues related to the development of the nation were recently approved in an extraordinary session of the Council of Ministers, among them, several draft bills, including the Code for Children,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cuba is ready for respectful relations with the US
Una bandera cubana y otra estadounidense en la sala de prensa durante el segundo día de conversaciones entre funcionarios estadounidenses y cubanos en La Habana, Cuba, jueves 22 de enero de 2015. Estados Unidos y Cuba intentan eliminar obstáculos en el camino hacia la normalización de sus relaciones mientras la delegación estadounidense de más alto nivel que visita la isla comunista en más de tres décadas mantiene un segundo día de conversaciones con funcionarios cubanos. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) / A Cuban flag and an American flag stand in the press room during the second day of talks between U.S. and Cuban officials, in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. The United States and Cuba are trying to eliminate obstacles to normalized ties as the highest-level U.S. delegation to the communist island in more than three decades holds a second day of talks with Cuban officials. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba is ready for respectful relations with the US

Cuba is willing to have a constructive and respectful relationship with the United States, and we see no reason why the current president, Donald Trump, would be opposed to doing…

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A heroine on the dial

If there is a journalist known throughout the country, it is Miozotis Fabelo Pinares. Many are unable to put a face to her voice, but thanks to the magic of…

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Tribute to Avilanian innovators

Three innovators with relevant contributions to economic and social development in the central Cuban province of Ciego de Avila, received a replica of the card that accredited Commander in Chief…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cuban team announced for the Volleyball Nations League
Muchos repiten de los que asistieron a la pasada edición, cuando se ubicaron novenos.Foto: FIVB / Many of those who attended last year's edition, when they placed ninth, are repeating.Photo: FIVB

Cuban team announced for the Volleyball Nations League

It is made up of 26 players, including Simon, Yant, Mergarejo, Roamy and captain Miguel Angel Lopez. The Cuban men's team for the 2025 Volleyball Nations League was announced today…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Psicoávila 2025 International Symposium concludes successfully in Ciego de Ávila
Sesión de trabajo del Simposio Internacional / Working session of the International Symposium Psicoávila 2025. Photo: taken from FacebookPsicoávila2025. Foto: tomada de Facebook

Psicoávila 2025 International Symposium concludes successfully in Ciego de Ávila

The International Symposium Psicoávila 2025 came to a successful conclusion in Ciego de Ávila after days of learning, exchange of experience and updates on mental health. The positive impact on…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Capablanca Chess Tournament promises excitement in Varadero
Conferencia de prensa previa al inicio del 58 Torneo Internacional Capablanca in Memoriam, celebrada en el Convento de Betén. Foto: Calixto N. Llanes / Press conference prior to the start of the 58th International Capablanca in Memoriam Tournament, held at the Betén Convent. Photo: Calixto N. Llanes

Capablanca Chess Tournament promises excitement in Varadero

All the Elite Group's entertainers are already on Cuban soil, led by Russian GM Volodar Murzin. The successful closing of the Ajeduni 2025 University Chess Festival and the announcement of…

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The Mi gallo awards in Morón

With the presentation of the grand prizes to the works Matriarcal Series, by the young artist José Villamarín, and Piélagos, a wood sculpture by the artist Darién Morejón Baños, the…

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A month not to forget

In the month of May, the United States has orchestrated a variety of terrorist acts against the largest island in the Caribbean. Undoubtedly, when May is announced in every part…

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Lee más sobre el artículo With the Russian brothers, possibilities for working together
El Jefe de Estado indagó, en el Centro de Monitoreo, si sus artífices exportan la experiencia a otras latitudes. Foto: Estudios Revolución / The Head of State asked, at the Monitoring Centre, whether its architects are exporting the experience to other latitudes. Photo: Revolution Studios

With the Russian brothers, possibilities for working together

The Cuban President visited the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Monitoring Centre, the Werteks drug factory, and the Rosseti Company's Intelligent Laboratory for Encrypted Networks. -For joint ventures, for exchanging ideas and…

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Lee más sobre el artículo A day of patriotic fervour
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A day of patriotic fervour

The celebration of May Day in Cuba went through several stages, always marked by the patriotic fervour of the working class. When on May Day 1890 the proletariat of the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo In Argentina on May 1st, the Day of the Increases
Foto tomada de / Photo taken from: https://www.argentina.gob.ar/

In Argentina on May 1st, the Day of the Increases

Argentines woke up today to another blow to their pockets: new increases in electricity, gas, water, transport, rents, tolls and prepaid clinics are beginning, straining their creativity to stretch their…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Ciego de Ávila: Joy, Unity and More
FOTOS: Facebook/Periódico Invasor / PHOTOS: Facebook/Invasor Newspaper

Ciego de Ávila: Joy, Unity and More

Multiple initiatives, including a jump for Fidel by parachutists, marked International Workers' Day in the 10 municipalities of the territory of Avila. A jump for Fidel, performed by 11 parachutists…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cuban forests on alert?
Crece superficie boscosa en Guantánamo Foto: Periódico Venceremos / Forest area in Guantánamo grows Photo: Periódico Venceremos

Cuban forests on alert?

It is the second half of April and Cuba is going through a stage considered high-risk in the national forest fire prevention programme, as this month and May have become…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Book Fair a welcome attraction
Foto / Photo: Radio Morón

Book Fair a welcome attraction

Since Friday and during the weekend, the public invaded the areas of the 33rd edition of the Book Fair, in the city of Morón, Avileña, where a variety of literary…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Rumbatá: 30 years of rumba in veins
Foto del perfil de Facebook / Facebook profile picture

Rumbatá: 30 years of rumba in veins

Towards the 30th anniversary of the founding of the music-dance group Rumbatá, its director Wilmer Joel Ferrán Jimenez made an exclusive statement to the Cuban News Agency about the importance…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Pharmacies and opticians’ shops in Ciego de Ávila recognised
Trabajadoras de Farmacia venden en la feria avileña Medicina Natural y Tradicional /Foto: Cortesía Dirección provincialde Salud / Pharmacy workers sell Natural and Traditional Medicine at the Avilanian fair /Photo: Courtesy of the Provincial Health Department

Pharmacies and opticians’ shops in Ciego de Ávila recognised

The Empresa Provincial de Farmacias y Ópticas Ciego de Ávila, even in the midst of the difficult circumstances the country is going through, is seeking alternatives to improve its economic…

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Lee más sobre el artículo University proposal for a water supply for the rural community of Ciego de Avila
Ronny Morales Pérez y Livany Soto Rodríguez crearon un proyecto para mejorar el abasto de agua en Patria. Foto: UNICA / Ronny Morales Pérez and Livany Soto Rodríguez created a project to improve the water supply in Patria. Photo: UNICA

University proposal for a water supply for the rural community of Ciego de Avila

A project to solve water supply problems in the community of the town of Patria, in the municipality of Morón, was created by two students of Hydraulic Engineering at the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Agro-ecological techniques gaining ground in Morón
Maria Antonia Torres Torres Trabajadora de la agricultura Hurbana de la CPA Julio Pino Machado en Manicaragua, nos muestra el Humo de Lombriz abaono organico que emplean en los cultivos de frutales. Foto:Alberto Borrego Avila / Maria Antonia Torres Torres, worker of the Hurbana agriculture of the CPA Julio Pino Machado in Manicaragua, shows us the organic fertilizer worm humus used in the fruit crops. Photo:Alberto Borrego Avila

Agro-ecological techniques gaining ground in Morón

The application of agro-ecological practices is gaining more and more ground in the municipality of Morón in Avileña, in the face of the scarcity of traditional inputs, which is manifested…

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To note: Cuba off the list

This time Cuba is not included in the list of countries penalised by the United States. The US government announced on Tuesday the imposition of high tariffs on numerous countries…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Duaba Light
En cualquier lugar que se rinda tributo a Maceo, está el espíritu de Duaba. Foto: Juvenal Balán / Wherever tribute is paid to Maceo, there is the spirit of Duaba. Photo: Juvenal Balán

Duaba Light

Díaz-Canel presided over the commemoration of the 130th anniversary of the disembarkation of Maceo and other patriots, by Duaba Duaba, Guantanamo - Honor returned expeditionary; Antonio and José Maceo, together…

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With a woman’s name

To go to the Haydée Santamaría Cuadrado cultural centre in the city of Morón is to meet Yamila Tomasa Ferrá Gómez, an outstanding educator and writer. Talking to her is…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Medical day in the village of Jicotea
En la jornada se realizaron 300 consultas y 175 atenciones médicas a pobladores de . Fotos: DPS / During the day, 300 consultations and 175 medical consultations were carried out for the inhabitants of . Photos: DPS

Medical day in the village of Jicotea

Doctors from 14 specialities from the Hospital Provincial Doctor Antonio Luaces Iraola and the Belkys Sotomayor polyclinic in the capital city of Avila took part in the Sotomayor polyclinic in…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Books in the hands of the people
Invertir en libros es hacerlo en el futuro del país. Foto: Dunia Álvarez Palacios / Investing in books is investing in the future of the country. Photo: Dunia Álvarez Palacios

Books in the hands of the people

Cuban Book Day is celebrated every 31 March to honour all efforts to promote the right to read. Some were surprised by the decision to maintain, despite the many obstacles,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Mirta Ibarra, national prize for Cinema 2025
Foto: Tomada de Prensa Latina / Photo: Taken from Prensa Latina

Mirta Ibarra, national prize for Cinema 2025

The jury highlighted the legacy and integrity of the actress, screenwriter and filmmaker. Who who saw Strawberry and Chocolate could fail to notice Nancy, the poise, the fragility, the comic…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cuban cinema, of making and preservation
La última cena, de Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, entre los clásicos cubanos que se exhibirán gratuitamente el fin de semana. Foto: FOTOGRAMA / The Last Supper, by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, among the Cuban classics that will be shown for free this weekend. Photo: FOTOGRAMA

Cuban cinema, of making and preservation

Icaic celebrates its 66th anniversary, committed to charting fruitful paths for filmmakers and their works It is no coincidence that two news items marked the 66th anniversary of the Instituto…

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Lee más sobre el artículo IOC to give green light to Olympic boxing in 2028
«Esta es una decisión muy significativa e importante para el boxeo olímpico, y acerca el deporte un paso más a su restablecimiento en el programa», afirmó el Presidente de World Boxing. Foto: Ricardo López Hevia / "This is a very significant and important decision for Olympic boxing, and brings the sport one step closer to being reinstated on the programme," said the World Boxing President. Photo: Ricardo Lopez Hevia

IOC to give green light to Olympic boxing in 2028

All indications are that boxing will finally be on the programme for the Los Angeles-2028 Olympic Games. After a prolonged period of uncertainty, and with the threat of being removed…

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Lee más sobre el artículo More than 1 000 MW will be installed this year with the assembly of more than 50 wind farms across the country
Nuevo emplazamiento de paneles fotovoltaico que se construye en el municipio Martí, Matanzas. Foto: Periódico Girón / New site of photovoltaic panels being built in the municipality of Martí, Matanzas. Photo: Girón newspaper

More than 1 000 MW will be installed this year with the assembly of more than 50 wind farms across the country

A strategic programme for the development of the country and the quality of life of the population was the focus of the debates at Wednesday's Round Table: The development of…

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A meeting between brothers

Manuel Marrero Cruz, member of the Political Bureau and Prime Minister, described yesterday's meeting with President Denis Sassou Nguesso as a meeting "between brothers, between families", to whom he conveyed…

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The news magician

They were fishermen who went to the Laguna de Leche and returned home empty-handed. Like old Santiago, the Moronenses had "deep scars from handling the ropes", but none of them…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Díaz-Canel to Kevin Costner: «You are much admired by the Cuban people».
Díaz-Canel dijo al visitante que los cubanos han seguido con interés las vivencias del estadounidense por varios lugares del país caribeño. Foto: Estudios Revolución / Díaz-Canel told the visitor that Cubans have followed with interest the American's experiences in various parts of the Caribbean country. Photo: Estudios Revolución

Díaz-Canel to Kevin Costner: «You are much admired by the Cuban people».

The Cuban President received, in the Palace of the Revolution, the American actor, director and producer "The Cuban people appreciate you very much," said the President of the Republic of…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Ceballos-based company from Ciego de Avila participates in International Agro-industrial Food Fair
DCeballos exhibe frutas, vegetales, jugos, encurtidos, aliños y otras presentaciones. Fotos: EAC / DCeballos exhibits fruits, vegetables, juices, pickles, dressings and other presentations. Photos: EAC

Ceballos-based company from Ciego de Avila participates in International Agro-industrial Food Fair

The Ceballos Agroindustrial Company from Ciego de Avila is currently participating in the International Agroindustrial Food Fair (Fiagrop 2025), which opened on Monday at the Rancho Boyeros Fairgrounds in Havana.…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Networking to stimulate reading
Foto / Photo: Radio Morón

Networking to stimulate reading

Through networking with the Casa de Cultura de Turiguanó, in the north of the municipality of Morón, the Francisco Gonzalo Marín Secondary School stimulates the students' interest in reading. Elena…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Venezuelan Foreign Minister thanks Cuba for its firmness and dignity
Yván Gil, ministro para Relaciones Exteriores de Venezuela. Foto: PL / Yván Gil, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Venezuela. Photo: PL

Venezuelan Foreign Minister thanks Cuba for its firmness and dignity

Venezuela's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yván Gil, thanked the firmness and dignity of Cuba and its Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, who rejected a new punitive measure against the Bolivarian Republic,…

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Call for May Day celebration

Compatriots: Today the homeland is facing the growing hostility of an increasingly aggressive and overbearing empire, bent on ensuring that new neo-colonial, fascist and terrorist expressions prevail. In response to…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Famous Cuban musician and composer Edesio Alejandro dies in Madrid
Edesio Alejandro, durante sus declaraciones a Cubadebate. Foto: Abel Padrón Padilla/ Cubadebate / Edesio Alejandro, during his statements to Cubadebate. Photo: Abel Padrón Padilla/ Cubadebate

Famous Cuban musician and composer Edesio Alejandro dies in Madrid

The world of Cuban culture is in mourning following the loss of renowned composer and musician Edesio Alejandro, who passed away in Madrid, Spain, after a prolonged battle with prostate…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Let’s keep the gun in our pocket
Ilustración de Michel Moro / Illustration by Michel Moro

Let’s keep the gun in our pocket

If you can stop, think, get rid of the anger and the speed that the weapon confers, it will slowly become a tool again, and you will define it and…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Municipal Rural Traditions Event
Foto / Photo: Radio Morón

Municipal Rural Traditions Event

The Municipal event Jacaraneando con el Güije, took place in the Casa de la Cultura Haydé Santamaría, in the city of Morón, Ciego de Avila, with the exhibition of stories…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cuba lost to Bahamas in AmeriCup qualifier
Foto: Tomada del sitio web oficial del evento / Photo: Taken from the official website of the event.

Cuba lost to Bahamas in AmeriCup qualifier

With this defeat, the chances of advancing to the Americas tournament to be hosted by Nicaragua later this year were put on hold. The Cuban national basketball team lost on…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Let the books speak
A pesar de las complejas circunstancias en que tiene lugar, la Feria del Libro ofrece un espacio para todos. Foto: Juvenal Balán / Despite the complex circumstances in which it takes place, the Book Fair offers a space for everyone. Photo: Juvenal Balán

Let the books speak

With the inauguration of the Tomasito (Tomás Fernández Robaina) bookshop, we pay tribute to the life and work of this man who dedicated his life to the defence of our…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Díaz-Canel received the President of the National Assembly of Venezuela
El ámbito parlamentario es importante para las relaciones entre nuestros países, junto a las de Gobierno y Partido, apuntó Díaz-Canel. Foto: Estudios Revolución / The parliamentary sphere is important for relations between our countries, along with government and party relations, said Díaz-Canel. Photo: Estudios Revolución

Díaz-Canel received the President of the National Assembly of Venezuela

Jorge Rodríguez, visiting Cuba at the invitation of the National Assembly of People's Power, also took part in the 33rd edition of the International Book Fair in Havana. The First…

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Vindication of Martí

One afternoon in 1995, the then deputy editor of the newspaper, Guillermo Cabrera Álvarez, placed on my desk at the Granma newspaper a singular jewel with a carmelite cardboard cover…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Next pedal party in Ciego de Avila
durante la quinta etapa Holguín-Las Tunas (99 km) de la Vuelta Ciclista a Oriente, el 26 de Febrero de 2023 en Las Tunas, Cuba. FOTO: Calixto N. Llanes/Periódico JIT (Cuba)

Next pedal party in Ciego de Avila

During the fifth stage Holguín-Las Tunas (99 km) of the Vuelta Ciclista a Oriente, on 26 February 2023 in Las Tunas, Cuba. PHOTOGRAPH: Calixto N. Llanes/Periódico JIT (Cuba) The multicoloured…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Big code for the little ones
Havana, Cuba - December 4, 2014: School children hang out and eat ice cream after school in Plaza de Armas in Habana Vieja in Havana, Cuba.

Big code for the little ones

No one would deny what it has meant for Cuban deputies to legislate on food sovereignty, food and nutritional security, criminal and administrative proceedings, fishing, social communication, livestock promotion and…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Collaborators from Morón hospital present in 17 countries
Hospital general docente Roberto Rodríguez Fernández de Moròn. Foto: ACN / Roberto Rodríguez Fernández General Teaching Hospital of Morón. Photo: ACN

Collaborators from Morón hospital present in 17 countries

Professionals from the Capitán Roberto Rodríguez Fernández Provincial General Teaching Hospital, located in the Avileño municipality of Morón, are extolling Cuban public health by offering medical care in 17 countries.…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Several surprises at the Women’s Chess Nationals
Lorena Beatriz se impuso con piezas negras.Foto: Federación Cubana de Ajedrez / Lorena Beatriz won with the black pieces.photo: Cuban Chess Federation

Several surprises at the Women’s Chess Nationals

None of the favourites reached the third round at the top of the table. A second round of unexpected results left an unexpected lead after the second round of the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Donation benefits to Avilanian students with special educational needs
Los oclusores no existen en el país y son de gran utilidad para los alumnos con baja visión. Foto: Wilfredo Osuna Rodríguez / Occluders do not exist in the country and are very useful for students with low vision. Photo: Wilfredo Osuna Rodríguez

Donation benefits to Avilanian students with special educational needs

The donation of occluders and barrels for laser printers benefit students with special educational needs at the Águedo Morales Reina school in the Avileño territory. Wilfredo Osuna Rodríguez, director of…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Prof. Iván, a man of science and future
Iván Ramón Gutiérrez, Rojas Doctor en Ciencias . Fotos: Radio Surco / Iván Ramón Gutiérrez, Rojas Doctor of Science . Photos: Radio Surco

Prof. Iván, a man of science and future

Being a simple and affable man, this Avileño does not reveal at first glance his ambition to hoard scientific knowledge as an intellectual capital that he is constantly increasing. Doctor…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Ciego de Ávila prepares for the III Elite League
Leonardo Rodríguez Sánchez, director de deportes de Ciego de Ávila. Foto Radio Rebelde / Leonardo Rodríguez Sánchez, director of sports in Ciego de Ávila. Photo Radio Rebelde

Ciego de Ávila prepares for the III Elite League

After checking at midday on Wednesday the resuscitation work being carried out at the Latin American stadium in the capital, the working group of INDER's national management, headed by the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Ciego de Avila, host of the National Chess Championship
Chess boards during the simultaneous chess match in homage to the birth of National Hero José Martí where Algerian master Lyés Yala faced 169 players on the Mariposa chessboard of the Manuel Fajardo University of Physical Culture and Sport (UCCFD), on 26 January 2022 in Havana, Cuba. PHOTOGRAPH: Calixto N. Llanes/Newspaper JIT (Cuba)

Ciego de Avila, host of the National Chess Championship

Camagüey Grandmaster Carlos Daniel Albornoz showed that he is coming to regain the chess throne in Cuba, and fired the first clarion call by winning the Blitz games tournament, a…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cuban Football Association holds general elections
Foto: Cortesía de la AFC / Photo: Courtesy of the AFC

Cuban Football Association holds general elections

Cuban Football Association holds general elections The Cuban Football Association (AFC) held general elections in the context of its 14th Congress. The electoral commission proposed the full ratification of the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Doctors from Cuba prevent blindness and restore sight in Mexico
Teresa de los Ángeles Casanova, cirujana principal de ese equipo en el Hospital Juan María de Salvatierra, de la ciudad de La Paz. Foto: PL / Teresa de los Ángeles Casanova, lead surgeon of the team at the Juan María de Salvatierra Hospital in the city of La Paz. Photo: PL

Doctors from Cuba prevent blindness and restore sight in Mexico

Cuban specialists in ophthalmology are contributing today in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur to the training of health personnel and to the recovery of vision in low-income patients.…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Third Scientific Conference on Urology to be held in Ciego de Avila
Urólogos avileños realizaron la Tercera Jornada Científica. Foto: DPS / Avilanian urologists held the Third Scientific Conference. Photo: DPS

Third Scientific Conference on Urology to be held in Ciego de Avila

The Third Provincial Scientific Conference on Urology was held in Ciego de Avila, a scientific exchange that demonstrates the development of this medical speciality in the province and the prospects…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Government Programme to correct distortions and boost the economy by 2025 approved
Este Programa de Gobierno está compuesto por objetivos, proyecciones, acciones, indicadores y metas, cronograma con fechas de cumplimiento y responsables. Foto: Estudios Revolución / This Government Programme is made up of objectives, projections, actions, indicators and goals, a chronogram with compliance dates and responsible parties. Photo: Estudios Revolución

Government Programme to correct distortions and boost the economy by 2025 approved

It contains a detailed action plan for its implementation, with special emphasis on the new mechanism for the management, control and allocation of foreign exchange for all economic actors; the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Avilanian residents debate on Social Communication (+Photos)
Xenia López González, Directora General de Publicidad y Patrocinio del Instituto de Información y Comunicación Social en la Reunión de trabajo en Ciego de Ávila, Cuba. Fotos: Frank Aparicio de la O / Xenia López González, General Director of Publicity and Sponsorship of the Institute of Information and Social Communication at the working meeting in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba. Photos: Frank Aparicio de la O

Avilanian residents debate on Social Communication (+Photos)

The importance of the implementation of Law 162/2023 on Social Communication and its transversal implication in the different areas of economic, political, social, media and communicational life were discussed today…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Dirty campaign against the Revolución Ciudadana in Ecuador denounced
Luisa González, candidata presidencial por el movimiento Revolución Ciudadana. Foto: PL / Luisa González, presidential candidate for the Citizen's Revolution movement. Photo: PL

Dirty campaign against the Revolución Ciudadana in Ecuador denounced

The electoral campaign in Ecuador continues today amid allegations of actions by the ruling party to discredit the Citizen's Revolution (RC) movement, whose candidate, Luisa González, is one of the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Etecsa workers in Ciego de Avila committed to maintaining services
De izquierda a derecha Reinel Sergio Luna Pérez, jefe de grupo de Marketing, Aleida Sotolongo Díaz, jefa de departamento Comercial y Wilfredo José Rodríguez Rodríguez, director de Etecsa en la provincia. Foto: Causilla Cutiño / From left to right Reinel Sergio Luna Pérez, group head of Marketing, Aleida Sotolongo Díaz, head of the Commercial department and Wilfredo José Rodríguez Rodríguez, Etecsa's director in the province. Photo: Causilla Cutiño

Etecsa workers in Ciego de Avila committed to maintaining services

Despite the difficult economic and energy situation in the country, and the cruel US blockade, the workers of the Territorial Division of Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba S.A. (Etecsa) in…

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Lee más sobre el artículo May poetry save us
Obra de Ernesto Rancaño. Foto: Rancaño, Ernesto / Work by Ernesto Rancaño. Photo: Rancaño, Ernesto

May poetry save us

The 1st World Congress of Poets for Peace and Life on Earth - as part of the 6th International Conference for the Balance of the World - will focus on…

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Lee más sobre el artículo UNE forecasts 1,460 MW of power supply during Thursday’s night-time peak.
La central termoeléctrica Lidio Ramón (Felton). Foto: Juan Pablo Carreras Vidal/ ACN/ Archivo / The Lidio Ramón (Felton) thermoelectric power plant. Photo: Juan Pablo Carreras Vidal/ ACN/ Archive

UNE forecasts 1,460 MW of power supply during Thursday’s night-time peak.

The Electrical Union estimates an availability of 1 830 MW and a demand of 3 220 MW for Thursday's night-time peak, so it forecasts that the service could be affected…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Morón hospital receives donation from Canada
Recepción en el hospital de Morón. Fotos tomadas del perfil de Lessner Gómez en Facebook / Reception at the hospital in Morón. Photos taken from Lessner Gómez's Facebook profile.

Morón hospital receives donation from Canada

A donation of 50 kilograms of medical supplies managed by the Association of Cubans in Toronto "Juan Gualberto Gómez", with the support of Together for Cuba, was received on Tuesday…

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Lee más sobre el artículo What is Etecsa doing to improve its infrastructure?
La empresa mantendrá sus servicios en moneda nacional. Foto: Ricardo López Hevia / The company will maintain its services in local currency. Photo: Ricardo López Hevia

What is Etecsa doing to improve its infrastructure?

In recent years, the company's investment curve has been decreasing, in addition to the level of exploitation of some equipment. During the last Ordinary Session of the National Assembly of…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Jorge Luis «Tati» Valdés, glory of Cuban sport, passed away.
Jorge Luis “Tati” Valdés, uno de los lanzadores más destacados del béisbol cubano. Foto: @CMontiller/X. / Jorge Luis "Tati" Valdés, one of the most outstanding pitchers in Cuban baseball. Photo: @CMontiller/X.

Jorge Luis «Tati» Valdés, glory of Cuban sport, passed away.

Outstanding left-handed pitcher from Matanzas, with excellent records in national series and undefeated in international baseball tournaments. Cuban baseball fans, especially those from Matanzas, today mourn the death of Jorge…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Raúl Corrales, the art of eternalisation
Raúl Corrales, maestro de maestros. Foto: Cortesía de la familia / Raúl Corrales, teacher of teachers. Photo: Courtesy of the family

Raúl Corrales, the art of eternalisation

One hundred years after his birth, this master of the snapshot remains an inspiration "At that time, other battles were beginning; but since then, becoming has roots, coherence, identity. The…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The CTC: Productive and happy!
Foto / Photo: Yuniel Espinosa Reyes

The CTC: Productive and happy!

This is how the workers' organisation in the central Cuban province of Ciego de Avila celebrated its 86th birthday on 28 January. The Central de Trabajadores de Cuba (CTC) in…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Municipal Government of Ciego de Avila approves economic plan for 2025
Con la presencia de las máximas autoridades de la provincia se aprobó el plan de la economía. Fotos de Sadira Herrera Rodríguez / With the presence of the highest authorities of the province, the economic plan was approved. Photos by Sadira Herrera Rodríguez

Municipal Government of Ciego de Avila approves economic plan for 2025

With a similar amount to the previous year, the plan for the economy and the budget for 2025 was approved in the Ordinary Session of the Municipal Assembly of People's…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Torchlight March called for in Ciego de Avila
Foto: Tomada de / Photo taken from: https://www.artemisadiario.cu/

Torchlight March called for in Ciego de Avila

The Young Communist League (UJC) and the Federation of University Students (FEU) in Ciego de Avila are calling for participation this January 27th in the traditional March of the Torches,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo From 28 to 31 January, 6th International Conference For a Balance in the World
Alrededor de 900 delegados procedentes de 93 países se reunirán, del 28 al 31 de enero, en el Palacio de las Convenciones de La Habana. Foto: Granma / Around 900 delegates from 93 countries will meet from 28 to 31 January at the Palacio de las Convenciones in Havana. Photo: Granma

From 28 to 31 January, 6th International Conference For a Balance in the World

Some 900 delegates from 93 countries will attend the 6th International Conference For the Balance of the World, "With All and for the Good of All", dedicated to dialogue between…

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Lee más sobre el artículo More than 50 solar photovoltaic parks to be completed in Cuba by 2025
El parque solar fotovoltaico Escuela de Enfermería, en Cotorro, La Habana, que comenzará a aportar al SEN el 21 de febrero, luego de completar su entramado eléctrico el 31 de enero. Foto: Ricardo López Hevia/ Granma / The Escuela de Enfermería photovoltaic solar park in Cotorro, Havana, which will begin to contribute to the SEN on 21 February, after completing its electricity grid on 31 January. Photo: Ricardo López Hevia/ Granma.

More than 50 solar photovoltaic parks to be completed in Cuba by 2025

In 2025, the first 55 photovoltaic solar parks will be completed, with an output of 21.8 megawatts, out of 92, foreseeing a project of 2 012 MW of generation. The…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Mario Limonta, enduring
Junto a su inseparable compañera, Aurora Basnuevo, el querido actor Mario Limonta. Foto: Jorge Luis González / together with his inseparable companion, aurora basnuevo, the beloved actor mario limonta. photo: Jorge Luis González

Mario Limonta, enduring

Floral tributes from General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution, and President Díaz-Canel, honoured the beloved actor A heartfelt round of applause, the kind that comes from the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Mayda Pérez is presented with a replica of Colonel Simón Reyes’ Machete.
La Máster en Ciencias Mayda Pérez recibió la Réplica del Machete del Coronel Simón Reyes. Fotos tomadas de Facebok / The Master of Science Mayda Pérez received the Replica of Colonel Simón Reyes' Machete. Photos taken from Facebook

Mayda Pérez is presented with a replica of Colonel Simón Reyes’ Machete.

The Master of Science Mayda Pérez García, received this week the Replica of the Machete of Colonel Simón Reyes Hernández, the main distinction awarded by the Government of the province…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Work is underway in Ciego de Avila to recover the pineapple crops
En la fértiles tierras avileñas se recupera el cultivo de la piña. Fotos: de Romelio Rodríguez / Pineapple cultivation is recovering in the fertile lands of Ciego de Avila. Photos: by Romelio Rodríguez

Work is underway in Ciego de Avila to recover the pineapple crops

The recovery of pineapple production, the flagship crop of the province of Ciego de Avila, is the endeavour of many agro-scientists and harvesters in the territory. In the Unidad Empresarial…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Avilanian authorities meet with injured patients at the Roberto Rodríguez Hospital in Morón
Julio Heriberto Gómez Casanova, First Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Alfred Méndez Pérez, Governor of Ciego de Ávila, talk with patients and health personnel. Photos: Alfredo Fernández Arcia

Avilanian authorities meet with injured patients at the Roberto Rodríguez Hospital in Morón

Julio Heriberto Gómez Casanova, First Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Alfred Méndez Pérez, Governor of Ciego de Ávila talk with the injured receiving medical attention at the Roberto…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Irreparable loss for Avilanian culture
Alberto Pardo Companioni, well-known radio broadcaster from Ciego de Avila. Photo: Archive

Irreparable loss for Avilanian culture

The departure of Alberto Pardo Companioni, a renowned broadcaster from Avila, leaves a deep void in the heart of Cuban radio and of those who had the privilege of knowing…

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Feminine light of the Revolution

Feminine light of the Revolution made goodness, nobility transformed into humanism and sacrifice; star transformed into dove, air and flower. So simple was the greatness of someone who in times…

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Lee más sobre el artículo I can’t conceive happiness outside the stage
The actress Miriam Muñoz Benítez. Photo: taken from artes escénicas

I can’t conceive happiness outside the stage

Miriam Muñoz Benítez was recently distinguished with the National Theatre Award 2025. Firm, feisty, with a restless character, proud of her work capacity and very sure of herself, despite her…

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Lee más sobre el artículo WHO denies false reports of new global virus emergency in China
"The covid-19 pandemic is a stark reminder that infectious diseases can emerge or re-emerge to cause harm to all," warns the WHO. Photo: Reuters/File.

WHO denies false reports of new global virus emergency in China

In the last days of 2024 and the first days of the new year 2025, rumours and false information about a possible outbreak of the Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV) respiratory virus…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The magic of credibility
"Radio will always educate and accompany". Photo: Inés María Cervantes/Facebook

The magic of credibility

Inés María Cervantes, a prestigious broadcaster who was awarded the Caonabo Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024. The profession of voice-over that she has been developing since 1991, has given her…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cantata for the Revolution
Foto: Radio Morón

Cantata for the Revolution

The morning turned musical in the city of Morón, with a Cantata dedicated to the 66th anniversary of the Revolution, where amateur voices performed applauded melodies. It was José Ramón…

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Lee más sobre el artículo For more quality employment in Ciego de Ávila
More than 100 students recently graduated in cooking specialities at the family home that has become a centre for the improvement of the culinary arts, in the municipality of Ciro Redondo in Ciego de Avila. Photo: José Luis Martínez Alejo

For more quality employment in Ciego de Ávila

Graduates in culinary arts specialities enhance the quality of service in tourist facilities, centres of traditional gastronomy and the private sector. The collective of the Gilberto Smith Duquesne training centre…

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Lee más sobre el artículo January double test for Cuban boxing
Photo: Roberto Morejón

January double test for Cuban boxing

Erislandy Álvarez will be in the semifinal of the Professional World Cup and Havana will host Night of Champions, confirmed the local federation, which thanked the IBA president for his…

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Lee más sobre el artículo ELN ceasefire in Colombia expires
Photo: PL

ELN ceasefire in Colombia expires

The ceasefire unilaterally decreed on 23 December last by the National Liberation Army (ELN) towards the Colombian Armed Forces expires today, according to the insurgent force. In a communiqué issued…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cuban undines with the best breaststrokes
Photo: (Athlete's Archive)

Cuban undines with the best breaststrokes

Laurent established national primacies. Andrea, a World Aquatics scholarship winner. Both with A marks for the Asunción 2025 Junior Pan American Games. Laurent Estrada's national firsts in the long and…

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Solidarity brigades to visit Cuba

Cuba will receive two solidarity brigades from Australia-New Zealand and Central America in January, according to the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP). The Cruz del Sur group,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Amusement park in Morón
Photo: Radio Morón

Amusement park in Morón

The workers' collective of the Luis Alfonso Velázquez Flores children's park in the city of Morón, Ciego de Avila, are preparing for the end-of-year celebrations and for the 66th anniversary…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Advocating responsible tourism
Photo: Radio Morón

Advocating responsible tourism

The Iberostar Daiquirí and Playa Pilar hotels, located in Cayo Guillermo, in the north of the Avileño municipality of Morón, are confirmed as benchmarks of responsible tourism and are committed…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Camagüey dominates National Boxing Series
of Camagüey (red), faces Matanzas (blue), in the X kilogram division, during the Final of the National Boxing Series held at the Sala Polivalente, Palacio de los Deportes Rafael Fortún, in Camagüey, Cuba, on December 18, 2024. PHOTOGRAPH: Roberto Morejon/Periódico JIT (Cuba)

Camagüey dominates National Boxing Series

The host team defeated Matanzas 48-32. The Camagüey team defeated Matanzas 48-32 and took the lead in the final of the National Boxing Series, which has been held for several…

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Lee más sobre el artículo A march against imperial ignominy
Photo: Juvenal Balán

A march against imperial ignominy

In front of the US Embassy on 20 December, Combatant People's March for an end to hostility and against ignominy On 20 December, the current US administration will have exactly…

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As a gift of life

The renowned radio station has won a place in the hearts of the people. "Man is nothing in himself, and what he is, his people put in him. In vain…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Fiscal performance in 2025 will be better than in the year ahead
Commissions of Economic Affairs and Constitutional and Legal Affairs analyse the draft bill with the proposed State Budget for 2025. The presentation was attended by the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and president of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez. Photo: Estudios Revolución

Fiscal performance in 2025 will be better than in the year ahead

In 2025 we will have a much better fiscal performance than in 2024, which has already been satisfactory, taking into account that in the period that ends, according to preliminary…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Urge to strengthen comprehensive care for workers
The CTC's Provincial Plenary Session in Ciego de Avila calls for the promotion of comprehensive care for workers. Photo José Luis Martínez Alejo

Urge to strengthen comprehensive care for workers

The call was made at the Provincial Plenary of the CTC in Ciego de Avila. It was made clear at the recent plenary session of the Central de Trabajadores de…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Baraguá not only for La Cuba
The municipality of Baraguá, where the potato planting campaign recently began at the Empresa Agropecuaria La Cuba, will be a worthy venue for the provincial event in Ciego de Ávila to celebrate the 86th anniversary of the CTC. Photo: Rosa Amparo Bernal

Baraguá not only for La Cuba

The municipality of Ciego de Avila, with a state-owned company leader of a production pole described as a paradigm, will host the provincial event for the 86th anniversary of the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Morón railway terminal repaired
Photo: Radio Morón

Morón railway terminal repaired

After a long wait, construction work has begun on the Morón Railway Terminal, which won the National Conservation Award in 2010 and is financed by the Development Fund of the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Scientific day to be held at Morón hospital
Foto / Photo: Osvaldo Gutiérrez

Scientific day to be held at Morón hospital

A fruitful exchange of medical topics will take place this Friday at the Roberto Rodríguez Fernández General Teaching Hospital in Morón. The scientific conference will involve professionals from different specialties,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The 2024-2025 sugar harvest began in Ciego de Ávila
Cutting of sugar cane, thus initiating the 2024-2025 sugar harvest at the Basic Unit of Cooperative Production (UBPC) Ilusión, in Ciro Redondo, Ciego de Avila. Photos: Frank Aparicio de la O

The 2024-2025 sugar harvest began in Ciego de Ávila

With the first cane cuttings in areas of the Basic Unit of Cooperative Production (UBPC) Ilusión, in the municipality of Ciro Redondo, the 2024-2025 sugar harvest began today in Ciego…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Three films, one essence
Photogram from Baby (Brazil, 2024), by Marcelo Caetano

Three films, one essence

Representing the reality of the continent is a constant in most of the works that come to the 45th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema. Representing the reality of…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The inexhaustible force
Photo: Micons Ciego de Avila

The inexhaustible force

When Miguel Ángel Noa Pérez was invited by his working life to put away his tools in the storeroom for good, he answered without hesitation: "My job is to contribute,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cuba’s National Electricity System Restored
Vicente de la O Levy, Cuban Minister of Energy and Mines. Photo: PL

Cuba’s National Electricity System Restored

The National Electricity System (SEN) is operating today with all its equipment available, according to an announcement by the Cuban Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levy.…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cubiza raises efficiency for Builder’s Day
A provincial event will be held tomorrow at the Cubiza assembly and lifting unit for the Day of the Builder in Ciego de Avila. Photo: Courtesy of Cubiza Ciego de Ávila

Cubiza raises efficiency for Builder’s Day

The UEB (Grassroots Business Unit) in Ciego de Avila will host tomorrow the provincial ceremony in homage to the men and women of the construction sector. The Grassroots Business Unit,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The use of green medicine in Ciego de Avila is boosted
Pharmacy workers sell Natural and Traditional Medicine at the Avilanian fair / Photo: Courtesy Provincial Health Department

The use of green medicine in Ciego de Avila is boosted

Holding fairs in different parts of the city is one of the actions carried out by the workers of the 08-08-698 pharmacy, located in the Roberto Rivas Fraga popular council,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Fruitful contribution in furrows and factories in Ciego de Ávila
The main mobilisation of voluntary work by the people of Avila on Saturday 23 November took place at the Empresa Agropecuaria La Cuba. Photo: Courtesy of the CTC Ciego de Ávila

Fruitful contribution in furrows and factories in Ciego de Ávila

Tribute to Che and his initiative of more than six decades of voluntary work The tasks linked to the food production programme and the preparation of agro-industrial machinery for the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The Bioplants Centre holds its scientific council session
Scientists and researchers at the BioPlant Centre are constantly working to contribute to food sovereignty. Photo: from the BC

The Bioplants Centre holds its scientific council session

At the Centro de Bioplantas de Ciego de Ávila, its Scientific Council is meeting to analyse the results of its work so far in 2024. The researchers and scientists report…

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Lee más sobre el artículo XV Havana Biennial: An Encounter with Art in the Heart of the City
Wooden cloud, by the German sculptor Martin Steinert. 15th Havana Biennial, Cuba. Photo: Enrique González (Enro)/ Cubadebate.

XV Havana Biennial: An Encounter with Art in the Heart of the City

Until 28 February 2025, various works of art will embellish the Cuban capital in a new cultural proposal that includes photographic exhibitions, sculptures and audiovisual productions, inviting us to reflect…

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All life in your ear

In the magical world of radio, November is a special month for Avila radio broadcasters. Radio Morón, the oldest radio station in the province of Ciego de Avila, was born…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Premier 12: Yera vs Dominican Republic, Moinelo vs Korea
The confirmation by mentor Armando Johnson that the left-hander from Matanzas, Yoennis Yera, will be the starter for Cuba in the debut of our national team in the Premier 12 tournament against the Dominican Republic on Wednesday 13, cleared the mystery that kept many fans in suspense. Photo: Taken from Joel García's Facebook page.

Premier 12: Yera vs Dominican Republic, Moinelo vs Korea

The confirmation by the mentor Armando Johnson that the left-handed player from Matanzas, Yoennis Yera, will be the starter for Cuba in the debut of our national team in the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Premier 12 Cuba lost preparatory match
Photo by Yuhki Ohboshi

Premier 12 Cuba lost preparatory match

They lost 7×10 to Banco Cooperativo, from the semi-professional league of Chinese Taipei. This Monday they close their preparation against Wei Chuan Dragons, from the local professional circuit. Cuba did…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Tropical Cyclone Warning
Photo: FORECASTING CENTRE, INSMET

Tropical Cyclone Warning

TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING. FORECAST CENTRE, INSMET. Date: 5 November 2024. Time: 06:00 am. Rafael intensifies in the Caribbean Sea During the early hours of this morning, Tropical Storm Rafael, located…

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United States in elections

Democrat Kamala Harris or Republican Donald Trump, one of the two will be the next president of the United States after today's elections in a country wounded by political division.…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The Guajiro Postman
Photo: José Luis Martínez Alejo

The Guajiro Postman

Orístides Guardarrama Dávila was born in La Gloria, an intricate mountain community in the heart of the Turquino Plan in the municipality of Yaguajay. He also worked in the province…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Ciego de Ávila gains time
Temporary Provincial Work Group in Ciego de Avila. Photo: Reina Torres Pérez

Ciego de Ávila gains time

The Temporary Working Group in the central Cuban province is guiding measures to avoid damage from possible heavy and locally intense rainfall. Although the sun prevailed, with little rain at…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Builders from Moron contribute to saving electrical energy
A group from the central level carries out the X Evaluation Control on how the National Programme of Local Production and Sale of Construction Materials to the Population is going in the province. Photo: Radio Morón

Builders from Moron contribute to saving electrical energy

Due to the difficult electrical energy situation in the country, the workers of the Unidad Empresarial de Base número dos de la Empresa de Materiales de la Construcción, in the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cuba and Vietnam cement ties
Photo: Yimel Díaz Malmierca

Cuba and Vietnam cement ties

The most important aspects of a construction project are the human resources, as well as the materials and methods to be used in order to execute a project with the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Tribute paid to Camilo Cienfuegos
Photos: Odania García Heredia

Tribute paid to Camilo Cienfuegos

On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the physical disappearance of Camilo Cienfuegos, the people of Ciego de Avila paid a heartfelt tribute to the Hero of Yaguajay on…

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Lee más sobre el artículo A leader in congress
Paulino Pérez Viera, elected second direct delegate in the country for the Construction Union, to the 22nd Congress of the CTC. Photo: José Luis Martínez Alejo

A leader in congress

Elected among the first direct delegates to the conclave of the Cuban workers and trade union movement. Paulino Pérez Viera from Avila is one of the first direct delegates in…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Aurora borealis in Cuba?
Photo: Elier Pila

Aurora borealis in Cuba?

Users on social networks and experts referred, this Thursday, to the sighting from Cuba of a possible aurora borealis, as a remnant of an intense geomagnetic storm. The aurora borealis…

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Lee más sobre el artículo More than 50 countries and 700 companies will meet at Fihav 2024 in early November.
During the Fair, the seventh Investment Forum will be held, where an update of the Portfolio of Business Opportunities in the Greater Antilles will be presented. Photo: Revolution Studios

More than 50 countries and 700 companies will meet at Fihav 2024 in early November.

Businessmen and exhibitors from more than 50 countries will attend the 40th edition of the Havana International Fair, Fihav 2024, which will be held at the Expocuba fairgrounds in the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Beating for sustainable development
The construction of new photovoltaic solar parks is supported by Avila trade unionists. Photo: Frank Aparicio de La O

Beating for sustainable development

This is the name of the emulation implemented by the CTC in Ciego de Avila to promote investment in photovoltaic solar parks. The Central de Trabajadores de Cuba (CTC) implemented…

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Lee más sobre el artículo People of Ciego de Avila reaffirm their support for the Palestinian cause
Alexis Valdés Hamadi, President of the Arab Association of Cuba in the province, in the city's central Parque Martí, expresses his support for the demands for self-determination and peace of the Palestinian Nation, attacked by the Zionist State of Israel, in Ciego de Avila, Cuba, on October 8, 2024. ACN PHOTO/Frank APARICIO DE LA O

People of Ciego de Avila reaffirm their support for the Palestinian cause

Students, workers and people in general, gathered today in the central Martí Park in the city of Ciego de Ávila to show their support for the demands for self-determination and…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The Big Dwarf grows
The flagship product is revived in La Cuba. Photo: Neudel Quintero Matos

The Big Dwarf grows

One day we went to the banana plantations to tell the banana farmers' top leader that we had never published bad news about Cuba's flagship agricultural enterprise, except for damage…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Alberto Rodríguez Copa, the poet of silence
Rodríguez Copa won the Ismaelillo Prize 2024 with his book of poems La historia universal según el hombre de las nieves (Universal History according to the Snowman) Photo: Amador Hernández Hernández

Alberto Rodríguez Copa, the poet of silence

"Writing is, for me, a profound necessity," confesses the writer and teacher. If any poet and essayist deserves more attention from critics, it is Alberto Rodríguez Copa; his many awards…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The charm of the Cuban novel Act of War
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The charm of the Cuban novel Act of War

The intelligence and counter-intelligence work of Cuba's State Security Organs is present in the novel Actos de guerra, which keeps the reader expectant from beginning to end. Alberto Marrero Fernández,…

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Helene near the Yucatan Channel

Tropical Storm Helene, during the early morning has continued to gain in organisation and intensity, has maximum sustained winds that have increased to 100 kilometres per hour, with higher gusts…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Guarimbas, the managers of chaos
The text, authored by Cuban writer and journalist Raúl Antonio Capote, was published by Fundarte. Photo: Giráldez, Laura Mercedes

Guarimbas, the managers of chaos

The book Guarimbas, the managers of chaos, which is being presented these days at the 15th Caracas Book Fair, authored by Cuban writer and journalist Raúl Antonio Capote, was published…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Spiritual food can save
Today we are in the process of perfecting our identity, in search of creation, in thinking about the situation of the community and all that surrounds us in order to make decisions in the care of our workers," said Lian. Photo:José Luis Martínez Alejo

Spiritual food can save

It is up to us to create, to perfect, to act for the community and to accompany our workers, consensus at the Provincial Conference of the Union of Culture in…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Fornaris, like a shining sun
A representation of La Bayamesa, during the Fiesta de la Cubanía. Photo: Madeleine Sautié Rodríguez

Fornaris, like a shining sun

To Fornaris we owe, first of all, La Bayamesa; but also other exaltations, of those that, with the magic of art, forge us and make us proud. Sometimes creators have…

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Lee más sobre el artículo All set for start of accountability
Photo: Radio Morón

All set for start of accountability

In each constituency of the Avileño municipality of Morón, the corresponding strategies have been adopted to guarantee the implementation of the delegate's accountability process to their voters, which will take…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Partial lunar eclipse begins tonight
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Partial lunar eclipse begins tonight

A partial lunar eclipse will occur from tonight until tomorrow Wednesday, the Institute of Geophysics and Astronomy announced in the capital. The phenomenon can be observed throughout the national territory,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo A fighting cock
Ulicer Aguilera wins the bronze medal in the javelin throw in the F13 category at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Photo: Calixto N. Llanes, special envoy / JIT.

A fighting cock

In an act of courage and determination, Ulicer Aguilera Cruz, despite facing a calf injury, competed in the javelin final of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in the F13 category.…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Neonatal Nurses’ Day activity in Ciego de Avila
Neonatal nurses exchange experiences/Photo: Provincial Department of Health

Neonatal Nurses’ Day activity in Ciego de Avila

Every 15 September, Neonatal Nursing Day is celebrated and as part of the activities organised in the province to recognise the date, a round table discussion was organised with the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The absent Camagüeyan
The absent Camagüeyan or Moronero train should resume passenger transport in October, after its carriages have been repaired. Photo: Pastor Batista Valdés

The absent Camagüeyan

The Camagüeyan or Moronero, so popular for its railway tradition and service at a more advantageous price for passengers, will once again travel between Morón and Camagüey. There is still…

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Díaz-Canel received Gail Walker

Miguel Díaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, received today at the Palace of the Revolution Gail Walker, executive…

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The unfinished case

The working weather is clear at dawn. A breeze cools the day. In the late afternoon, the atmosphere becomes more heated. "Early departure, abandonment of the guard, measures must be…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Omara in the spotlight again today at Paris 2024
omara durand competes in the semi-final of the 400m t12 in athletics at the france stadium during the paris 2024 paralympic games on 2 august 2024 in paris, france. photo: Calixto N. Llanes/JIT (Cuba)

Omara in the spotlight again today at Paris 2024

Sprinter Omara Durand will once again be in the spotlight for Cuba today on the eighth day of competition at the 17th edition of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, with…

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Lee más sobre el artículo A brigade works to replace pipes in the capital of Ciego de Avila
the necessary resources are allocated for the replacement of the damaged section of pipe with a new one /photo: Courtesy of Empresa de Acueducto y Alcantarillado

A brigade works to replace pipes in the capital of Ciego de Avila

The Empresa de Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Ciego de Ávila is currently working to replace the plumbing in multi-family buildings in Reparto Ortiz, in the provincial capital. The pipes and…

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Demotivation

Not as high as the host tower of the recent Olympic Games, but the bar of demotivation is so high that it takes effort to jump over it to win…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cuba is attentive to the spread of mpox virus
Dr. Francisco Durán García, Director of Epidemiology at the Cuban Ministry of Health. Photo: Ariel Cecilio Lemus

Cuba is attentive to the spread of mpox virus

Cuba's health authorities are monitoring for the mpox virus, known as monkeypox, a disease spread by Africa and Europe, said Dr Francisco Durán, national director of Hygiene and Epidemiology at…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Nearly 51 000 Cuban women work in science and technology
The number of women in science and technology represents the highest proportion in the last three years. Photo: José M. Correa

Nearly 51 000 Cuban women work in science and technology

Around 51 000 women were involved in science and technology activities in Cuba in 2023, the National Office of Statistics and Information (ONEI) confirmed in the latest edition of its…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Outstanding women federates in Ciego de Ávila recognised
Midiala Sánchez Alonso was awarded the Orden Ana Betancourt/Photos: Odania García Heredia

Outstanding women federates in Ciego de Ávila recognised

The Avilanian Midiala Sánchez Alonso was awarded the Order of Ana Betancourt, a distinction approved by Presidential Decree, and conferred on women recognised for their career, loyalty to the homeland,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo New regulations for economic actors in the Official Gazette
Mercedes López Acea, president of the National Institute of Non-State Economic Actors. Photo: Fidel Rendón Matienzo

New regulations for economic actors in the Official Gazette

The Ordinary Official Gazette number 78 published this Monday, with its complementary resolutions, six decree-laws and two decrees aimed at the country's non-state economic actors, as part of the actions…

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Lee más sobre el artículo If man serves, the earth serves
Romelio is in love with what he does/Photos: Archive

If man serves, the earth serves

With full knowledge of the facts, an Avileño has declared that "If man is useful, the land is useful. You just have to fall in love with what you do".…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Apitherapy, a health alternative
Photo courtesy of the interviewee

Apitherapy, a health alternative

Within alternative medicine, apitherapy is gaining more and more importance due to the diverse use of different bee honeycomb products with irrefutable therapeutic effects, knowledge put into practice today by…

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New virtual visa platform launched

Cuba guarantees security, greater agility and simplification in visa application processes with the activation of a new electronic visa platform, assured the Minister of Tourism, Juan Carlos García. According to…

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Lee más sobre el artículo UN system Cuba to raise environmental awareness
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UN system Cuba to raise environmental awareness

The United Nations System in Cuba is committed to generating greater environmental awareness and awareness of the impact of climate change with actions that involve young people in coastal communities,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Digital government in Cuba: progress and prospects for an Agenda
In 2023, 3.41 million procedures were carried out using the digital stamp through Transfermóvil. Photo: Endrys Correa Vaillant

Digital government in Cuba: progress and prospects for an Agenda

The new digital government platform, Cubagob, offers IT solutions and facilities for managing government procedures and services online. The Ministry of Communications (Mincom) itself has emphasised that, in order to…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Traditional parrandas begin in Chambas
Parrandas are among the most deeply rooted in Cuban popular tradition, and those of Chambas, in the province of Ciego de Avila, flourished in 1935. Photo: Cubahora

Traditional parrandas begin in Chambas

From Wednesday 14 August until Sunday, the traditional parrandas de barrios take place in Chambas, a village festival considered by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage of humanity. Congas, fireworks, food…

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Russian scientists to visit Cuba

The Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) informed today that several of its specialists will visit Cuba in order to be updated on tropical infections.…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Ciego de Ávila Electricity Company renews its vehicle fleet
The new specialised trolleys have been equipped with the technical means/ Photo: Courtesy of Empresa Eléctrica

Ciego de Ávila Electricity Company renews its vehicle fleet

The Ciego de Ávila Electricity Company has just renewed its fleet of vehicles to optimise service to the province's electricity networks. The new specialised vehicles have been equipped with the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Classic gladiators ready for Olympic challenge
Mijaín and Trujillo after winning gold at Tokyo 2020. Photo: Roberto Morejón, special correspondent

Classic gladiators ready for Olympic challenge

The island's five players completed an excellent preparation on European soil, according to the national team's chief strategist. Raúl Trujillo does not want to be overly optimistic, but he knows…

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Lee más sobre el artículo On digital economy and e-commerce in Cuba
Transfermóvil reached 5 000 000 users, while EnZona has 1 083 000. Photo: Ricardo López Hevia

On digital economy and e-commerce in Cuba

The Policy for the Digital Transformation of the Country presents the digital economy as one of the strategic axes, while e-commerce has been promoted for several years. The term digital…

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Lee más sobre el artículo For better government management in Ciro Redondo
People's Power delegates in Ciro Redondo discuss issues of economic and social interest and approve movement of leadership cadres. Photos: Poder Popular Ciro Redondo

For better government management in Ciro Redondo

The delegates to the Municipal Assembly of People's Power in Ciro Redondo analysed in the last few hours issues aimed at improving economic and social management, in an ordinary session…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Trifina’s golden titles
"On the eve of the 98th anniversary of Fidel's birth on 13 August, we must honour him with more dedication and commitment in order to move forward," says Trifina Fernández Mora. Photo: José Luis Martínez Alejo

Trifina’s golden titles

The student leader, trade unionist, deputy and teacher recalls transcendental moments in her life story, including having touched Fidel's hands. The former student leader, trade unionist and member of the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Morón enjoyed the Boleros Nights
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Morón enjoyed the Boleros Nights

Once again the people of Morón showed their sympathy and preference for the bolero, during two nights when local vocalists pleased the audience with the interpretation of romantic melodies. Noches…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Avilanian Health Institutions receive the Latir Avileño award
The University of Medical Sciences, the Pharmacy and Optics company and the Cuban Medical Services Branch received the Latir Avileño award. Photos: from DPS

Avilanian Health Institutions receive the Latir Avileño award

The Doctor José Assef Yara University of Medical Sciences in Ciego de Ávila received the Latir Avileño distinction for the fourth time, in recognition of the results of its pedagogical…

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The morning of Santa Ana

On that 26 July, "Death, with its impeccable function as the artisan of the sun", made history grow. The day felt like a farewell, different reasons for absence tried to…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Avilmat strongly embraces innovation
Edilberto Benítez González, innovator of the concrete and terrazzo unit, one of the relevant prize winners at the Forum for Innovation 2024 at Avilmat. Photo: José Luis Martínez Alejo

Avilmat strongly embraces innovation

The Vanguardia Nacional collective, which goes by the name of Avilmat in Ciego de Ávila, strongly embraces innovation as a way to strengthen business management and contribute to the search…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Simón Bolívar’s birthday remembered in Ciego de Ávila
The Paseo de las Americas, in front of the busts of Bolívar and Martí, in the Venezuelan municipality of Avileño, also remembered the "Liberator"/Photo: José Curbelo Álvarez

Simón Bolívar’s birthday remembered in Ciego de Ávila

The birth of Simón Bolívar, "The Liberator of America" 241 years ago, was remembered today in a talk held at the "Simón Reyes Hernández" Provincial Museum in Ciego de Ávila.…

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Biden, stepping aside

It was an open secret, but the only thing missing was the when: on 21 July, less than a month before the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, US President Joe…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Ordinary session of Parliament continues in Cuba
The Health and Sports Commission and the Commission for the Care of Children, Youth and Equal Rights for Women are in session, as a prelude to their third ordinary session corresponding to the 10th Legislature, in the plenary hall of the Palace of Conventions in Havana, on 15 July 2024. ACN PHOTO/Omara GARCÍA MEDEROS/ogm

Ordinary session of Parliament continues in Cuba

The Third Ordinary Session of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba (ANPP, Parliament) is in its second day here today, where debates on important issues for the life…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Leñadores ambushed the cavalry
Viñales stood out with a grand slam. Photo: Ricardo López Hevia

Leñadores ambushed the cavalry

If  Vegueros beat Industriales today, they would return to a final ten years later, when in 2014 they beat Matanzas, 4-2, in the play off for the 53rd Serie Nacional…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Summary of the first day of debates in Parliament
Working meeting of the Local Bodies of People's Power Commission, as a prelude to its Third Ordinary Session corresponding to the 10th Legislature, at the Convention Palace, in Havana, on 15 July 2024. ACN PHOTO/Omara GARCÍA MEDEROS/ogm

Summary of the first day of debates in Parliament

As a prelude to the Third Ordinary Period of Sessions of the X Legislature of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP), today was the first day of debates of…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Policy for Socialist State Enterprise Law to be debated today
The Health and Sports Commission and the Commission for the Care of Children, Youth and Equal Rights for Women are in session, as a prelude to their third ordinary session corresponding to the 10th Legislature, in the plenary hall of the Palace of Conventions in Havana, on 15 July 2024. ACN PHOTO/Omara GARCÍA MEDEROS/ogm

Policy for Socialist State Enterprise Law to be debated today

The preliminary draft of the Policy for the Law of the Socialist State Enterprise will be analysed today by the Permanent Working Commissions as a prelude to the Third Ordinary…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Tremendous crushing
Illustration: Alfredo Martirena Hernández

Tremendous crushing

As we approach the second half of the year 2024, a period marked by multiple distortions that are not alien to the Cuban trade union movement. The affiliates have common…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Avilanians win National Innovation Award 2024
Magdiel Soto Avilés, from Etecsa Ciego de Ávila/Photo: Taken from Facebook profiles.

Avilanians win National Innovation Award 2024

Relevant results in the application of solutions to machinery, equipment and other means that contribute to economic and social development and the provision of services enabled two Avileños to win…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Rejuvenating Morón’s House of Culture
Casa de la Cultura Haydee Santamaría Cuadrado, in the city of Morón. Photo Radio Morón

Rejuvenating Morón’s House of Culture

The reinauguration of the Casa de la Cultura Haydee Santamaría Cuadrado, in the town of Morón, Ciego de Avila, will take place on the 21st, after extensive repairs to the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Hurricane Beryl near Jamaica
Photo: @cnp_insmet_cuba

Hurricane Beryl near Jamaica

The Meteorological Institute reports in its TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING No.8 that during Tuesday night and early this morning, Hurricane Beryl has continued its rapid movement to the west-west, with a…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Eternal birthday to virtue
Leonor adored children and gave them poetry, stories and books of her own. Photo: José Luis Martínez Alejo

Eternal birthday to virtue

Leo talked a lot and in a low voice. That day he raised his tone and smiled at the joy of having revived her spectacles with a simple solution which…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Agro-ecological movement event in Majagua
René Pereira Lazo was one of the speakers at the ANAP municipal forum/Photo: Amador Rodríguez López

Agro-ecological movement event in Majagua

The contributions of the farmer-to-farmer agro-ecological movement in food production were highlighted in the municipality of Majagua during the development of the Municipal Forum for Innovation of the National Association…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Vehicle homologation process continues in Ciego de Avila
Interested parties must register on the website (https://vap.transnet.cu/) within 60 days/Photo: Courtesy of Dirección Provincial de Transporte

Vehicle homologation process continues in Ciego de Avila

With the implementation of Resolution 95/2024 of the Ministry of Transport, the process of homologation of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, assembled from parts and pieces, which for certain reasons…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cuban baseball post-season begins
Photo: Boris Luis Cabrera

Cuban baseball post-season begins

The post-season of the LXIII National Baseball Series begins today with the clashes Pinar del Río-Sancti Spiritus at the Capitán San Luis stadium and Santiago de Cuba-Industriales at the mythical…

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Lee más sobre el artículo President of UN General Assembly to visit Cuba
Dennis Francis, President of the UN General Assembly. Photo: PL

President of UN General Assembly to visit Cuba

The President of the UN General Assembly, Dennis Francis, will arrive in Cuba today with a wide-ranging agenda that includes meetings with high-level leaders of the Caribbean country as well…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Rains can be both favourable and detrimental.
The current rainy season is active with its benefits and detriments PHOTO Taken from the Internet

Rains can be both favourable and detrimental.

The current rainy season is active and despite its benefits, Hygiene and Epidemiology specialists are concerned about the health risks of water accumulation. The deposit of the precious liquid favours…

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Lee más sobre el artículo eSports: from the Olympic road to Cuban participation
The Future Games in Kazan, Russia, marked an important moment in the Cuban e-sports community. Photo: Courtesy of the official Games website.

eSports: from the Olympic road to Cuban participation

The partnerships established by the adec will allow Cuban athletes the possibility to represent the country at the world e-sports championships. Last week, the president of the International Olympic Committee…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The wanderings of persistent memory
Mario received a short story scholarship from the Centro Mexicano de Escritores and the Jóvenes Creadores programme of the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (National Fund for Culture and the Arts). Photo: Courtesy of the interviewee

The wanderings of persistent memory

Mario Carrasco Teja won the Casa 2024 Prize in the category of Literature for Children and Young People, with the novel El latido de los días (The Heartbeat of the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Solutions to correct distortions
The recovery of sugar cane production was among the most debated topics at the 22nd Municipal Conference of the CTC Congress in Ciro Redondo, Ciego de Avila province. Photo: José Luis Martínez Alejo

Solutions to correct distortions

A core issue to be debated at the Municipal Conferences of the 22nd Congress of the Cuban Workers' Central in Ciego de Avila. The shortcomings that today are classified as…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Remembering Edel Casas
Photo: Archive

Remembering Edel Casas

More than three decades ago, the stellar 9550 television programme launched Edel Casas, well known in the baseball world for his extensive knowledge, shrewdness and prodigious memory, to popularity. Born…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Political humour in the Casa de las Américas collection in Cuba
Casa de las Américas is an institution at the forefront of cultural promotion and research on the American continent. Photo: Taken from laventana.casa.cult.cu

Political humour in the Casa de las Américas collection in Cuba

The Havana cultural institution Casa de las Américas invites today to the Café ArteAmérica, dedicated to the presence of political humour in the Colección Arte de Nuestra América Haydee Santamaría…

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Lee más sobre el artículo For a cleaner and more cared-for city
One media solution to the problem is to call on the population in the people's councils Photos taken from the Internet

For a cleaner and more cared-for city

Cleaning and sanitising the different neighbourhoods of the city of Ciego de Ávila is a task that has been most emphasised in recent days. The real material limitations, specifically in…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Mango campaign kicks off at Majagua cannery
Entities belonging to the provinces of Sancti Spíritus and Camagüey will provide raw materials/Photo: Amador Rodríguez López

Mango campaign kicks off at Majagua cannery

With the arrival of the first quintals of the coveted fruit from the Reinaldo Mannig Credit and Service Cooperative of the Lázaro López Community at its mills, the Majagua canning…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Spanish Film Festival in Cuba
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Spanish Film Festival in Cuba

The richness of diversity and the impact of climate change distinguish today the content of the Spanish Film Festival, which until the 9th invites you to enjoy a premiere filmography…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The necessary
Photo: Taken from EAACAV Facebook profile.

The necessary

Despite all the shortages that the country is going through at the moment, there are always people who add up and, more than a cliché, this is a fact that…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Quesada takes crown at Americas Championships
GM Luis Ernesto Quesada is the second Ciego de Avila native to win the National Chess Championship crown, after IM Eleazar Jiménez won it five times in the 1960s (1957, 1960, 1963, 1965 and 1967)/Photo: Jit

Quesada takes crown at Americas Championships

Luis Ernesto Quesada showed a devastating pace on Wednesday to be crowned with 8.5 points in the blitz mode of the Americas 2024 Absolute Continental Chess Championship of the Americas,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Maceo and his titans
Jorge Maceo Lorenzo, quien se desempeñaba como Director General de la Empresa Agropecuaria Arnaldo Ramírez,. Foto: Osvaldo Gutiérrez Gómez

Maceo and his titans

Always ready for the "machete charges" in food production in the fields of Ciego de Avila. An invasion from the east to the centre of Cuba took place in times…

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A life on wheels

Rolando Cartaya Valdés, 69 years old, acknowledges that family and cycling are his two great loves and the main reason to keep going. When asked about his beginnings in the…

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Cuba is one: Minrex statement

The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minrex) today issued an Official Statement regarding the announcement by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of a set of measures to…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Hero of Avilanian country work
Recently, during the ceremony of decorations held in Havana, on the 65th anniversary of the Agrarian Reform Law, the peasant José Alberto González Sánchez, from Avila, received the honorary title of Hero of Labour of the Republic of Cuba, presented by President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba. Photo: Heriberto González Brito

Hero of Avilanian country work

José Alberto González Sánchez, president of the CPA Paquito González, from the municipality of Baraguá, receives an honorary degree. Leadership was not withdrawn after Edelio or Pipo, as he was…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The countryside and its charms: Yadier’s life project
Yadier Castillo Gomez, vice-president of the Antonio Palacios Agricultural Production Cooperative, comments on the cultivation of rice in the area around the Zaza-Ciego Canal in the south of Majagua municipality in Ciego de Avila, Cuba, on 12 March 2024. ACN PHOTO/Osvaldo GUTIÉRREZ GÓMEZ

The countryside and its charms: Yadier’s life project

Yadier Castillo Gómez assures that he has his feet firmly on the ground and although where he lives almost everything is green areas, he wouldn't change it for the most…

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José Martí, modernist

Interesting proposals with novel approaches at the International Colloquium on Modernism in José Martí Interesting proposals with novel approaches were recently presented at the International Colloquium on Modernism in José…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Family Medicine Conference held in Ciego de Avila
Imposition of the Carlos J. Finlay Order on the doctor and professor Jorge José Pérez Assef. Photo DPS

Family Medicine Conference held in Ciego de Avila

The XII Family Medicine Conference held in Ciego de Ávila with an attractive programme of didactic activities and tributes. Some 60 medical research papers were presented at the event, three…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Avilmat in the elite (+Photos)
On behalf of the Avilmat workers, Norma Murillo Moré, secretary general of the trade union bureau, and Paulino Pérez Viera, general director of the company, received the accredited certificate of ratification of the Vanguardia Nacional collective bargaining agreement. Photo: José Luis Martínez Alejo

Avilmat in the elite (+Photos)

It is an example of a socialist state enterprise that we need to generalise, stressed Misael Rodríguez Llanes, general secretary of the National Union of Construction Workers, at the ratification…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Avilanian farmer honored as Hero of Labor
Recently, at the awards ceremony held in Havana, on the 65th anniversary of the Agrarian Reform Law, José Alberto González Sánchez, a peasant from Avila, received the honorary title of Hero of Labor of the Republic of Cuba, presented by President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba. Photo: Heriberto González Brito

Avilanian farmer honored as Hero of Labor

Leadership was not withdrawn after Edelio or Pipo, as he was better known as the founding president, retired from the Paquito González Agricultural Production Cooperative (CPA) in the municipality of…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Exhibition of inventions in Ciego de Avila is planned
Reinaldo Vega López, from Ciego de Avila, is one of those who has contributed the most to the Cuba Solutions Exposition in their respective celebrations. Photo: José Luis Martínez Alejo

Exhibition of inventions in Ciego de Avila is planned

The third annual edition of ExpoAnir Soluciones Cuba, which contributes to local and national socioeconomic development with innovations that can be generalized, is scheduled for the 24th of this month.…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Economy and trade unionism without a maturer
The new Municipal Secretariat of the CTC in Bolivia. Photo: José Luis Martínez Alejo

Economy and trade unionism without a maturer

The trade union movement looked inward at the grassroots and workplace level to reach a consensus in plenary that the local economy can be transformed for the good of all,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Donation to Morón Health Institutions
Delivery of donations to institutions in Morón. Photo by Elsa Fernández

Donation to Morón Health Institutions

A donation of medicines, medical supplies and powdered milk was received this week by health institutions in the municipality of Morón, in the province of Ciego de Ávila. Members of…

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A Cimarron, in Italian

Miguel Barnet is an author who edited and translated all over the world, but one of his books perhaps stands out in his extraordinary literary itinerary: Biografía de un cimarrón…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Tribute to blood donors begins in Ciego de Avila
Donating blood to save lives is an act of supreme humanism. Photo by Méndez Mellor

Tribute to blood donors begins in Ciego de Avila

With the central slogan: "20 years thanking for generosity", a tribute to voluntary blood donors will begin in Ciego de Avila. Multiple activities will be carried out throughout the territory…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Municipal Conferences of the CTC begin tomorrow in Ciego de Avila
The Provincial Secretariat of the CTC in Ciego de Avila declared the Eugenio Marcelino Cuellar Basic Secondary School, the seat of the Municipal Conference, as a Center for the 22nd Congress. Photo: Courtesy of CTC Bolivia

Municipal Conferences of the CTC begin tomorrow in Ciego de Avila

The more than 3,400 members of the different trade unions in the municipality of Bolivia will be represented by 50 delegates at the meeting that will initiate the process of…

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Lee más sobre el artículo National Vanguard Ciego de Avila Builder’s Yard
The moment was opportune to encourage the most outstanding workers/Photo: José Luis Martínez Alejo

National Vanguard Ciego de Avila Builder’s Yard

The workers of the service delivery unit, belonging to the Construction and Assembly Company in the province of Ciego de Avila, won National Vanguard status for results in quality, savings,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo EMBER ratifies itself as a National Vanguard
The collective won in 2023 the venue of the national event for the Food Industry Workers' Day and the Provincial Business Quality Award/Photo; José Luis Martínez Alejo

EMBER ratifies itself as a National Vanguard

The workers of the Company of Beverages and Soft Drinks of Ciego de Avila ratified the status of National Vanguard collective, for the extraordinary and sustained productive results and economic…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Fidel Castro’s grandson speaks to Avilanians (+photos)
Dr.C. Fidel Antonio Castro Smirnov spoke to the people of Ciego de Avila today/Photos: Alfredo Fernández Arcia

Fidel Castro’s grandson speaks to Avilanians (+photos)

Dr.C. Fidel Antonio Castro Smirnov spoke to the people of Ciego de Avila today during the rally for International Workers' Day, which took place in the Máximo Gómez Báez square…

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Sans Souci, a lost history

In 1953, Santo Trafficante, the Tampa bolitero and, after Meyer Lansky, the most powerful mafia man in Havana, attempted a makeover at the Sans Souci cabaret, which he had just…

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Lee más sobre el artículo New variety of big-headed pineapple achieved in Ciego de Avila
Avilanian agro-science researchers carry out quality evaluations to continue their genetic improvement/Photo; Taken from Invasor

New variety of big-headed pineapple achieved in Ciego de Avila

Participants in the territorial project Diversification of pineapple varieties for their introduction in Ciego de Avila, have managed to obtain a fruit of the Cabezona variety, coveted for its good…

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The goal to save the Cuban bats

Pollinators, seed dispersers, pest controllers... the roles of bats in ecosystems place them among the most relevant living beings, which is why contributing to the preservation of those mammals and…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Health Union will lead Labor Day parade in Majagua
More than 460 members of the Health Union will participate in the parade/Photo: Amador Rodríguez López

Health Union will lead Labor Day parade in Majagua

In recognition of their union results and work fronts, the members of the health union in the municipality of Majagua will be in charge of leading the May Day proletarian…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Bitter coffee
Resuming the production of Hola coffee efficiently becomes the main commitment for the workers of the UEB Torrefactora in Ciego de Avila. Photo: Raquel Vingut Ceballos

Bitter coffee

The UEB Torrefactora de Ciego de Avila collective is not discouraged by the setbacks. Workers face new challenges in defense of the 2024 plan. When the coffee machine misses the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Pineapple planting is promoted in Ciego de Avila
The pineapple plantations color the landscape of Avila's fields PHOTO taken from the Internet

Pineapple planting is promoted in Ciego de Avila

Thanks to the scientific work of the Bioplant Center of Ciego de Avila, pineapple planting is diversified in state and private areas of the territory. The variety of pineapple called…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Quesada new Cuban chess champion
GM Luis Ernesto Quesada is the second Ciego de Avila native to win the National Chess Championship crown, after IM Eleazar Jiménez won it five times in the 1960s (1957, 1960, 1963, 1965 and 1967)/Photo: Jit

Quesada new Cuban chess champion

Luis Ernesto Quesada dominated the triangular tournament that defined the National Absolute Chess Championship in the city of Holguin. Luis Ernesto closed the classic games segment with seven points, but…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Majagua federates analyze economic measures program
Sinecio Martín Pérez, from the Municipal School of the Communist Party of Cuba, modulated the debate/Photo: Amador Rodríguez López

Majagua federates analyze economic measures program

The members of the Federation of Cuban Women in the municipality of Majagua held a training meeting aimed at deepening the measures that will gradually be put into practice during…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Rafael Hernández: «research chose me».
Cuban intellectual Rafael M. Hernández Rodríguez. Photo: José Manuel Correa

Rafael Hernández: «research chose me».

The outstanding intellectual was awarded the National Cultural Research Award 2023. Dr. Rafael Hernández Rodríguez was always motivated to discover what was beyond the visible. He was passionate about knowledge…

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Telepathy, the chip of the future?

Everyone, or almost everyone, is talking today about Telepathy, the revolutionary hair-thin wireless chip successfully placed in the human brain by Neuralink, a company owned by South African-American billionaire Elon…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Seminars of the XXII Congress of the CTC begin in Ciego de Avila
After the provincial seminar in preparation for the XXII Congress of the CTC, training began today in the municipalities of Ciego de Avila. Photo: José Luis Martínez Alejo

Seminars of the XXII Congress of the CTC begin in Ciego de Avila

The provincial training was held yesterday. The training began today and will conclude tomorrow in the 10 municipalities of Avila. In Ciego de Avila, the provincial seminars for the preparation…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Local development projects grow in Majagua
Guamajales; local development project dedicated to the production of dry condiments/Photos Amador Rodríguez López

Local development projects grow in Majagua

According to Resolution 2921 of the Economy and Planning Department, 11 local development projects are located in the municipality of Majagua. Mable, whose corporate purpose is the production of furniture;…

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Lee más sobre el artículo SEBIOCA sprouts
Under conditions of in vitro multiplication and rooting of banana clones. Photo: José Luis Martínez Alejo

SEBIOCA sprouts

The air of the winter season does not cool to the fullest. Nor does it manage to heat up with the rigors of work, as needed, the cold planting of…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Boxing begins this Tuesday at the Playa Girón Tournament
Jorje Cuellar of Cienfuegos (blue) faces Raidel Rodriguez of Camaguey (red), in the 81 kilograms division, during the Seventh Edition of the National Boxing Series, at the Rafael Fortun Chacon Multipurpose Hall in the city of Camaguey, Cuba, on April 25, 2022. Fto Roberto Morejón (Jit newspaper of Inder)

Boxing begins this Tuesday at the Playa Girón Tournament

SOME names already registered in the list of medalists and well-deserved praise for the conditions created in the multipurpose Yayabo will mark the first bouts of the 60th Playa Girón…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Artex wins CTC emulation in Ciego de Avila
When they received the Vanguardia Nacional flag nine months ago, the Artex collective from Avila ratified its commitment: "A que me mantengo", and he kept it. Photo: José Luis Martínez Alejo

Artex wins CTC emulation in Ciego de Avila

The Ciego de Avila branch belonging to the Empresa de Promociones Artísticas y Literarias (Artex), won the headquarters of the provincial event in Ciego de Avila, for the 85th anniversary…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Work in Majagua to strengthen SAN Law programs
Rolando Gómez León, vice-president of the permanent working commission for the services and food program of the Assembly of People's Power in Majagua/Photo: Amador Rodríguez López

Work in Majagua to strengthen SAN Law programs

The increase of each of the actions that make up the Food Sovereignty and Nutritional Security Law are among the purposes of the factors responsible for its application in the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Scientific results highlighted in Ciego de Avila
The results of the economic, social and environmental impact of the science, technology and innovation plan in Ciego de Avila were higher in 2023. Photo: José Luis Martínez Alejo

Scientific results highlighted in Ciego de Avila

The implementation of more than 140 projects of territorial and national scope with economic, social and environmental impacts, contributed to the province of Ciego de Avila reaching the status of…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Chocolate as an attraction for local folks
Chocolate elaborated in different formats, presented in ingenious packaging. Photos by Idania Pupo freyre

Chocolate as an attraction for local folks

Because of the great popularity of its offer, there is a shop window on the boulevard of Ciego de Avila that attracts the attention of all passers-by. It is Chocolatería…

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Lee más sobre el artículo ANCI actions in Ciro Redondo to honor its IX Congress
The integration of associates and their families into socially useful activities is one of the main missions of ANCI's management in Ciro Redondo. Photo: Courtesy of ANCI

ANCI actions in Ciro Redondo to honor its IX Congress

The relevant results in 2023 strengthened the purpose of the organization's members to regain the status of National Vanguard. Reconquering the status of National Vanguard constitutes one of the main…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The fifth star of Cuban tourism
The Pullman Cayo Coco welcomes the winter season and celebrates its eighth anniversary with multiple actions of detailed improvements to all its facilities, said Eilén Buchillón, assistant commercial director of this Vanguardia Nacional hotel. Photo: Ailén Castilla Padrón

The fifth star of Cuban tourism

By Juanita Perdomo, Lianne Fonseca and José Luis Martínez Alejo With a bet for the best, Cuba welcomes the winter season, the period from November to April, when the country…

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Lee más sobre el artículo 3rd Challenger Escambray of Mountain Bike
during the 1st stage of the Escambray Challenger mountain bike race on January 21, 2022 in Sancti Spíritus, Cuba. PHOTOGRAPH: Calixto N. Llanes/Periódico JIT (Cuba)

3rd Challenger Escambray of Mountain Bike

The III Escambray Mountain Bike Challenger 2024 will take place from January 24 to 28 with a 185-kilometer route and four stages through rugged and beautiful landscapes in the state…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The Caravan of Freedom crosses Majagua
Departure of the Caravana de la Libertas from Santiago de Cuba/Photo PL

The Caravan of Freedom crosses Majagua

The Committee of the Union of Young Communists in the municipality of Majagua calls to witness at noon this January 5 the crossing through the territory of the reissue of…

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Lee más sobre el artículo A bet on health tourism in Ciego de Avila
Photo Facebook profile of SMC Comercializadora de SMC in Ciego de Avila

A bet on health tourism in Ciego de Avila

The Ciego de Avila branch of the Comercializadora de Servicios Médicos Cubanos (SMC) promotes health tourism in the Jardines del Rey destination through a specialized medical care program, which includes…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Imperishable the Niagara Singer
José María Heredia, from the brush of Cuban artist Mario Gallardo. Photo: Dunia Álvarez Palacios

Imperishable the Niagara Singer

The poet and patriot José María Heredia was honored on the 220th anniversary of his birth. The 220th anniversary of the birth of the poet and patriot José María Heredia,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Caravan takes off and adds up to Libertad (+ Video)
President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez attended the opening ceremony of the tour, which started at Avenida de los Libertadores, in front of the Moncada walls Photo: TAKEN FROM THE PRESIDENCY'S X-TODAY ACCOUNT

Caravan takes off and adds up to Libertad (+ Video)

Starting on January 2, the Caravan of Freedom once again offers the privileged possibility for the oldest segment of the population to remember, and for the new generations to reedit,…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Tourism in Ciego de Avila for more quality and efficiency
"We have a high commitment to efficiency and quality in the attention to tourists and to our workers with the integral operation from the union sections," emphasized Alexis Veloso Bermúdez, secretary general of the SNTHT in Ciego de Avila. Photo: José Luis Martínez Alejo

Tourism in Ciego de Avila for more quality and efficiency

The National Union of Hotel and Tourism Workers (SNTHT) will celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Revolution with the commitment to contribute to the quality of the services provided during…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Nature’s whims provide food
From a thin crack in the cement floor, the pumpkin bush began to emerge. Photos by Martha Hernández Pino

Nature’s whims provide food

Sometimes nature shows capricious ways of expressing some of its creations, many of them for the benefit of man. This is what happened to Martha Hernández Pino when she watched…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cycling Tour to the east extends to Ciego de Avila
during the fifth stage Holguín-Las Tunas (99 km) of the Vuelta Ciclista a Oriente, on February 26, 2023 in Las Tunas, Cuba. PHOTOGRAPH: Calixto N. Llanes/Periódico JIT (Cuba)

Cycling Tour to the east extends to Ciego de Avila

THE CYCLING TOUR to the east 2024 will run from Baracoa to Ciego de Avila from February 18 to 25, in honor of Inder's 63rd anniversary. For the first time…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Sacha, the sound of his lyrics
Journalist Fernando Rodríguez Sosa and writer Francisco López Sacha. Photo: Madeleine Sautié Rodríguez

Sacha, the sound of his lyrics

The outstanding writer is one of the authors to whom the 32nd Havana International Book Fair will be dedicated. Particularly pleasant was the presence of Francisco Lopez Sacha, one of…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Relevant contribution of innovators in Ciego de Avila
Avileños achieve a significant economic contribution of more than 60 million pesos for innovations and rationalizations this year. Photo: José Luis Martínez Alejo

Relevant contribution of innovators in Ciego de Avila

However, 39 entities do not comply with the innovation law: they do not evaluate inventions and do not remunerate their authors, who are their own employees, nor do they contribute…

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Lee más sobre el artículo CTC prioritizes economic recovery in Ciego de Avila
The CTC in Ciego de Avila focuses its attention on priority economic activities. Photo: Zulema Véliz Pina

CTC prioritizes economic recovery in Ciego de Avila

Attention to preparations for the upcoming sugar harvest and food production among the main tasks in honor of the 65th anniversary of the Revolution and the 85th anniversary of the…

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Fascism then and now

When we talk about fascism, each of us usually makes our own associations. In Russia, it is associated with World War II and the many victims of the Soviet people.…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Aged and vinegary
Text box: ''A toast with rum, not as old as the complaints accumulated over the years''. Caricature: Taken from Internet

Aged and vinegary

It is everyone's duty to provide comprehensive care to workers to prevent this from continuing to age and even sour in many workplaces. Such solidarity accompaniment should not be an…

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Thermometer World Day

Humanity celebrates today the World Thermometer Day, a basic and essential instrument for measuring body or environmental temperature, whose invention proved very valuable in everyday life, especially in medicine. Galileo…

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Lee más sobre el artículo The Festival and Fidel’s ideas
Fidel, junto a Santiago Álvarez y Alfredo Guevara. Foto: Archivo de Granma

The Festival and Fidel’s ideas

"(...) this movement of the new cinema is a great battle, of enormous importance not only for our identity, but also for our liberation, our independence and our survival". At…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Ciego de Avila’s 2023 Outstanding Athletes Announced
Game between the teams of Ciego de Avila and Villa Clara (orange) on the first day of the national men's field field hockey championship at the synthetic field of this discipline in Ciego de Avila, Cuba, on February 19, 2023. ACN PHOTO/Osvaldo GUTIÉRREZ GÓMEZ

Ciego de Avila’s 2023 Outstanding Athletes Announced

Field field hockey as a sport and the individualities of Yaimaris Martínez Cervantes (sailing), Jorge Martínez Wilson (judo), Yurismaily García Sánchez (field hockey) and Magnol Suárez Fis (handball) were among…

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Tribute to dean educators in Morón

Among anecdotes, stories, poems and literary curiosities, a pleasant exchange took place with deans of the teaching profession in Morón, among whom were literacy teachers, retirees and reinstated teachers, as…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Cuba celebrates International Human Rights Day
Anayansi Rodríguez, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs. Photo: PL

Cuba celebrates International Human Rights Day

Cuba celebrates this Sunday the International Human Rights Day (HRD) with concrete advances in the promotion and protection of human rights for all its citizens, despite the challenges of the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Tourist Animation course is called for
Photo: Taken from Internet

Tourist Animation course is called for

The FORMATUR Tourism Training Center, in the municipality of Morón, in the Avileño municipality of Morón, convenes the Tourism Animation course, with the purpose of training young people in the…

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Recognition for broadcasters

This December 1st marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Cuban Broadcaster's Day, date on which the Moronense broadcaster Jorge Luis Nieto García died prematurely, in 1951, when…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Leones and Gallos share top spot in Elite Baseball League
At bat for the Leones Yoandry Urgellés (R), during the 2nd clash against the Gallos, in the particular subseries of the LIX National Baseball Series, at the Lationamericano stadium, in Havana, on September 5, 2019. ACN PHOTO/ Roberto CABRERA CATASÚS/ sdl

Leones and Gallos share top spot in Elite Baseball League

Industriales, Matanzas and Santiago de Cuba won in Tuesday's session Industriales' victory and Sancti Spíritus' defeat caused an embrace between both teams at the top of the II Elite League…

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Lee más sobre el artículo More medals for Cuba in Santiago 2023 athletics
Raciel Gonzalez Isidoria, of Cuba, competes in the 100m T47 semifinal during athletics at the VII Parapan American Games Santiago 2023, hosted by the Mario Recordon Athletic Center, on November 24, 2023 in Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile. PHOTOGRAPH: Calixto N. Llanes/Periódico JIT (Cuba)

More medals for Cuba in Santiago 2023 athletics

The Cuban delegation won three bronze medals. Omara Durand's gold would have been added, but she was disqualified Pedro Urgellés won Cuba's first medal this Saturday in athletics at the…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Omara Durand: «I can’t leave that image in my people»
Omara Durand Elias, of Cuba, competes in the 100m T12 semifinal in athletics at the VII Parapan American Games Santiago 2023, hosted by the Mario Recordón Athletic Center, on November 23, 2023 in Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile. PHOTOGRAPH: Calixto N. Llanes/Periódico JIT (Cuba)

Omara Durand: «I can’t leave that image in my people»

The multiple Parapan American champion expressed her sadness with those who await her triumphs, after her disqualification in the 400 meters category T12 in Santiago 2023 The information spread from…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Robiel jumped to immortality in Santiago 2023
Robiel Yankiel Sol Cervantes, of Cuba, competes in the final of the long jump T47 of the athletics of the VII Parapan American Games Santiago 2023, to be held at the Mario Recordón Athletic Center, on November 23, 2023 in Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile. PHOTOGRAPH: Calixto N. Llanes/Periódico JIT (Cuba)

Robiel jumped to immortality in Santiago 2023

THE VERTIGINOUS rise of Robiel Yankiel Sol in the long jump (category T47) will have to be analyzed as a great achievement, especially after winning the title in the VII…

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Lee más sobre el artículo No more cyclones in November?
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No more cyclones in November?

Although the eleventh month of the year is the last of the conventional interval for the hurricane season in the North Atlantic Ocean, there is evidence that in previous periods…

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Lee más sobre el artículo Havana International Book Fair 2024 reschedules dates
Asistentes a la XXXI Feria Internacional del Libro de La Habana, con Colombia como país invitado de honor, en el Parque Histórico Militar San Carlos de la Cabaña.

Havana International Book Fair 2024 reschedules dates

The Havana International Book Fair, scheduled from February 8 to 18, has changed its calendar and is being organized to take place one week later than the initial date at…

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