Preschool  educator Ania Eleisy Madrazo Mejía with "her children."

At the Ismaelillo Childcare Center, the order, cleanliness, and vibrant colors catch the eye. It’s amazing what imagination and dedication can achieve. Those toys —many made using the papier-mâché technique— are the work of dedicated educators like Ania Eleisy Madrazo Mejía.

Shaka is an alcoholic beverage with 18 percent alcohol.

  • Dr. Alejandro Mestre Barroso, a toxicology specialist and coordinator of the Las Tunas Provincial Drug Observatory, warns of the real risks posed by a beverage marketed as an energy drink but containing 18% alcohol.

Teacher Miladis has been working for two school years at Tony Alomá Elementary School.

Teaching is more than a profession; it is a calling. From this perspective, Miladis Pérez Ardebol recounts part of the indelible bond that the noble craft of education has woven into her life.

Neonaltal nurse Norge served on an international mission in Mozambique.

Some people believe that newborns don’t communicate. Norge González Peña, a neonatal nurse at the Dr. Ernesto Guevara General Teaching Hospital in Las Tunas, knows that’s not true. For 31 years, he has been deciphering the language of the very youngest —a language not spoken with words, but with gestures, with cries that signal hunger or pain, and with glances that ask for calm. And he has done so not only in Cuba but also in Mozambique, where death was a daily visitor and life had to be defended tooth and nail from the very first minute.

Musicians and concert ensembles will share their melodies at various venues in Las Tunas City.

How many of us get lost among the “invisible threads” that bring a musical staff to life? How many of us have ever wiped away tears while watching a performer who moved us, seemingly at one with a violin, a saxophone, a piano, or a guitar...? The sounds of the concert hall, though unknown to many, are there to remind us that there are timeless works and artists, and that there are still many valuable compositions waiting to be discovered.