This woman in front of me may say that she may not remember much of her first day between the jumping of the keys of the typewriters and those strong beats in her chest, as if they were drowning her, knowing, practically without experience, that she was the founder of one of the most relevant and expected events in these lands, the circulation of 26 Newspaper.

However, among gestures of her own, smiles that awaken memories, and the unconditional love she gave from the first minute, the conversation flows like the clear waters of those streams that invite you to dive in without any fear. Yolanda Velázquez Téllez never forgot and, now, shells out her memories with intense fluidity.

"There, on Joaquín Agüero Street, was where we started -she says-. In those years there was a printing press, now the Dos Mundos bazaar is located in this space. You can imagine that making the newspaper was not as it is now. We used a typewriter, but the conformation of each printed edition, which circulated every day, was done manually, we chose letter by letter until we created a word and that's how we produced the work, and then we went to Holguín to print it".

It was a hard task in those years, in which to show people from Las Tunas the local events was a pleasant challenge. This was also the case with Yolanda, who was in charge of attending to the national correspondents and volunteers.

Who were the volunteer correspondents, I ask her in the middle of a heat that makes us return to the present for a few minutes and comment on the heavy rains of June, the high prices, the sun these days, and the fear of an interview. He smiles again and answers me without any hesitation: "They were workers and students. They belonged to the labor and student centers of the territory. They would send information, we had a section called Correspondents, and it was published there. It was dedicated to people who liked journalism but did not practice it. Through a phone call, they would report if there was an activity of the Central de Trabajadores de Cuba, of the Pioneers or the Union of Young Communists and this was then written, a more elaborated information was made".

From that period he fondly remembers his boss, Rosano Zamora, who was called Gallo. The sparkle in his eyes backs up his words, "He was the most special person I knew. “He was the most special person I knew. He taught all of us who started there, who were not journalism graduates, how to do things. He had a strong character but was special in his attention to people. If there was an activity that we workers could not go to, he would prepare one for us. He always remained attentive to everyone's problems.

"I remember that there was a political-administrative division in the province. In the region they called Pecuaria, located near the railroad line, in Bonachea, with a structure equal to that of a municipality, I continued working with the same correspondents. By that time I was already based on Colon Street, next to the Radio Victoria radio station.

Her love for this profession made her bet on the introductory courses that were opened for those who were not university graduates. Then they could enter the University of Holguin. For personal reasons, Yolanda only went through the third year, but she acquired skills that allowed her to improve the quality of her daily responsibilities.

El Periódico opened horizons to this simple and modest woman, who tells me about this important stage with a passionate calmness. It is as if those years, right now, were here among us. And they are. She manages to make it so.

"During this time at 26, I met my husband and had my children. We felt so committed to the job that we didn't dare miss it. My children took naps on top of the newspapers; they were only two years old and got sick almost at the same time, and I took them with me.

"In the beginning, the change of premises was something that almost characterized us. First on Joaquín Agüero Street, then they put us next to the radio station. Then to where the Cuban News Agency is now located, until we moved to the place where it is now, above the Poligráfico. Here we continued working with the technology we could afford, the typewriters, and the desire to move forward with that project.

"There we were a family, not from the outside, but a real one, we got along well and supported each other a lot. There weren't many of us, but we managed to bring out the news events of the province without any problem.

"From those years I remember Julio César, from Chaparra, with an incredible passion. Quiroga, from Manatí; Arbelio Alfonso, from Colombia; Ulises, and a few others who put in a lot of effort. It is a privilege for me to have been part of that team.

A few years later, he was given the task of attending to youth and mass organizations. With the knowledge he acquired from his career, together with that of Rosano Zamora, everything was more bearable, although no less intense and committed.

"With the classes Gallo gave us, we no longer had to go to the university; each session helped us a lot. I also remember Carlos Tamayo as an important figure in the editorial team and the incorporation of students Anybis Labarta and Graciela Guerrero as one of the most important acquisitions of journalism in Las Tunas.

"They came in with their batteries charged, it was incredible how they worked and how they slipped through the eye of a needle. We all had a very good opinion of those girls".

Yolanda Velázquez Téllez spent a decade in the corridors of 26, between the hallucinated rhythm of the typewriters and the smell of ink and lead from the workshop where she finished the process of making the news. Ten years that he remembers with great affection. He made a family there and will never cease to feel part of that collective.

"I think that the people who chose this profession certainly love it. Today's journalists are very mature, they leave the classroom ready to face the practice without too much accompaniment. In '78, Norge and Peñita were the photographers. I think I see them looking for the best quality, but nothing was the same, many things have changed, among them the design.

"After 45 years since it was founded, it is no longer a newspaper, but you have to admire the preparation of those who today make the Semanario. And look, time goes by, but that first edition was great news that marked the province; today I can say that the sacrifice was worth it. The Tuneros were already receiving their newspaper!".

He makes a gesture of love. He sighs. She will always carry the traces of being among the founders of 26, the one that opened voices to the news events of Las Tunas, although retirement has come to Yolanda Velázquez Téllez in the premises of the Culture sector, which she joined after leaving the intense and hard way that means belonging to the world of journalism, more in those days of journalism and constant learning.