The teachers shortage in Las Tunas is the result of several factors that ultimately converged in the classrooms.

Las Tunas began the new school year with provincial teaching coverage ranging from 90 to 92 percent. The Provincial Department of Education has identified a shortage of more than 800 teachers across the various levels of education, with the highest concentration in lower secondary education.

Nurse Damián Ernesto Rodríguez Rondón

The first time Damián Ernesto Rodríguez Rondón lost a baby, he wasn’t prepared. No one ever is. He had only been a nurse for a short time, had just earned his degree, and possessed that dangerous confidence of someone who believes knowledge protects them from everything. But medicine doesn’t warn you when it’s going to show you its cruelest side.

Virgen Cruz Fernández is a woman who doesn’t hesitate

There is a stretch of road in Cabinda, Angola, that Virgen will never forget. There, right in the middle of the street, under the blazing sun and amid the pain of a woman who could no longer take another step, she experienced one of the most intense moments of her 33 years as a nurse.

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.