Holguín-born poet, journalist, researcher, and art critic Erian Peña Pupo won the Main Prize of the National Poetry Contest Entre Dos Aguas with his book, Fresco de Pompeya, as announced by the Holguín branch of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC).

The Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) informed that Cuba has the lowest infant mortality rate due to congenital malformations in the American region.

A series of research conducted in the last 20 years to evaluate the influence of architectural and urban design on the indoor thermal environment and energy consumption in Cuba’s climate conditions, especially on non-residential buildings such as hotel management and service facilities, institutions and schools, to name a few, won one of the 78 national awards of the Academy of Sciences 2021, in the category of Technical Sciences.