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The 31st edition of the Ibero-American Culture Festival begins today with a concert by the Holguín Symphony Orchestra and the Cobre Steel Band from Santiago de Cuba. It brings together over 100 participants from more than 12 countries.

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Last June 24, 89 Cuban emigrants were returned from Mexico, which rises the number of them to more than 500 so far in 2021, said Colonel Roberto Aguilera Puig, head of the Border Unit of the Ministry of the Interior’s Division of Identification and Aliens.

Read more More than 500 migrants were returned to Cuba in the last year

BiranPhoto: Juvenal Balán

Maintenance work is being carried out at the historic Birán site ahead of August 13, when the 99th anniversary of Fidel Castro's birth will be celebrated.

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A dozen people are still missing, and finding them is currently a priority for firefighters and first respondents who are working tirelessly in the rubble of this capital's Saratoga hotel.

Read more Search for missing people in ruins of Saratoga hotel continues

mirador1Photo: Ariel M. Nico

The Mirador de Mayabe Hotel, part of the Islazul chain in Holguín, was founded on April 16, 1960, and has since become an icon located on a mountain overlooking the Mayabe valley.

Read more Hotel Mirador de Mayabe in Holguín revives Cuban traditions