Holguín has four athletes with tickets to the First Youth Pan American Games to take place in Cali, Colombia, from November 25 to December 5.

Sixty years ago Fidel Castro delivered his speech "Words to the intellectuals", during the first meeting of the historic leader with writers and artists on June 16, 23 and 30 at the National Library José Martí in a deeply complex scene, marked for the birth of the Cuban Revolution.

Under the motto “Mind, soul, body and heart, united, for better health,” the Cuban eastern province of Holguín will host the First Provincial Conference on Cardiology, on the occasion of World Alzheimer's Day and the World Heart Day to be celebrated on September 21 and 29, respectively.