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The Washington Post recalled on Monday how the efforts led by Cuban leader Fidel Castro to develop biotechnology on the island in the early 1980s, 40 years later, have placed Cuba before the possibility of becoming the world's smallest country to develop not just one, but multiple coronavirus vaccines.

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The Ediciones La Luz publishing house, belonging to the Hermanos Saiz Association in Holguin, has won the 2019 Puertas de Papel Award for the selection of stories Mar de invierno y otros delirios (Winter Sea and other delusions), by writer Alberto Garrandes, during the International Book Fair taking place in Havana. Read more Ediciones La Luz wins Puertas de Papel Award 2019 at Book Fair
palma coccothrinaxPhoto: ACNThe eastern region of Holguin treasures the rigid Coccothrinax, palm species endemic of Cuba, whose populations were rediscovered after 150 years without existing records of them. Read more Rigid Coccotrinax: a Treasure of Eastern Holguin

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The University of Holguín, accredited for Excellence and nearing its 57th anniversary, celebrated the graduation of more than 1,800 new professionals from various study modalities during the 2024-2025 academic year ceremony.

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fotovoltaico 1The Yuraguanal park, with 17, 600 photovoltaic panels, will generate 4.4 megawatt per day. Photos: Carlos Rafael
 
Betting on the use of renewable energies means having in our hands the key to a door that will take us to a clean and inexhaustible energy future, with considerable social, economic and environmental benefits. Read more Holguin Bets on Renewable Energy