Japanese officials and UNICEF representatives signed a new cooperation project to improve the infrastructure and services related to water, sanitation, hygiene, and maternal and child health in vulnerable communities in Eastern Cuba.

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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.

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Ediciones La Luz and the literature section of the Hermanos Saíz Association (AHS) in Holguín invite all Cuban writers under the age of 35 residing in the country to participate in the 27th Celestino Short Story Prize, this year dedicated to writer Jorge Luis Borges and the 40th anniversary of the AHS.

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The III Vocal Groups Festival “Vocalis” will take place from February 17 to 19 in the city of Holguín, aiming to preserve vocal art and choral groups.

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Dr. María Onelia Urbina Reynaldo, a civil engineer and researcher from Holguín, has been awarded the prestigious UPADI Vector de Oro Engineering Teaching Prize by the Pan American Unit of Engineering Associations.

Read more Holguín researcher receives Engineering Teaching Award