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20 February 2026

At the Biblioteca Provincial Julio Antonio Mella, during Camagüey’s Culture Week, a panel marked the 95th anniversary of the birth of Jaime Sarusky. For me, speaking about someone I barely knew, yet who left a profound imprint, always stirs a mixture of gratitude and tremor.

20 February 2026

Although the Havana International Book Fair has been postponed due to Cuba’s complex current situation, the Camagüey-based Editorial Ácana continues its work. That persistence was evident at the Camagüey Writers’ Meeting, where several authors previewed completed projects and others still in progress.

20 February 2026

 

For the second consecutive year, Camagüey once again becomes a stage for laughter, wonder, and imagination with the Fiñe Fair, held from February 12 to 15. The event is dedicated to children and serves as a tribute to the anniversary of the Guiñol de Camagüey, one of the longest-running and most beloved theater companies in Cuba.

20 February 2026

At times, it felt as if the entrance to the Julio Antonio Mella Provincial Library was no longer in Camagüey but at a crossroads of centuries: ancient Greece, nineteenth-century Cuba, Dickens’s Europe, Eva Perón’s Argentina, Gaitán’s Colombia. As Félix Julio Alfonso López spoke, time seemed to open like a fan.

13 February 2026

A few days ago, the extracurricular reading assignment arrived: The Little Prince. My daughter, who is 11, found herself facing a book I had already read to her before. Because it’s small and slim, it didn’t seem overwhelming or intimidating.

30 January 2026

The third edition of the National Handicrafts Fair (FENAR) will take place from January 31st to February 13th at the Camagüey Fairgrounds, bringing together 67 exhibitors from several Cuban provinces.

28 January 2026

Despite current economic constraints, Camagüey has decided to go ahead with its Culture Week, scheduled for February 1st–7th, as an exercise in responsibility and identity. Formats and scope have been adjusted, but the city has not renounced the core purpose of bringing together memory, artistic creation, and cultural life on the occasion of the 512th anniversary of its founding.

26 January 2026

Clinical depression, or major depressive disorder, is a serious and common medical condition that negatively affects how a person feels, thinks, and behaves. It is essential to distinguish it from normal sadness or temporary discouragement, which everyone experiences after a loss or a disappointing event.

26 January 2026

 

I walked into a rehearsal of The Weight of an Island three days before its premiere. The Avellaneda Theater had no electricity. The stage was held together by the faint daylight filtering in from one side and a few scattered flashlights that carved moving bodies out of the darkness. There was no lighting design yet—though Freddys Núñez Estenoz’s was already on paper—but there was something more essential: theater stripped to its core, where gesture, word, and breath are enough.

25 January 2026

The call has been issued for the Provincial Carlos Bastidas Journalism Awards, traditionally presented each March as part of the Press Day celebrations. In accordance with the established regulations, the competition will maintain five categories: print journalism, radio, television, hypermedia, and photojournalism.