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13 April 2026

 In the province, the pharmaceutical industry is reinventing itself day by day, blending tradition with modern practices. The Provincial Company of Pharmacies and Optical Services in Camagüey oversees the commercialization and distribution of medicines, optical products, and orthopedic supplies.

13 April 2026

Among the excerpts the Camagua Folkloric Company will perform this Saturday, April 11th, at the Avellaneda Theater is Chancleteando. Today, part of the group’s established repertoire, the piece also serves as a symbolic bridge to an unexpected image: a young Fernando Medrano dancing. For decades, Medrano has been publicly defined by his leadership—the director, the researcher, the guide—rather than the performer. And yet, a photograph shared during the recent theoretical session returns him to that origin: a teenager, still in secondary school, performing the very dance of the chancleta.

08 April 2026

 The folkloric company Camagua will mark its 15th anniversary with a program that, while shaped by the constraints of Cuba’s current economic situation, offers a broad look at the different facets of its artistic work.

06 April 2026

Sed Infinita (Infinite Thirst) is not the kind of book you simply read and place on a shelf. Even though some of its poems speak of forgetting, Camagüey-born author Jesús Aismar Zamora has crafted a volume you’ll want to keep close—one to share with those friends who carry impossible longings.

06 April 2026

With the recent implementation of the Código de la Niñez, Adolescencias y Juventudes (Childhood, Adolescence, and Youth Law), Cuba has established a legal framework that places younger generations at the center as full rights holders. However, one of the most pressing questions among citizens is how these principles translate into everyday life for children and adolescents who, for various reasons, cannot live with their families of origin.

06 April 2026

  Let’s begin by asking questions. About the families living with autism—or any other condition—beyond a single day, beyond a designated month. What do they truly need? What support do they actually have? How heavy does everyday life become when resources, specialists, and guidance are lacking?

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.