After the initial doubt, when she thought of studying Journalism, Natalie Castellanos Pérez decided that Medicine was her thing and, with that goal, she is now getting ready for the three entrance exams that separate her from the Faculty of Medical Sciences and from a professional future dedicated to saving lives and curing the most dissimilar diseases. Notebook in hand, she walks the corridors of her school, the Cándido González Morales Vocational Pre-University Institute of Exact Sciences, and divides her time between mathematical formulas, grammar exercises and passages from the History of Cuba.

Half a hundred young people from the Congo and El Salvador, who completed their studies at the Ciego de Ávila University of Medical Sciences, received their Doctor of Medicine degrees this week and will now return to their countries of origin to put their knowledge into practice.

With children's activities during the morning in all the Popular Councils, the Day of National Rebellion was celebrated in Ciego de Ávila, to which artistic units, musical, theatrical and dance groups were added.

Taking history by storm on July 26 would always have to be an act of poetic lineage because, some time later, that date would have to be remembered for its significance, rather than for the fact itself. For the commotion that it aroused in the Cubans of 1953 and for the clarion call that it meant —and means— for those of 2023.

The Military Region of Ciego de Ávila carried out an act of promotion for the 70th anniversary of the assaults on the Guillermón Moncada barracks in Santiago de Cuba and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks in Bayamo.

The member of the Political Bureau of the PCC and general secretary of the Federation of Cuban Women, Teresa Amarelle Boué; Vice Prime Minister Jorge Luis Perdomo Di-Lella; the Minister of Labor and Social Security, Marta Elena Feitó; the Minister of Communications, Mayra Arevich Marín, and other national and provincial authorities presided over the commemorative act in Ciro Redondo.

These days it is difficult to extract money from the cards because theATMs are often out of stock, but there is another way to do it in warehouses and shopping centers.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez recalled this Saturday that 70 years ago a representation of the best of Cuban youth assaulted the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks. "As martyrs or as heroes, without themselves knowing it, they were going to enter history," he said.

With the presence of Army General Raúl Castro Ruz and the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the final day began this Saturday at the Convention Center, according to the schedule, of the first ordinary session of the tenth legislature of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP).

When intervening in the debate on confronting corruption, crimes and illegalities, the President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, valued the dialogue held by the deputies on this issue as very sincere and honest.

How to ensure that the measures adopted to control prices are effective and transcend the formal? What steps have been taken along this path?

Under the slogan "Ciego de Ávila Heartbeat with science for health", the Doctor Antonio Luaces Iraola Provincial Teaching Hospital in Ciego de Ávila convenes the first HALI2023 convention from November 16 to 19.

The training of 41 lifeguards ensures that all the bodies of water, including the beaches of the Jardines del Rey tourist destination, began the summer with lifeguards, an employee of inestimable value, especially in the summer months, when there is a greater influx of population to recreational places.

The improvement of dermatological services in Ciego de Ávila has scientific innovation as one of the main bases of its sustainability, despite the shortage of medicines and supplies due to the genocidal blockade.

An extensive program of cultural, historical and recognition activities began to be developed in the municipality of Morón, in Ciego de Avila, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the emergence of the Jardines del Rey tourist destination.

Among the 1,000 people who collect the health diagnosis from the Family Doctor's and Nurse's Office No. 12, in the main city, only one case of dengue in home admission is reported these days; However, this number does not give Dr. Dianis León Valdés peace of mind, aware that many remain at home without declaring the symptoms and of all the variables that aggravate the health outlook in her community.

With the medium-sized company Bormey SRL from Villa Clara, dedicated to the production and marketing of peanut derivatives, the El Colibrí Cultural Center, belonging to the Artex branch in Ciego de Ávila, reopened its doors this Saturday.

An exhaustive analysis of the agri-food situation during the first semester of the current year took place this Friday at the Plenary Session of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba in Ciego de Ávila.

Solar panels for pumping water are installed. Courtesy of Aqueduct and Sewerage

The supply of water in cities and communities is one of the priorities of society due to the need for this precious liquid in most of the activities.

Various works of economic and social interest are stimulated in Ciego de Ávila, on the eve of completing their repair, maintenance or construction before July 26, as a greeting to the Day of National Rebellion.

The benefits of the implementation in Ciego de Ávila of the international Euroclima project are beginning to be noticed in the more precise measurement of the parameters of the hydrological cycle, and in elements that will allow a better use of drinking water reservoirs.

The Bureau of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) in Ciego de Ávila agreed to grant the municipality of Ciro Redondo the headquarters of the central event of the territory for the 70th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks.

Roberto Morales Ojeda, Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, praised the popular movement "Embracing the neighborhood", which has been beating in the Ciego de Ávila people for more than a year and constitutes a form of active participation in the attention to the neighborhoods and vulnerable communities.

Confronting crime, corruption and illegalities constitute a priority for institutional action in Ciego de Ávila from the integration with the forces of order and its legitimate control by the competent authorities, including the Government and the PCC.

Back in the early years of this century, I invited a journalism student who was completing his career internship at Invasor to go with me to a baseball game of the provincial championship in Ciego de Ávila. That day, at the Francisco Espinosa de Morón stadium, the powerful Bolivia team was measured against the local squad.

In the heat of the political movement #LatirXUn26DeVictorias, other activities related to food production are also promoted.

For the second half of this month of July, Ciego de Ávila will finish its assembly process with a view to the Tenth Congress of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution.

Twenty years later, at 10:30 a.m., when the visit pass ended, as he had suggested, I was standing, like a tin soldier, in front of the neurosurgery room of the Roberto Rodríguez Hospital in Morón; the room of bad memories and to which I swore never to return, after the mother of my first child died of a brain tumor.

A few weeks ago, the new elected governor and vice governor of Ciego de Ávila took possession of their positions, which carried out this Saturday the final part of the delivery and reception process of the previous ones, in an official act, as it was stipulated in article 57 of the Presidential Decree 208.

The relevance of the professional training process enabled the groups of the Faculties of Medical Sciences of Ciego de Ávila and Morón to carry out a successful external evaluation of the Medicine and Dentistry careers.

This July 1st begins the summer stage throughout the province, with a series of recreational and cultural activities in each of the 10 municipalities under the slogan Summer with Love. The official opening ceremony in the province will be held at La Playita in Majagua.

Micro, small and medium-sized companies, known as MSMEs, have been gaining relevance in the Cuban business network since their emergence. These economic actors are born under the protection of new legislation, which is committed to the participation of all sectors for the development of the country.

The railway in Cuba prepares its summer itinerary, thanks to innovative management in the workshops, which will allow the restart and expansion of some services.

After three months of silent comings and goings, and large-scale construction works, the Camilo Cienfuegos Nursing Home, in the city of Ciego de Ávila, begins to show a new image and greater comfort for the 61 residents that remain in the institution.

Why is it that Che has the gift of not having died on October 8, almost 56 years ago? Why humiliate him if he grew up in the face of humiliators? "Be calm and aim well! You are going to kill a man!” he told the murderous non-commissioned officer, looking into his eyes that fateful October 9, 1967.

National HIV Testing Day is celebrated every June 27, an annual occasion to encourage people to get this free and confidential test.

The visibility of science, its impact in rural areas and the links among academia, government and production in the province, are some of the concerns at the Máximo Gómez Báez University of Ciego de Ávila (UNICA).

With everyone, the victory, the slogan that distinguishes the national activities for July 26 this year, materialized in a voluntary work carried out this Sunday, in the Basic Unit of Cooperative Production Santa Lucía, belonging to the Ciro Redondo Sugar Agro-industrial Company, in the center of the province of Ciego de Ávila.

It will be cloudy in the west with the occurrence of some rains and electrical storms at noon in Pinar del Río and Artemisa, which will be numerous in the afternoon and at night throughout the region.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel thanked his Bolivian counterpart, Luis Alberto Arce, for a donation of 65 tons of food sent to Cuba as support after the intense rains registered this month in the eastern region of the country.

In order to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the drug NeuralCIM, a clinical trial was carried out in the provincial general teaching hospitals Doctor Antonio Luaces Iraola, from Ciego de Ávila, and Roberto Rodríguez Fernández, from Morón, with the participation of patients diagnosed with mild or moderate Alzheimer's.

For this year in Ciego de Ávila, no new housing construction subsidies were approved and in 2022, there were only 35. However, the pending ones add up to more than 500.

The availability of the SEN at 07:00 hours is 2,424 MW and the demand is 2,400 MW. During the daytime, it is estimated that the service will be affected due to a deficit in generation capacity in the order of 150 MW.

The delegation of the Ministry of Tourism (Mintur) in Ciego de Ávila guarantees not only prevention measures with a view to the current hurricane season, but also the strategy for summer 2023.

Cuban authorities reported on Tuesday the extension from July 1 to December 31, 2023 of the importation without commercial character, nor limits on its value and exempt from payment of customs duties, food, medicine and toiletries.

Division General Ramón Pardo Guerra, Chief of the National Civil Defense Staff, verified the prevention actions that are being undertaken to combat the current hurricane season in the Cayo Coco Defense Zone.

Tropical Depression Three continued to gain organization and intensity later today and became a Tropical Storm, named Bret.

The Electric Power Company forecasts an availability of 2,780 MW and a maximum demand of 3,100 MW for Monday's night peak hour, for a deficit of 320 MW. If the foreseen conditions are maintained, an affectation to the service of 390 MW is estimated at this time.

From the labor collectives of the municipality of Chambas, the donations are prepared that will be sent to the eastern region of Cuba, the area most affected by the attempted rainfall in recent days.

The two of my parents have always wanted to be more, much more, until they ended up overlapping without competing. However, those tectonic plates of filial love tremble on days like these, and counts come out.

Prior to the conclusions of the parliamentary visit in Ciego de Ávila, Esteban Lazo Hernández exchanged with the leadership of the Municipal Assembly of People's Power of the province. 

The eight permanent commissions that made up the first three-day parliamentary visit to this central province, corresponding to the X Legislature, described the government management in Ciego de Ávila as positive.

The direction of the Agricultural-Food Commission of the Cuban National Assembly as part of the #ParliamentaryVisit has developed a broad agenda of exchanges in the municipalities of Ciego de Ávila, Majagua, Venezuela and Baraguá.

The president of the Commission for Education, Culture, Science, Technology and the Environment of the National Assembly of People's Power, PhD in Sciences Martha del Carmen Mesa Valenciano urged to multiply the impacts of the University Máximo Gómez Báez (UNICA) of Ciego de Ávila in the socioeconomic spheres of the territory.

As part of the Parliamentary visit to the territory of Ciego de Ávila, the Health and Sports commission exchanged with workers and patients to learn about the quality of medical services.

The President of the Cuban Parliament and of the Council of State Esteban Lazo Hernández heads the first parliamentary visit of the X Legislature of the National Assembly of People's Power in Ciego de Ávila.

The meeting with young people from the AHS was among the first activities of the parliamentary commission in Ciego de Ávila.

Directors of the permanent work commissions of the National Assembly of Popular Power (ANPP), headed by Homero Acosta Álvarez, secretary of the Cuban Council of State and Parliament, are visiting the province of Ciego de Ávila starting this Wednesday, as part of a program of exchange with the people of Ciego de Avila, which will last until June 17.

Even with low availability of fuels for direct sale to the population, the Branch of the Cimex Corporation in Ciego de Ávila will resume the supply service to the private sector, starting this Thursday, June 15, with the news that the Ticket platform for the organization of the queue.

From June 14 and until June 17, the Parliamentary Visit will take place in Ciego de Ávila, with the participation of 8 permanent work commissions of the National Assembly of People's Power.

Yesterday, the death of Dr. Felipe Aragón Rojas, at 80 years of age, represents the sensitive loss of one of the most notable sons of Ciego de Ávila and of Cuban medicine.

Despite resource limitations, including parts, pieces and fuel, the Ciego de Ávila railway sector opened a new travel route on weekends from Júcaro, a community with difficult access, to the main cities of the province.

How to guarantee the continuity and evolution of our culture from the youngest generations was the focus of the debate at the 4th Congress Assembly of the Saíz Brothers Association in Ciego de Ávila.

Cloudy conditions will prevail in much of the country, with showers, rains and some electrical storms, which will last until night on the central and western north coast. These precipitations can become strong and intense in some locations, mainly in the central region.

The young creators of Ciego de Ávila are preparing for this Monday even the smallest detail with a view to their provincial assembly for the IV Congress of the Saíz Brothers Association.

The Provincial Accommodation Company in Ciego de Ávila is gradually repairing its main lodging and recreational facilities as part of its strategy to improve its services during summer 2023.

For the first time, after the process of improvement in the sector began, in January 2021, the 11 entities belonging to the Business Group of Commerce in Ciego de Ávila (Gecca), report profits that exceed 70 million pesos, a fact considered a landmark in the territory.

A total of 21 athletes from Ciego de Ávila make up the Cuban pre-selections for the Central American and Caribbean Sports Games in San Salvador 2023.

It will be mostly cloudy in the center and east with more numerous showers and rains starting at noon, which will extend into the night in some locations.

Obtaining productions derived from the industrial processing of sugar cane such as alcohols, rums, bagasse boards, molasses, food for human and animal consumption, as well as the generation of electricity, during the recently completed 2022-2023 harvest in Ciego de Ávila , is a sign of the diversification of the sector and the search for new income beyond those from sweet grains.

The Electrical Power Company of Cuba reported that on Tuesday the service was affected due to a deficit in generation capacity from 5:40 p.m. to 11:50 p.m. today (06:10 a.m.). The maximum impact of the day was 266 MW, at 10:00 p.m.

If in recent days, the perception that there are more coughs and colds circulating has been spread, now the statistics take us out of the area of ​​doubt, confirming that the transmission rate of COVID-19 is increasing and that it coincides in time and space with other acute respiratory infections.

The global forecast models, and in particular the GFS, continue to insist that the country will experience a rainy episode starting on Wednesday, June 7, with numerous precipitations in the Central and Eastern regions that could become intense in various locations.

The availability of the SEN at 07:00 hours is 2,650 MW and the demand is 2,120 MW. During the daytime hours, no affectations to the service are estimated due to a deficit in generation capacity.

The start of the wet season in the province of Ciego de Ávila has been very beneficial, if we take into account that at the end of last May the rains behaved above their historical average, which helps to alleviate the effects of the drought that accumulated from previous months.

The recently elected governor and vice-governor of Ciego de Ávila, Alfre Menéndez Pérez —who received 99.81 percent of the votes— and Hiorvanys Espinosa Pérez —with 98.11—, took office this Sunday at the headquarters of the theater of the Provincial Party Committee.

This Sunday, according to Agreement 21-X of the Council of State, published in Official Gazette No. 41 Extraordinary, and in compliance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Cuba and the Electoral Law, the newly elected governor and deputy governor will take office in the province.

During the early morning, the weak tropical storm Arlene has lost organization, but it still maintains maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour, with higher gusts, a central pressure of 998 hectoPascal and moves in a course close to the south-southeast at a rate of 15 kilometers per hour.

Since the irruption a few years ago, through a pandemic, of several online stores on the national scene, there are several suppliers that have been born under the umbrella of the takeoff of internet access in the Greater Antilles, as well as the comfort that this type of trade represents.

The Forecast Group of the Provincial Meteorological Center reported on its institutional social networks that this June 1; the hurricane season begins in the tropical North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.

On Tuesday, Miguel Díaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the Republic, led the check-up meeting in Ciego de Ávila to analyze the actions developed by that province to contribute to the economic development of the country.

In the case of our province, the cards can be requested at Cuba Street, number 73, between Maceo and Honorato Castillo, in the capital of Ciego de Ávila.

The Electrical Power Company (UNE) reports that yesterday, Sunday, the service was affected due to a deficit in generation capacity from 07:15 a.m. to 04:07 a.m. today (8:52 p.m.). The maximum impact of the day was 736 MW, at 8:30 p.m.

At noon on this election Sunday in Ciego de Ávila, the results of the scrutiny were known, endorsed by the Electoral Council in its provincial and national instances: with 99.88 percent of the votes, Alfre Menéndez Pérez was elected Governor, and with 98.11 percent of the valid ballots, in the position of Vice-Governor, Hiorvanys Espinosa Pérez.

The recovery of 7.5 and 4.5-kilowatt electric engines prevents the stoppage of oil pumping in the Pina and Cristales fields, belonging to the Majagua Production Base Business Unit (UEB), in Ciego de Ávila.

Given the proximity of the hottest months of the year and the current situation of the national electrical system, users of Cubadebate ask if it will be possible to comply with the strategy outlined in Cuba to reduce blackouts on holidays, a period that coincides with high levels of demand.

The National Assembly of People's Power, in its tenth legislature, approved this Thursday the Social Communication Law, during the second extraordinary session that takes place at the Havana Convention Center.

This Thursday, at the Havana Convention Center, the Second Extraordinary Session of the National Assembly of Popular Power (ANPP) will take place, in its X Legislature. In it, an update on the country's economic situation will be presented, the latest version of the Social Communication Bill will be debated and submitted for approval, and permanent work commissions and parliamentary friendship groups will be established.

Broad, intense and complex was the debate generated during the VI Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party that took place on Tuesday. Faced with these analyses, "with a shirt off", as a good Cuban would say, and touching on the main issues that currently concern the Cuban people, the First Secretary of the Central Committee and President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, insisted in the need to “move from speech to action”.

The potato harvest in Ciego de Ávila ended with more than 5,500 tons below the 17,860 planned, because of weather effects and lack of resources, including post-emergence herbicide.

A series of measures are adopted or their upcoming implementation in Ciego de Ávila in favor of the rational use of water is valued, in the midst of an immediate context in which the rains have had a greater presence, but saving vital water should not be neglected.

Yesterday, the service was affected due to a generation capacity deficit from 05:54 to 01:14 today (7:20 p.m.).

During the Meteoro 2023 Exercise that ended this Sunday, May 21, workers from the Provincial Directorate of Community Services intensified sanitation actions in the city of Ciego de Ávila.

Even in the midst of a very difficult year, taking into account the multiple and frequent effects on the electrical service, at the end of 2022 in Ciego de Ávila, more than 8,300 registrations were made in the Property Registry and more than 7,000 domain certificates were issued. , after the introduction of a software that allowed speeding up the processing.

Even in the midst of a very difficult year, taking into account the multiple and frequent effects on the electrical service, at the end of 2022 in Ciego de Ávila, more than 8,300 registrations were made in the Property Registry and more than 7,000 domain certificates were issued. , after the introduction of a software that allowed speeding up the processing.

The Electrical Power Company estimates for the night peak hours of this Sunday an availability of 2,760 MW and a maximum demand of 2,600 MW, for a reserve of 160 MW. If the forecast conditions are maintained, no affectation is forecast during this time due to a deficit in generation capacity.

Four health professionals from Ciego de Ávila obtained this week the degree of Doctor of Science, the highest scientific category.

The trade is dangerous and easy to learn, commented some ex-inmates sentenced for theft and slaughter of large cattle, a criminal figure in constant boiling, like Pedro Botero's boilers.

I was 17 years old when Ciego de Ávila was the national headquarters of the Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. That morning that the march came to Morón we were in recess time and, with all the bias of adolescence on our backs, my friends and I went to browse the Martí park.

In the last hours, it was reported on measures that modify the validity and cost of the Cuban passport as of July 1, whose objective is to strengthen the ties between the country and its citizens residing abroad.