Photovoltaic parks are good allies of the economy and the environment.
Photovoltaic parks are good allies of the economy and the environment.

"Generating electricity from solar radiation brings a positive impact, both to the country's economy and to the environment." This well-proven premise is a spring that motivates workers in the electrical sector in Las Tunas, who celebrate their Day on January 14th.

Linemen Brigade Chief Eradis Herrera Espinosa

His stature is not similar to a skyscraper but his calmness when facing any breakdown in the lines, or danger due to high voltage, makes his team infallible, regardless of height; hence why he is seen as a “ big man." This is Eradis Herrera Espinosa, a Brigade Chief at the Las Tunas Municipal UEB of the Electric Company.

2023-2024 sugar harvest began in Las Tunas

The guarapo (sugarcane juice) runs through the arteries of the Majibacoa sugar mill, in the municipality of the same name; their sugar pans are already crystallizing the first grains of the current 2023-2024 harvest, a challenge that their group takes on with the imperative of recovering its traditional efficiency.

Young peasant leader Richard Daniel Adrián Baños

Charco Piedra is a village in the municipality of Amancio, located some 13 kilometers from the municipal capital, whose structural base was formed by immigrants who arrived as a workforce, mainly from Haiti and Jamaica, to work as laborers in the then Central Francisco, in the second decade of the 20th century.

There are just over 7,330 hectares under irrigation in Las Tunas

At the end of the year 2023, the lack of guaranteed areas under irrigation systems remains one of the main problems of agricultural activity in the province of Las Tunas and, consequently, of food production for the population.