Main political and governmental leaders in Las Tunas.

The defense of the country, food production, the stability of the electrical power system, and the quality of services to the population stand as the main priorities of the political and governmental leadership in Las Tunas for the year 2026.

Fidel greets his former classmate Balbino Pérez Suárez.

In Fidel Castro's memory resides not only the political and revolutionary leader, but also the restless young man who shared school adventures at the Dolores School in Santiago de Cuba. There, within the Jesuit walls, a friendship was born that would mark his life: the one that united him with Balbino Pérez Suárez (1926-2014), son of a prosperous merchant from Puerto Padre, owner of the El Encanto Store.

The people gathered to pay posthumous tribute to the brave combatants fallen on Venezuelan soil.

The Las Tunas’ people, along with their main leaders, paid tribute with profound sorrow and revolutionary pride to the 32 combatants who fell in defense of the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its legitimate president, victims of a new and cowardly aggression and state terrorism action.

Their loss hurts, pierces our chest, and brings tears to our eyes.

You never met them, never exchanged a word with them, they are not your relatives, friends, or neighbors, but their loss hurts, it pierces your chest, it brings tears to your eyes.