Amid this diverse reality, a common desire prevails: that 2024 will be a better year

The new airs of 2024, with yearnings for new beginnings and hopes, leave behind 12 tough months. Not even the most experienced soothsayer could have predicted what we faced between January and December 2023. It was a shaky and untimely year, which left no shortage of debts amidst the siege of economic hardship, the detriment of the purchasing power of income, dwindling production, and the cost of food. Never before has inflation challenged us so viciously.

Children enjoy the process of learning together
Children enjoy the process of learning together.

A few days ago, I discovered that a rabbit lives for 9 or 10 years. Now I know that a frog can live up to 12 years and flies only 30 days. I also know that the Greenland whale is one of the longest-living animals and enjoys a healthy life during its life span.

The most representative of the artistic work of the Las Tunas municipalities in the Fair.

The most representative of the artistic work of the Las Tunas municipalities, the official launch of Parranda beer, and the presentation of the Cuban marketplace Pymes Bulevar gave an outstanding note on the third day of the Industry and Commerce Fair, which will conclude this Sunday.

26's retired photographer Norge Santiesteban

While the caravan with Fidel's ashes traveled through Cuba heading to Santa Ifigenia, many children of these lands recalled their encounters with the Commander in Chief; some, closer, others, just an exchange of words or a careless look, on any given day. In that evocation was Norge Santiesteban, 26's photographer for decades, who on five different occasions was close to the Leader of the Revolution.