Lucas Ortiz Street
Lucas Ortiz Street, former Victoria de Las Tunas.

It is said that back in 1603 there were already excellent conditions for the breeding and development of cattle in the Hato de Tunas. At that time, these lands embraced seven herds and eleven owners settled in the areas of Cabaniguán, Birama, Las Tunas, Unique, Ochoa, Las Arenas, and Aimiquiabo.

Las Tunas City celebrates its 227th anniversary

The city of Las Tunas is 227 years old today, and it is a day to admire it, think about it, and come together to do for it. The city is worth the cement, the asphalt, the paint, but also the decency of its inhabitants, their joy and fulfillment.

This building was the site of the first pharmacy in Las Tunas.
This building was the site of the first pharmacy in Las Tunas.

Between 1903 and 1905, the first pharmacy in Victoria de las Tunas was installed, on Francisco Vega Street, between Colón and Joaquín Agüero, right in the building that today is occupied by several businesses and the headquarters of the Cuban News Agency. 

The first cart for transporting passengers was similar to the current pachangas.

The first cart for transporting passengers that we know of circulated in the then Victoria de Las Tunas in 1903. They say that it had a structure similar to that of the popular pachangas that retrace these lands today, and it was pulled by two donkeys.

Radio Victoria celebrates its 7oth anniversary

5, 20, 30, 35 ... the years go by and could be counted in centuries if we add up those of each worker, the active and the retired or, better still, those who have always worked there. But the most significant thing is not the number but the implicit symbolism, emotional and human, behind each year of work in radio.