The director of the Anita Cruz House of Culture in Bartle, Yaquelín Pérez Bodaño.

Yaquelín Pérez Bodaño has been in charge of the Anita Cruz House of Culture in Bartle for over a decade. The institution's cultural echoes can be heard far beyond that town.

Writer Olivia Casanova

Passion and love for their work make people great artists. These are precisely the words that define Camagüey native Olivia de la Caridad Casanova Blanco, the recent winner of the Cordel Poetry Contest, held during the Cucalambeana Fiesta.

Las Tunas librarian Yeida Durañona Velázquez.

At just 19 years old, she arrived at the José Martí Provincial Library. Books reignited her desire to better herself. She still can't believe that 42 years have passed. She is grateful for the opportunity given to her by Marta González Hidalgo, then director of the institution.

Improviser Geordanis Romaguera, winner of the "Justo Vega" Contest.

Geordanis Romaguera, from the province of Matanzas, emerged as the winner of this year’s edition of the Justo Vega National Repentismo Contest. The results were announced on Sunday at “El Cornito,” as part of the Jornada Cucalambeana (Cucalambeana Fiesta).