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Written by István Ojeda Bello / Photo: By the author

Published: 25 October 2025

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• Las Tunas' Provincial Defense Council
• Tropical Storm Melissa

Under the maxim that the priority is the protection of human life, the Las Tunas Defense Council activated its structures and has begun implementing preventive measures in response to the threat of Tropical Storm Melissa, as the National Civil Defense General Staff declared the Information Phase for all provinces in eastern Cuba.

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Written by Dayana Menzoney Justiz / Photos: By the author

Published: 25 October 2025

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• health intervention
• drugs' zero tolerance

Constituency 134 of the Buena Vista district, in the capital of Las Tunas, welcomed a group of specialists from the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of the Interior, and the Provincial Prosecutor's Office to exchange ideas with the community in an effort to increase preventive measures, raise awareness of the risks, and promote social rejection of drug use and trafficking.

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Written by István Ojeda Bello

Published: 24 October 2025

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• train derailment in Bartle

A highly coordinated operation deployed early Thursday morning allowed the 577 passengers of train number 16 Holguín-Havana to be transferred to their destinations, after the locomotive and the first car derailed in the community of Bartle, which belongs to the Las Tunas municipality.

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Written by István Ojeda Bello

Published: 21 October 2025

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• Las Tunas economy
• persistent inflationary process

The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report compiled by the National Office of Statistics and Information (ONEI in Spanish) confirmed a sustained upward trend in the prices paid by families in this eastern Cuban province. Compared to data released by the same source for the same month in 2024, overall inflation rose by 20.7 percent.