Making charcoal now is much harder.

Since time immemorial, the road to Puerto Manatí came with a familiar sighting: Las Carboneras, a small village of just 10 houses that set the pace of this line of business in the municipality. It was almost inevitable to notice the large furnaces a few meters from the road, the bare backs dressed in the steamy work, and the smoke as a barter of caress that foreshadowed the proximity of the coast.

The development of its secondary productions continued to keep Acinox afloat.

As far as production is concerned, the secondary continues to be the main activity at the Stainless Steel Company (Acinox) in the eastern province of Las Tunas.

The transport system is suffering from a lack of essential resources and poor fuel allocation.

A work team from the Ministry of Transportation (MITRANS), led by its director of Staff Carlos Guerra, toured the eight municipalities of Las Tunas to identify the main problems and propose solutions for the sector's gradual improvement.

Guana tree, representative from Las Tunas fields

Some experts say that the guana tree, after the prickly pear cactus, is the most representative of these lands. They also tell us that when walking around the city you will find a few specimens of this endemic tree of Cuba, which is intertwined with history and even appears in the local coat of arms.

Las Tunas: Motorcycles and bicycle taxis where they shouldn't be.

Social indiscipline is also on wheels... and it seems to have no brakes. These scenes of motorcycles and bicycle taxis parked where they shouldn't be and, in the case of the boulevards of the capital -and other places- affecting the public ornamentation, are already commonplace; not to mention the legal regulations that are violated.