August 26, 2022
Hugo Rius Blein, winner of the National Journalism Prize José Martí 2008 for lifetime achievement, passed away today. A contributor to Cubadebate and journalist for the Prensa Latina news agency, he also served as adjunct professor at the School of Communication at the University of Havana.
He began his professional career in 1962 at the Prensa Latina news agency. He was a correspondent for this agency in various countries in Africa and the Middle East.
He was the author at Cubadebate of the column La Coletilla, a brief commentary on the sidelines of what is news in the world.
He worked for several years at Bohemia magazine and was a Prensa Latina correspondent to the United Nations.
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