The official Periódico Invasor from Ciego de Ávila announced this Tuesday the passing of Héctor Paz Alomar, one of its founders and an emblematic figure in journalism in that province, whom it described as a “teacher of several generations of journalists”.
The provincial media outlet shared the news on its official Facebook page and expressed its condolences to the journalist's family and friends. Neither the cause nor the exact date of death was publicly disclosed.
Héctor Eugenio Paz Alomar was born on June 2, 1943, in Ciego de Ávila. His connection with the press began in 1969 when he joined as a photographer at the Press Information Center of that city.
In 1978, he was selected to join the founding team of Periódico Invasor, and when the weekly publication was released on July 26, 1979, he formally began his career as a journalist and photojournalist at that media outlet.
For more than four decades at Invasor, Paz Alomar held the positions of Head of the Political-Ideological Work Group and later, Head of Information.
Academic studies about Avileño journalism describe it as one of the professionals with the most reporting experience in the province and as a "paradigm" in the history of local press.
Beyond journalism, Paz Alomar developed a role as a researcher and writer: he published at least three books dedicated to the local and regional history of Ciego de Ávila, and is listed as an author on the Cuban literary portal Cubaliteraria.
It is not the first recent loss suffered by the Periódico Invasor. In May 2025, Nora Susana López Díaz, a retired journalist from the same publication, passed away after being struck by a vehicle.
In September 2021, José Aurelio Paz Jiménez passed away, another journalist associated with Invasor and a National Journalism Award winner.
The Periódico Invasor, founded on July 26, 1979, is the provincial press organ of Ciego de Ávila and operates, like all other Cuban media, under the control of the Communist Party of Cuba.
"Our deepest condolences to family and friends," the media outlet expressed while announcing the news, bidding farewell to one of the journalists who helped shape its history from the very first issue.
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