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Iroel Sánchez passed away at the age of 58

At the age of 58, Iroel Sánchez Espinosa, an engineer by profession who became a leader in various fields of Cuban cultural and literary activity, and linked in recent years to various projects related to the computerization of Cuban society and debate, died in Havana at the age of 58. ideology from the media.

A note from the Ministry of Culture published following his death recalls his responsibilities at the head of Editora Abril and later as President of the Cuban Book Institute, in the early 2000s, during the period in which the so-called Battle of Ideas.

He was one of the founders of the digital magazine La Jiribilla and of the Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Fighters in Defense of Humanity.

He was also the founder of the Cuban collaborative encyclopedia Ecured, and for several years he maintained his blog La Pupila Insomne ​​from where he published controversial political opinion articles that more than once became the subject of public debate, especially on social networks. He also regularly published in Cuban media such as cubadebate and Granma.

At the time of his death he was working as a scriptwriter and director of the television program La pupila sombrada.

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