The awarding ceremony took place at the Jose Marti Memorial in Havana where the annual Juan Gualberto Gomez awards for 2009 were also presented by the Union of Cuban Journalists (UPEC).

“The so-called ‘world’s best trade’ is as praiseworthy and transcendental as any other intellectual work,” said Rodriguez, who is a permanent professor at the School of Communication of the University of Havana.
 

Meanwhile, the Juan Gualberto Gomez awards in the categories of written press and television were for Francisco Rodriguez Cruz, with the Trabajadores newspaper, and Ismary Barcia, from Perlavision in Cienfuegos province, respectively.

Others who received the award were Demetrio Villaurrutia (Radio Rebelde), Roberto Figueredo Bello (Bohemia magazine) and Rafael Hojas (Trabajadores).

Present in the ceremony were UPEC President Tubal Paez and Rolando Alfonso Borges, head of the Ideological Department at the Central Committee of Cuba’s Communist Party.