Our Team


Omayma Shiakh-Eldin

General Director of Lalatina

Master’s in International Relations from the Complutense University of Madrid (1990). Professor and researcher in Studies of Slavery in the Mediterranean. Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of a project by the State of Qatar on the promotion of the Arabic Language for Latin America and the Caribbean. Editor and supervisor of the English website of the teleSUR news multiplatform. President of the Association of Sub-Saharan Immigrant Women.

Yanela Soler Mas

Coordinator of the Observatory on Reparation and Racial Healing of Lalatina

Doctor of Social Communication Sciences from the University of Havana (2015). Professor, researcher, and journalist. Specialist in topics of Journalistic Discourse Analysis. Has conducted and directed research on the construction of the audiovisual discourse of race in Cuban television. Editor of the Spanish website of the teleSUR news multiplatform.

Gustavo Leonel Martínez Hernández

Web Development Coordinator of Lalatina

Computer Science Engineer from the University of Computer Sciences (UCI) of Havana (2024). Experience as a software engineer and webmaster for the language module of Greenzone Foundation and Lalatina. Experience as a frontend developer at Avangenio, General Software, and as a Freelancer.

Yoel Espinosa Cabrera

Coordinator of graphic design, video editing, and photography for Lalatina

Doctor of Medicine from the University of Medical Sciences of Havana (2019). Specialist in topics of social communication, marketing, public relations, event organization, ceremonial and protocol, and business.

Gabriela Sarmiento

Production Coordinator of Lalatina

Degree in Foreign Language Teaching (English with French as a second language), Enrique José Varona University of Pedagogical Sciences (2023). Translator, writer, and editor. Recognized for her solid linguistic knowledge, experience in translation, content creation, and communication management. Former English writer and editor for the multiplatform news website teleSUR (Havana, Cuba).