Havana, Cuba.- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel inaugurated today the 23rd Habano Festival and the associated Trade Fair at the Havana Convention Center. After two years of the pandemic, in which the event was not held, the new edition of the Fair receives 260 exhibitors from 11 countries and occupies almost 660 square meters of exhibition […]
Havana, Cuba.- After two years, the Habano Festival has resumed in Cuba, an event that promotes the millenary culture and the art of harvesting, making, and enjoying an authentic and unique product. The 23rd edition of the event will be held between February 27 and March 3 in Havana and Pinar del Rio. It is […]
Havana, Cuba.- The main challenges facing national culture today were addressed in a meeting of the leadership of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), with the President of the Republic Miguel Díaz-Canel. In the exchange, the highest representatives of UNEAC in all the country’s territories, as well as the Board of Directors […]
Camagüey, Cuba.- Specialists from the German tour operator Meeting Point arrived in this Cuban heritage city to assess the enormous attractions that the central-eastern Cuban city has nowadays. According to a report on Cadena Agramonte’s website, “the visit, organized by Cubanacán Hoteles, allows that executives and representatives of travel agencies to appreciate the heritage, cultural, […]
Havana, Cuba.- How did it go at the Book Fair? With this question began, on Monday afternoon, the dialogue between the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, and the Member of the European Parliament, who is visiting Cuba on the occasion […]
Havana, Cuba.- Manuel Marrero Cruz, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Prime Minister of the Republic, paid tribute today on his official Twitter account to singer Benny Moré on the 60th anniversary of his death. With a pilgrimage to Benny’s tomb, the people of Santa […]
Havana, Cuba.- The 31st Havana International Book Fair ended with the awards to the best exhibitors and recognition to Colombia, guest of honor country. At the San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress, the main venue of the event, Cuban Vice Minister of Culture, Fernando Rojas, presented a recognition to Angela Beltrán, director of Arts of […]
Madrid, Spain.- The wide universe of Cuban artist Roberto Fabelo is the protagonist of an exhibition in Madrid on Wednesday that brings him closer to Francisco de Goya, and a performance highlight his work. The Ibercaja Foundation gathered 160 engravings created by Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), and is exhibiting them along with 13 works by […]
Havana, Cuba.- Cuban Book Institute (ICL) Director Juan Rodriguez informed that the 31st Havana International Book Fair broke a record of foreign participation with 52 countries, compared to 48 in 2021. Rodriguez told Prensa Latina that this higher attendance by nations in Cuba’s major literary event increases the possibility of negotiating, publishing abroad, and promoting […]
Havana, Cuba.- The 38th edition of the Jazz Plaza 2023 International Festival will conclude on Sunday after more than 100 concerts in nearly 20 stages, squares, and parks in Havana and Santiago de Cuba. Artists from Cuba, Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Spain, France, Congo, Mexico, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Peru, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Norway, […]
Havana, Cuba.- A little publicized aspect today is the presence of Cuban National Hero Jose Marti in international philately, as a tribute to his life and work. Cuban lawyer and researcher Emilio Cueto told Opus Habana magazine that at least 12 countries and 27 stamps honor the Cuban Apostle’s legacy. According to the expert, most […]
Havana, Cuba.- As a space to defend the value of culture as a turning point in urban development, the event “Culture, Communication, Marketing, and Community” invites to talk among representatives of several nations Brazil, Jamaica, France, Mozambique, and Cuba make up the agenda of this event, which is part of the 9th International Meeting “Transforming […]
Havana, Cuba.- The 38th edition of the International Jazz Plaza Festival 2023 starts today until January 29 with more than 100 concerts on nearly 20 stages, squares and parks in this capital and Santiago de Cuba. At a recent press conference, the president of its organizing committee, Victor Rodriguez, assured that Cuba’s biggest jazz festival […]
Paris, France.- Unesco’s deputy director general for Social and Human Sciences, Gabriela Ramos, is visiting Cuba to fulfill a broad agenda, which will include the presentation of the Jose Marti International Award. In Havana, Ramos will present on Tuesday the award the multilateral organization established in 1994, at the initiative of the Cuban government, in […]
Madrid, Spain.- The Cuban Minister of Tourism, Juan Carlos García, presented today the novelties of the Cuba Única tourist offer in the 2023 edition of the Madrid International Tourism Fair. The Antillean minister stressed on Twitter that the specialized European event constitutes a global reference experience for professionals in the sector. Likewise, García remarked that […]
Havana, Cuba.- Mass to Chano Pozo and Juan Formell is the title of one of the concerts that stands out as highlights of the upcoming 38th edition of the 2023 Jazz Plaza International Festival in Cuba. The show will take place on January 24, at 6:00 p.m. local time, in the Trillo park, Cayo Hueso […]
Havana, Cuba.- After almost a week of screenings, the film cycle dedicated to the British rock band The Beatles closes today with the film Sergeant Pepper, Lonely Hearts Club Band, by Michael Schultz. Written by Henry Edwards, the film has a sequence similar to a rock opera, which integrates songs by the iconic group, with […]
Rabat, Morocco.- The screening of the Cuban film “José Martí, el Ojo del Canario” (José Martí, Eye of the Canary) on January 27 will pay tribute to the Cuban national hero in Morocco, diplomatic sources said. The full-length feature film directed by Fernando Perez that shows passages that marked Marti’s childhood and adolescence will be […]
Havana, Cuba.- The San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts, in this capital, is celebrating the 205th anniversary of its foundation on Thursday with a cultural gala in which students from the National Art Schools will participate. An exhibition of paintings, engraving, and sculpture, among other disciplines, by the students of the two-hundred-year-old school will also […]
