Moscow, Russia.- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Tuesday regretted the death of singer and songwriter Pablo Milanés in Madrid, Spain, at the age of 79. On his Twitter account, the Cuban president, who is on an official visit to Russia, sent condolences to his widow, children, and Cuba. “One of our greatest musicians physically disappears. […]
Moscow, Russia.- The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel, visited the studios of the Russia Today television station on Monday. The head of State toured the TV station’s facilities and exchanged impressions with directors and journalists as part of his agenda during […]
Havana, Cuba.- President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel celebrated the 503rd anniversary of the city of Havana. Díaz-Canel celebrated the luck of living in Havana, a city which he described as “magical” and “charming”, even in the most difficult times and wished its inhabitants a good anniversary. Government officials and cultural institutions carry out various activities […]
Ciego de Avila, Cuba.- With a big Cuban party, workers, managers and clients of the Colonial Cayo Coco Hotel are celebrating the 29th anniversary of its foundation and the opening of tourist operations in Jardines del Rey destination. Inaugurated on November 12, 1993, by the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, at that time […]
Havana city, Cuba.- The theater creative project Nave Oficio de Isla announced on Tuesday the staging of the play Silencio sin Fin. El texto infinito, (Endless Silence. The infinite text), by Cuban playwright Ricardo Muñoz, who resides in Colombia and is here to participate in the Traspasos Escenicos International Laboratory. According to the information released […]
Havana, Cuba.- The National Ballet of Cuba (BNC) on Monday awarded the British Friends group with the Alicia Alonso Centennial Medal, a distinction that demonstrates the value of their contributions to the development of the company. In an official ceremony, BNC General Director Viengsay Valdes presented the leader of the international initiative, David Bain, with […]
Ciudad Mexico, Mexico.- Iliana Talamantes, mayor of Comondú municipality, speaks full of pride when Cuba and the sports projects are specific topics to materialize everlasting alliance friendships. The use of adjectives reveals the admiration of Talamantes, a hardened baseball fan, a dreamer by nature, and the leader of a territory that was a pure desert […]
Bogotá, Colombia.- The Ituango Film Festival had Cuba, the guarantor country of the 2016 Peace Agreement, as guest of honor in Colombia, organizers said today. The event, whose central theme was In Search of Truth, concluded last night with a special program dedicated to the Antillean country, including the screening of the film Soy Cuba […]
Havana city, Cuba.- The Cuban Foreign Ministry on Thursday sent congratulations to the peoples and governments of Panama and the Commonwealth of Dominica on their respective national holidays today. On its official Twitter account, the Foreign Ministry ratified Cuba’s will “to continue to strengthen the ties of friendship and cooperation” with Panama. Likewise, after greeting […]
Havana, Cuba.- From November 5 to 20, the Classic Havana Festival will welcome musicians from Cuba and Europe to share the best of that genre in a luxury edition, its organizers confirmed here. More than 50 soloists, conductors, music, theater and dance groups representing Germany, Canada, the United States, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, the United […]
Havana, Cuba.- The documentary film “La Gota de Agua” (The Drop of Water), which will premiere at the Charles Chaplin movie theater in Havana on Thursday, can be defined as a song for life, that exposes the impact of the US blockade against Cuba. The 30-minute short film, by Cuban directors Iriana Pupo and Yaimi […]
Havana, Cuba.- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Wednesday recalled the first machete charge, carried out on October 26, 1868, by the Mambi forces during the initial actions of the Ten Years’ War. On his Twitter account, the head of State evoked the event that took place in Pinos de Baire, in the Santiago de Cuba […]
Havana, Cuba.- President Miguel Diaz-Canel today highlighted that over 1,100 people have signed in support of the appeal by intellectuals and artists of Cuba, which was issued several days ago in La Jiribilla cultural magazine. In Twitter, the President pointed out that this sovereign and dignified document defends the essence of the Cuban nation and […]
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.- Our America: Identity and Challenges is the title of a new book by French academic Jean Lamore, a passionate researcher on the history and realities of Cuba, the Caribbean, and Latin America. In a co-publication between Casa del Caribe (Caribbean House) and Roque Libros, a publishing house based in the Netherlands, […]
Rome, Italy.- Cuba is present at the TTG Travel Experience Tourism Fair, which is taking place from October 12 to 14 in the city of Rimini, in the northeastern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, a Cuban representative at the event said on Wednesday. Madelen Gonzalez-Pardo, the tourism counselor of the Cuban Embassy in Italy, said that […]
Havana, Cuba.- The debates of the 5th edition of the International Colloquium of Studies on Native Cultures in the Americas recall in Cuba on Wednesday Indigenous Resistance Day, as several countries of the region describe this date. Commemorated as Day of the Race in other Latin American and Caribbean nations and Hispanic Day in Spain, […]
Havana, Cuba.- Cubans on Monday recall the 154th anniversary of the date that marked a new course, October 10, 1868, for the then jewel of the Spanish crown in America. That day in history not only marked the beginning of the war of independence that would last ten years and ended without the insurrectionists, exhausted […]
Havana, Cuba.- The activities for the 50th anniversary of the Nueva Trova Movement in Cuba will be inaugurated Friday with a concert at Casa de las Americas’ Che Guevara Hall in Havana. Recognized as the space that hosted the first meetings of the new song movement in Cuba, Gerardo Alfonso and his band will give […]
Havana, Cuba.- Havana Creative Spaces, a cultural experimentation laboratory today maintains the call for new creative residencies aimed at young people in Cuba. Attached to the Office of the Historian of Havana, the project privileges alliances with relevant institutions such as the National Council for Performing Arts, the National Center for Medical Genetics and the […]
