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The amateur theater group Art-Teatro, directed by Bernardo Betancourt, received the national category during an audition carried out in this city few days before presenting "Olga Alonso" National Theater Festival.

The Regional Encounter Gender and Communication will take place in this eastern province of Las Tunas, to 670 kilometers from Havana, next February 7th, previous to the Ibero-American event that will be held in the Cuban capital at the end of May.

Mexican painter Jose Luis Cuevas returned to his homeland, but left an enduring part of himself in our country, with an exhibit of multiple doors into a creative, penetrating universe.

The competition will include six foreign racing teams, said Jose Pelaez, president of the Cuban Cycling Federation. Cuba will field its national team and several other squads.

Cuba's interim president Raul Castro slightly outpaced his ailing older brother president Fidel Castro in uncontested polling for the National Assembly January 20, communist Cuba's government.

After 47 years on the air and positive feedback from listeners around the globe, Radio Havana Cuba (RHC) continues to be a vibrant voice of the Cuban reality.

As part of the activities program of the 2008 Casa Award, was presented Contra la muerte y otras visions (Against death and other visions) a poetic anthology of Gonzalo Rojas.

"This is the first time that several countries join together to promote a cultural strategy. Its unprecedented in the history of our continent," said Venezuelan Minister of Culture Francisco Sesto in Caracas, as reported by the Bolivarian News Agency (ABN).

The Onelio Jorge Cardoso Centre was founded in 1998 as a literary workshop, sponsored by the Unión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC.

Cuba has purchased 100 locomotives from China, and 550 freight cars and 200 modern passenger coaches from Iran, informed Cuban Transport Minister Jorge Luis Sierra Cruz on Tuesday.

Organized and presented by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts from January 31st to June 8th, 2008, ¡Cuba! Art and History from 1868 to Today, which brings together some 400 works of art, will be the first exhibition to showcase the art of this Caribbean island, which Christopher Columbus described as "the most beautiful land eyes have ever seen.

The Brazilian theologian Fried Betto wished a long life to Cuban president Fidel Castro during his speech before over 400 delegates from 35 countries attending the International Conference for World Equilibrium, to conclude on January 30 in Havana.

The famous Cuban singer Pablo Milanés started a four concert tour in Santiago and another three cities with a repertoire that included songs from his recent CD, Regalo.

Cuba First Vice President Raul Castro has recently urged on the the need to consolidate the programs set for the development of urban agriculture (AU) in the island in order to increase the production of foodstuffs.

Just before Albita Rodríguez came on stage at a Queens concert last year, a host from a radio sponsor made a boilerplate announcement forbidding audience members from taping or photographing the show.