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Exponentes del Hip hop de Venezuela, Canadá, Brasil y Costa Rica animarán aquí del 19 al 24 próximos un Simposio sobre el género, que propicia su desarrollo como producto social y educativo.

El embajador de Cuba en Bolivia, Rafael Dausá, denunció hoy la agresión a cinco médicos y un cooperante de su país por más de cuarenta jóvenes radicales autonomistas en el departamento oriental de Santa Cruz, de mayoría opositora.

The ballet A la caída de la tarde (At sunset), choreographed by Alicia Alonso and with music by Dominican composer José Dolores Cerón (1897-1969), will premiere on Friday at the Dominican Republic’s Teatro Nacional.

This summer Cuban rhythms will enter once again into the Spanish stages. They arrive with the voices and the chords of two true icons: diva Omara Portuondo and Eliades Ochoa, virtual ambassadors of a music that has a universal breath, which Spanish and African roots are expanded with the sensuality of the Caribbean.

Recently, the Cuban public followed the image of María de los Ángeles Santana in a brief, very brief, appearance in the soap opera Polvo en el Viento (Dust in the wind), which is being screened by Cubavisión.

After three days of Olympic boxing competitions, Cuba remains undefeated, with victories by featherweight Idel Torriente and lightweight Yordenis Ugás, and Russia’s first defeat.

There are centuries of great men, but there are men who make centuries great, they surpass the boundaries of their land and live in the historical memory of peoples for eternity.

For the first time in nearly 50 years, Fidel Castro celebrated his birthday Wednesday as an ordinary citizen.

More than fifty thousand elderly Cubans have received their diplomas as graduates from higher education over the last few years, as part of the programs of attention to that sector of the population.

The Cuban sports delegation participating in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games sent Wednesday a message to Fidel Castro on occasion of his 82nd birthday, expressing the will for the victory.

Driulis González ended up fifth in the Beijing Olympics judo competition following a decision by the referee, who ruled in favor of the Cuban athlete’s opponent in the battle for the bronze.