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Un libro sobre la vida y obra del escritor cubano José Lezama Lima(1910-1976) pondrá a la venta aquí la editorial Letras cubanas, en conmemoración de su fallecimiento el próximo 9 de agosto.

The Boyaca, Colombia, International Culture Festival opened on Wednesday with the inauguration of painting exhibits by Cuban painters Alicia Leal and Hander Lara, and a reading by poet Pablo Armando Fernandez, as part of activities dedicated to Cuba.

The distinguished dancers of the National Ballet of Cuba, Viengsay Valdés and Rómel Frómeta will participate in the Gala of the 2008 International Festival of Ballet in Japan to be held until August 13th in that Asian country.

The world record holder in the 110 meter hurdles, Dayron Robles, has just begun training in Havana for the upcoming Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

The street-theater group “Gigantería” (Giantness) burst onto the Havana art scene eight years ago in the city’s oldest square, Plaza de Armas. The collective continues to demonstrate that theater can be pushed beyond stage sets and drop curtains.

In addition to identifying with the loser and the humble, having mutual respect for each other, similar aesthetic and philosophical preferences, and having worked together in three films, director Fernando Pérez and actor Luis Alberto García will have something else in common when they begin writing a script about another shared love: Cuba.

Cuba's rivals hope the superpower of Olympic boxing will be vulnerable at last in Beijing after being hit by a string of defections.

The Sugar Ministry (MINAZ) currently carries out a group of typical projects aimed at increasing animal diet, very important for the development of cattle, pork, sheeps and goats.

The Cuban flag flies as of Wednesday in the Central Park of the Olympic Facility, after receiving a warm welcome by authorities, on behalf of all Chinese people.

Cuban sugar cane derivative production matches and some lines even exceed the diversity of the 1980s, prior to the austerity period, said Vice Minister Juan Godefroy.