Controversy about Juanes' Concert in Cuba Is Snowballing

<div align="justify"> The singer and songwriter is planning to sing to 600 thousand spectators who would be present in Havana's Revolution Square. But many in Cuba's exile community are criticizing the decision to perform as symbolic of support for Castro's regime. </div> Read More

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Art connoisseur Fascinated with Cuban Painting

<div align="justify"> Richard Wiebe traveled to Cuba for the first time in 2001 and became fascinated with the works of Cuban painters. Since then, he has been working helping them to sell their paintings and to get some reknown among collectors. </div> Read More

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Diplomacy through Drama: Cuban Actors Will Perform Shakespeare in U.S.

<div align="justify"> The Obama administration's decision to let 12 Cuban artists enter the United States for the production marks a midsummer milestone of sorts for greater U.S. openness toward the Communist-ruled island nation. </div> Read More

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U.S. Cubans Threaten to Boycott Juanes due to Future Concert in Havana

<div align="justify"> According to Ninoska Perez, executive of the Council for the Freedom of Cuba, Cubans in their homeland need democracy and solidarity; not a concert that ignores the &quot;oppression&quot; they have been subjected to for 50 years. </div> Read More

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Juanes Will Offer a Concert in Havana next September

<div align="justify"> The Cuba concert coincides with U.N. International Peace Day and could feature up to 12 artists from Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Cuba and, Martinez said, the United States. He refused to divulge all the names. </div> Read More

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Hollywood Stars Visits Havana

<div align="justify"> The actors presence lent a bit of Hollywood glitz to warming U.S.-Cuba relations, and may have been the precursor for the making of a film in Cuba. Benicio del Toro received an award and Bill Murray stole the show when he improvised a version of the song &quot;As Time Goes By,&quot; then jokingly passed around a hat, asking for money. </div> Read More

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Dancers of the Royal Ballet with Swine Flu in Cuba

<div align="justify"> British media first reported news about the dancers — among the 150-member Royal Ballet delegation that had travelled to Havana — on the weekend, noting that among the afflicted were principal dancers Steven McRae and Marianela Nunez, who were unable to perform. </div> Read More

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Cuba’s National Symphony Gets Exposure during Royal Ballet Visit

<div align="justify"> The Cuban National Symphony, founded in 1960, has had little international exposure but more than rose to the occasion, said Martin Yates, the British conductor that led the orchestra for the production of the three-act ballet &quot;Manon.&quot; </div> Read More

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Familiarity erases barriers for Cuban actors

<div align="justify"> This is the second year of this project. Last year, they worked in Havana. This year, the possibility of bringing the Cuban actors to U.S. is helping to make things easier. </div> Read More

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London Royal Ballet in Cuba: Dancing for the Diplomacy? Not Necessarily

<div align="justify"> For more than two years, Acosta negotiated to bring to life what he describes as &quot;the most important dance event in Cuba in 50 years.&quot; He admits it was exhausting parleying between Havana and London, carrying proposals between the Royal Ballet, Cuba's National Ballet Company and the government's Culture Ministry. </div> Read More

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