Haydée Milanés in Puerto Rico

Young Cuban singer Haydée Milanés to perform in several recitals this December in Puerto Rico, where she arrived after her performances in New York, also accompanied by her new CD, whose sleeve only carries her name, Haydée, and in which she sings works by the also Cuban instrumentalist Descemer Bueno Read More

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Film on Agent Orange in Vietnam screened in Cuba

A documentary on the war in Vietnam entitled 'Chat Doc Da Cam (Agent Orange) produced by Japanese Masako Sakata is now on screen at the 28th Latin America New Film International Film Festival in La Habana, Cuba. The film recalls events occurring in 1970s of the last century when Vietnam was in fierce war. Read More

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Brazil, Argentina and Cuba win big at Latin American Film Festival

Brazil, Argentina and Cuba were the big winners at the 28th edition of the New Latin American Film Fest in this capital. Cuban feature films El Benny in the category of Opera Prima, and La Edad de la Peseta (The Silly Age) for photography and art direction, were awarded for their meticulous work in creating the ambience of the 50s. Read More

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Cuban film wins Glauber Rocha Prize

The Cuban film "La Edad de la Peseta" by Pavel Giroud won the 2006 Glauber Rocha Award, founded by Prensa Latina 21 years ago and conferred by the foreign press accredited to the Havana Film Festival. Read More

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Social topics converge in Havana festival

A wide filmography with deep social arguments are present at the 28th Festival of the New Latin American Cinema of Havana, according to reports of the organizers. The topics go from the dram of street children, the constant conflict of the emigrations, and the contradictions of the human being with himself and his environment, the self discovery of the individual and the agony produced by wars. Read More

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'Pan's Labrynth' swings through Cuba

If you've ever sat in a packed Havana movie house waiting for the lights to dim, you know there are few pleasures Cubans savor more than a good film, unless it's a stout Cohiba cigar. Read More

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The pictoric exhibits Wifredo Lam

Orichas, which was recently on view at the Galerie Thess Herold, París, directly influenced in the iconic deepness noticed in the appropiation of symbolic files of visions having an African origin, like the santeria. Read More

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Presenting homage disc Con el permiso de Bola

Cuban musicians Francisco Céspedes and Gonzalo Rubalcaba presented Wednesday evening , Dec 6, in Mexico City the disc Con el permiso de Bola they themselves co-produced. The phonogram is made in homage to the great musician Ignacio Jacinto Villa, Bola de Nieve (1911-1971), born in Guanabacoa, Havana and died in Mexico FD, while en route to Lima (Peru), where he would have several performances. Read More

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Gore Vidal in Cuba

I came to Cuba with my new knee to help breaking 40 years of embargo, said the North American writer Gore Vidal, who is visiting Havana until December 14th, after mentioning the distortion of information about the Island in his countrys media. Read More

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A peculiar sound in Los Tambores de Bejucal

Los Tambores de Bejucal (Bejucal Drums) has just obtained the National Community Culture Award, rounding off a great number of recognitions won on and off the island. That outstanding folkloric group, emerged 44 years ago -on December 6, 1962-, from the fusion of the accompanying congas of Las Charangas de Bejucal Read More

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