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Havana Film Festival opens Tuesday

The 28th edition of the New Latin American Cinema Festival opens in Havana on Tuesday with over a dozen Havana theaters showing hundreds of fiction, documentary, animated and short films through December 15. Read More

Cuban Village centers heritage event

A master conference on the origins and development of the first Cuban village, Baracoa, was given by Alejandro Hartman, historian of that city founded on August 15, 1511 by Advanced Diego Velazquez. Read More

Oceanic Sciences Congress in Cuba

Sessions of the VII Congress of Oceanic Sciences, from December 4 to 8 , began with the participation of Cuban specialists and experts from 15 nations. The scientists will contribute to the research guided to recover and preserve sea ecosystems and especially develop cleaning programs of those geographical areas. Read More

Frank Fernández closed International Music Festival in Mexico

Cuban pianist Frank Fernández closed the 18th Morelia International Music Festival "Miguel Bernal Jiménez" with a concert at the Museum of Fine Arts in Mexico City. Fernández was largely applauded by the audience, after performing Sergei Rachamaninoffs Piano and Orchestra Concerto No. 2 in C minor. Read More

Chucho Valdés and other star musicians staged to jazz tune

A number of star musicians performed in the Auditorium theatre Amadeo Roldán under the direction of Cuban jazz Maestro Jesús (Chucho) Valdés during the inaugural gala of the International Festival Jazz Plaza running in Havana until Dec. 3. Read More

Only one director for a Coral

Something that has drawn much attention is in the competing film line-up at the 28th International Festival of the New Latin American Cinema is the fact theres only one female director candidate for a Coral in the Best fiction film category. Precisely its Brazilian director Tata Amaral. Read More

Cuba night at Argentine Tourism Fair

In the context of the International Latin America Tourism Fair, 2006 FIT participants devoted an evening to Cuba promoting products made in the Caribbean island. Read More

Havana Jazz Festival opens thursday

The Havana International Jazz Plaza 2006 festival is set to take place from November 30 to December 3 with the participation of musicians from eleven foreign countries and a hefty Cuban representation. Read More

Camagüey wins Great Prize at national magic festival

The Teatro Cubano de la Magia, Camagueys company of magicians won the Great Prize at the 12th National Festival Ánfora 2006, that wound up in Las Tunas city, some 670 kilometres east of Havana - after a week of performances. Read More

15th International Biennial of Graphic Humor, Cuba 2007

The Unión de Periodistas de Cuba (UPEC) (Association of Journalists of Cuba,) the Circle of Humorists and Comic Stories Creators of the UPEC and the Museum of Humor of San Antonio de los Baños, summon to the Cuba 2007 15th International Biennial of Graphic Humor to be held from March 25th to 29th Read More

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