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Cuba calls the 2009 International Convention and Fair

The XIII International Convention and Fair that will be held from the 9th until the 13th of February 2009 will encourage the research, development and innovation in the information technologies and telecommunications and will allow to exchange about the role of these technologies in the convergence of knowledge. Read More

Uruguayan Film Awarded in Havana

The Uruguayan film El baño del Papa (The Popes Toilet) won the Glauber Rocha 2007 award issued by Prensa Latina news agency at the Havana Film Festival. The jury also gave special mention to Mexican director Carlos Reygadas for Luz Silenciosa (Silent Light). Read More

Fidel Castro Sends Letter to Informative Round Table of Cuban Television and Radio

The president of Cuba, Fidel Castro, sent a letter to the Informative Round Table of the Cuban Television and Radio, concerning the new commitments contracted in the United Nations (UN) by the Caribbean island. Read More

García Bernal Debuts at Havana Festival

This is the second time that Garcia Bernal visits the island, in June 2004 he attended the premiere in this capital of "Diario de Motocicleta" (Motorcycle's Diaries) by Brazilian Walter Salles Read More

New Latin American Films Studied

The president of the International Festival of the New Latin American Films holding its 29th event assured that it is a complex world which we confront and that forces us to rethink it. Read More

Leduc Lets Audience Conclude His Film

"This is an open film and, you, the audience, have to somehow finish it. It is meant to spark debate, to create an atmosphere of uncertainty and internal confrontation. Read More

Cuban Even Fontaine Elected Chairman to UN Inspection Unit

Cuba's Even Fontaine was elected chairman of the UN System's Joint Inspection Unit (JIU). It is the highest position taken on by a Cuban official within the international organization. Read More

Rock Music Winning Ground in Havana

The Cuban Agency of Rock, (ACR) announced the opening of sites in Havana devoted to this popular music genre. Read More

More than 500 U.S. artists and academics demand an end to the blockade

They respond to a message sent by Alicia Alonso. MORE than 500 prominent artists, writers and academics in the United States have signed a message addressed to U.S. President George W. Bush. Read More

Argentina in Havana Film Festival

The full-length fiction films are The Lion from Santiago Otheguy and The Attacker from Pablo Fendrick, whose main character Arturo Goetz was awarded the best actor in Buenos Aires festival (BACIFI), 2007. Read More

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