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The University Social Work Brigades (BUTS) of this eastern province of Las Tunas are getting ready to guarantee the organization of the productive tasks this summer.

An exhibition by renowned Cuban painter, engraver and ceramist Nelson Dominguez is displayed for the first time in Vietnam.

Cuban ambassador to the Dominican Republic Juan Astiasarán termed as successful the 3rd Traveling Cuban Book Fair, which concluded in the city of Barahona, the last leg of a tour of five Dominican provinces.

Consecutive lectures on Humanitarian International Law (HIL) and more than a dozen of work agreements to negotiate services and to incorporate volunteers from state ministries and Non-Governmental Organizations in Las Tunas, are some of the actions to strengthen the work of the Red Cross in this eastern province of Las Tunas.

The Committee will focus on reinforcing values defended by the Revolution and civic education in the new generations. A Committee on youth, childhood and women’s equality issues was constituted on Friday by Cuban Parliament President Ricardo Alarcón at the Havana office of the Federation of Cuban Women.

The 15th national Festival on film analysis Cinemazul will be held in this eastern province of Las Tunas from the 20th to 25th this month and will render homage to the filmography of the genius Charles Chaplin.

Egyptian historian and archaeologist Zahi Hawas praised the program of restoration and protection of the cultural heritage in Old Havana.

Havana historian Eusebio Leal said tourism in Cuba has taken on popular dimensions as he defined the travel industry as cultured and mature. He spoke Thursday during the 28th International Tourism Fair (FITCUBA 2008) taking place in Havana.

The National Fine Arts Museum presents a retrospective of the pictorial work of one of the best Cuban poets of all time. I’m talking about Un Sol Desconocido: Samuel Feijoo, which was inaugurated on April 25.

Statistical of the community Video Clubs program in this eastern province of Las Tunas assure that 60 percent of people that attend these facilities are students between eight and 17 years old.

Pro-Environment Work Brigades to Be Formed in Cuba. This summer, Cuban university students will work on the cleaning up of their communities and universities

The 3rd Traveling Cuban Book Fair is on a tour of five cities in the Dominican Republic, attracting people to various parks, where tents with books are set up.

Four sound pieces, circulated during the past two years, were distinghished with the 2008 Cubadisco International Award, because of the cultural importance of their contents.

Maestro Fernando Alonso, one of the most relevant figures in the history of Cuban ballet, received on Wednesday the Benois Dance Prize at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia, for his artistic career.

Philosophers from around the world, attending the Fourth International Conference on the Life Work of Karl Marx and Challenges of the 21st Century, discussed the ideas of Cuban leader Fidel Castro.