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Modern Cultural Center inaugurated at Cauto Cristo, Granma province

"We have to continue defending our national identity", asserted Abel Prieto Jimenez, Cuban Minister of Culture and member of the Political Bureau at the Cuban Communist Party, during the opening ceremony of a modern Cultural Center at Cauto Cristo, a municipality located in Granma province. Read More

National Community Culture Awards 2006

Four cultural institutions and and other four personalities of Cuban culture in the communities were recognized with the National Community Culture Award. The activity took place at the theater of the Professional Arts School located in Granma province, and was attended by Abel Prieto Jiménez, Minister of Culture and a member of the Communist Party Political Bureau, and Lazaro Exposito Canto, also a member of the Party's Central Committee and First Secretary in the eastern province. Read More

The Servando Cabrera Moreno Museum-Library re-opened its doors

More than 70 pieces that show all of the splendor and achievements of the Cuban visual artist Servando Cabrera Moreno (1923-l981) are being exhibited in the re-opened Museum Library that has the name of the creator, in its new venue in El Vedado in the capital. Read More

Salsa great Pedro Knight dead at 85

Pedro Knight, widower of the legendary salsa singer Celia Cruz, died Saturday after years of diabetes and other ailments. Knight, an accomplished trumpeter who spent his last months mired in financial and legal disputes, was 85. Read More

Earthquake rattles Cuba, no injuries

An earthquake registering 6.1 on the Richter Scale rocked eastern Cuba and parts of the Caribbean Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The strong quake was centered south of Manzanillo in Granma province rattled several nations in the region, Cuba's Prensa Latina news agency reported Monday. No one was reported hurt. Read More