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February 25th

Festivities for International Sports School's Anniversary in Cuba

Cuba's International Physical Education and Sports School celebrated its 8th year since being founded by Cuban leader Fidel Castro. The school boasts 1,280 graduates from 71 countries. Read More

Series of Conferences on 50th Anniversary of Cuba’s Film Institute

The Cuban Institute of Arts and Cinema (ICAIC) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Founded on March 24th, 1959, the history of ICAIC is directly linked to that of the Cuban Revolution, marking a new era in Cuban film. Read More

Guantanamo Meets Humane Standards, Report Finds

The conditions of confinement at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba meet the standards set forth in Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions, according to a Pentagon report. Read More

Kcho: Havana Biennale is a true “Meeting Point”

Our memory may still clearly recall that pertinent madness of “Live and let live,” that allowed the neighbourhoods from Havana to fill wheelbarrows with bricks shaping boats, representing a continuation of the understanding of art in its social function and in its humane character that has been defended by the plastic artist Alexis Leyva Machado, Kcho. Read More

Cuban Industry to Increase Production in eastern Granma province

Cuba's iron and steel industry is working to increase production in eastern Granma province, as part of its expansion strategy. Read More

Cuba's Habano Festival Brings Novelties for Aficionados

The 11th Habano Festival, to open this Monday in this capital will have three new cigars playing the leading roles: Montecristo Open, Robustos-T from the Trinidad cigar band and Cohiba Gran Reserva. Read More

Church in Cuba needs more room for action, lay magazine asserts

The magazine Espacio Laical of the Archdiocesan Council of Laity of Havana, has repeated the request by the Church in Cuba that it have more room for action to be able to carry out its work of evangelization and thus contribute to the building of a “Cuban Homeland.” Read More

The XIII edition of Cubadisco is approaching

The international fair Cubadisco, was founded in 1997 and is organized by the Cuban Music Institute (ICM, after its initials in Spanish). Read More

Grenada's Foreign Minister Holds Official Talks with Cuban Counterpart

Grenada's Foreign Affairs and Tourism Minister, Peter Charles David, and his Cuban counterpart, Felipe Perez Roque, reaffirmed the bonds of friendship and cooperation between the two countries. Read More

Symbiosis of Cuban Traditions and Identity in New Festivity

A new festivity will liven up next summer’s season in Cuba’s westernmost province of Pinar del Río --symbiosis of Cuban traditions and identity. Read More