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Jorge Perugorría stages a new film

El corazón de la tierra (Heart of the land) by Spanish film director Antonio Cuadri features an international starring being Cuban actor Jorge Perugorría Read More

Maximiliano Guerra in Cuba

Aged only 10, Maximiliano Guerra noticed people dancing while seeing her sister, a dance teacher, at work. Then the boy decided to try it and soon his attraction and curiosity turned into passion. Read More

Sounds of the world

World Circuit label has established itself as the market leader in world music, enjoying multi-million sales with the Buena Vista Social Club and winning three Grammy awards Read More

A spirit- soaked rumba party

That Yoruba Andabo should have headlined was no fault of rapper Papo Record. A talented MC with a fine line in barrio angst, his Spanish language invective made little impact on a crowd still reeling from a spirit-soaked rumba party. Read More

Viengsay Valdés and Carlos Acosta: Diana and Acteon

Viengsay Valdés and Carlos Acosta dance the Pas de deux of ballet Diana and Acteón in García Lorca hall of the Gran Teatro de la Habana. Read More

Cuban singer wins Baroque Contest in Belgium

Cuban singer Yetzabel Arias Fernandez won the International Baroque Singing Contest of Chimay, Belgium. Read More

Haitian writer Jacques Roumain, author of The Dew Governors, will be remembered in Cuba

Haitian writer and fighter Jacques Roumain, author of "Gobernadores del rocio" -The Dew Governors-, considered one of the best Caribbean romans of the 20th Century, will be remembered in Cuba next June, on the occasion of his centenary Read More

Two Latin Grammies for Pablo Milanes

For the first time, Cuban musician Pablo Milanes, one of the founders of the New Troubadour Movement, has won two Latin Grammies, including for Best Singer-Songwriter. Read More

Cuba wins UNESCO Literacy Prize

Cuba s project "Yes, I Can" will be awarded the 2006 UNESCO Literacy Prize Friday in Paris, France, its general director Koichiro Matsuura announced. Read More

The future of cuban percussion

Seventh Guillermo Barreto in Memoriam Drum Festival. With their striking choreographies, the "Guaracheros de Regla" "an Afro-Cuban carnival marching group" performed in a riveting conclusion to Havanas Seventh Guillermo Barreto Memoriam Drum Festival. Read More

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