Ernesto Luis, a singer-songwriter from Barquisimeto, Venezuela, who traveled to Cuba to participate for the first time in the Longina Festival, expressed his gratitude for Cuba's continued support of his country under the current circumstances.

The House of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America (ALBA Cultural) is launching the "I Read Russia" Literary Contest, as Russia is the Guest of Honor at the 34th Havana International Book Fair in 2026.

The 17th International Mural Painting Biennial, "Internos 2026," is taking place in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, serving as a space for artistic growth and the beautification of the urban environment of this southeastern city.

The eastern city of Holguín will host, for the first time, the 41st edition of the International Jazz Plaza Festival, which will begin on January 25 with a masterful concert by Roberto Fonseca.

The 30th Trova Festival “Longina Canta a Corona”, under way in the province of Villa Clara, is attended by prominent international artists.

An exchange with Abel Prieto Jiménez, president of Casa de las Américas, allowed members of the brigade “65th Anniversary of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP)” to delve deeper into the cultural policy of the Cuban Revolution.

The Marti Theater in Old Havana hosted the unveiling ceremony of a bust of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, commemorating the 185th anniversary of his birth. Representatives from Cuban and Russian cultural institutions were present, according to the Facebook profiles of the Russian Embassy to Cuba and the Russian House in Havana.

On an official visit to Cuba, the Vietnamese delegation headed by Major General Nguyen Cong Bay, director of Hanoi's modern Ho Guom Theater, continued its program in Havana with tours of notable cultural and academic institutions.

The Her Car Art Gallery (Calzada de 10 de Octubre corner of Porvenir, Arroyo Naranjo) will host the traveling exhibition “Gaza,” a poignant and necessary tribute on Human Rights Day.

Officials from the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema (FINCL) and the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC by its Spanish acronym) honored Cristian Calonico Lucio, director of Churubusco Studios, on Thursday for the 80th anniversary of the founding of this pioneering institution of Mexican cinema.

Tania Delgado Fernandez, director of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, opened the 46th edition of the event on Thursday.

The National Ballet of Cuba (BNC), led by first ballerina Viengsay Valdés, will present a special season of the classic “Don Quixote,” to pay tribute to the memory of the legendary Prima Ballerina Assoluta Alicia Alonso (1920-2019) on the 105th anniversary of her birth.

A rich variety of initiatives designed to offer the Cuban public a creative journey through Italian culture is on offer for the 27th Week of Italian Culture in Cuba, which will take place from today until December 6 in the provinces of Havana and Matanzas.

Researchers, specialists, academics, producers, and journalists will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the declaration of the archaeological landscape of the first coffee plantations in southeastern Cuba as a World Heritage Site in this southeastern city.