The 1st International Festival Bayamo Creativo, scheduled to open its doors tomorrow in this city, intends to fuel thinking, motivation and commitment among its residents and contribute to the revival of various economic activities.
Alejandro de Humboldt National Park fosters ecological farming
Researchers from the Provincial Environmental and Technological Service Center (CESAT) in the province of Guantánamo fosters the use of biointensive horticulture (HBI bed) to promote food sovereignty in the communities around the Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, Cuba’s most important protected area.
Cuban publishing house works on bilingual project
Agustina Ponce Valdés, director of the publishing house Ediciones Vigía, announced that her staff is preparing "The Diary of Anne Frank/Apnea of Time", a bilingual book by Agnieska Hernández Díaz scheduled for publication in 2023.
Cuban education closes 2022 with a return to classes and major achievements
For thousands of Cuban children, adolescents and young people, 2022 meant the return to the classroom and the resumption of education at all levels, after two years in which the COVID-19 pandemic prevented the normal development of teaching activities.
Since November 2021, the school year resumed in general education, after more than 90 % of the students received the complete anti-COVID-19 vaccination schedule.
Cuba to host conference on African-American culture
With the slogan "Connected to our roots; growing together", Santiago de Cuba(eastern Cuba) will host for the 21st time the International Conference on African and Afro-American Culture, which aims to create a space for debate on the imprint of the so-called black continent.
Diaz-Canel congratulates iconic Cuban troubadour on his birthday
Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban communist party and president of the country, congratulated troubadour Amaury Perez Vidal today on his 69th birthday.
Call for impact film lab entries is now open
Applications for the laboratory Del cine a la acción (From cinema to action), to be held on March 22-26, 2023 within the framework of the Cartagena International Film Festival (FICCI), are open until January 9 to all Latin American countries.
Cuba to award important literary prize next April
Ines Maria Chapman, Cuban deputy prime minister, stressed today that the Casa de las Americas awards will be presented in April 2023, coinciding with the anniversary of this institution, where Latin American identity and culture continue to be defended.
31st edition of Havana Book Fair to sell over 4 million copies
The 31st edition of the Havana International Book Fair will sell 4,200,000 printed books and 4,200 titles, organizers said today at a press conference.
International graphic humor exhibition concludes in Cuba
In the context of the celebrations for the 54th anniversary of the humorous magazine Melaíto—the only one of its kind that is not based in Havana—the 21st International Exhibition of Graphic Humor “Santa Clara 2022”, which boasted almost 500 competing works from 45 countries, concluded in this city.
University students attend anti-imperialist music concert
The 300 delegates to the currently ongoing 10th Congress of the Federation of University Students (FEU) participated in an anti-imperialist concert in this city offered by the duet Vida, singers Cristoffer Simpson and Nelson Valdés and the band Moncada, whose performance was enjoyed by more than 130,000 higher education students from all over Cuba.
Cuba to hold workshop on Afro-American socio-cultural anthropology
The 27th Scientific Workshop on Afro-American Social and Cultural Anthropology, intended to address ways of protecting the African intangible and tangible cultural heritage in Cuba and the Caribbean, will be held on January 4 to 7, 2023, in Havana’s Historic Center of Havana.
Cuba announces International Workshop on Architecture, Design and Urbanism
The Office of the Historian of the City of Camagüey (OHCC) invites Cuban and foreign professionals to the 1st International Workshop on Architecture, Design and Urbanism.
Cuban film school's contributions highlighted on its 36th anniversary
The 36th anniversary of the International School of Cinema and Television (EICTV) in San Antonio de los Baños, province of Artemisa, established on December 15, 1986 by the Latin American Filmmakers Committee as an affiliate of the New Latin American Film Foundation, was dedicated to a talk as part of the collateral activities of the 43rd International Festival of New Latin American Cinema under way in this city.
Documentary pays tribute to Mexican culture
In his first work Dioses de México [Gods of Mexico], screenwriter, producer and filmmaker Helmut Dosantos pays homage to the diverse indigenous and Afro-descendant communities of this sister nation in the context of the 43rd International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, held in Havana.