Estela Varnes de Carlotto, president of the Association of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, was warmly received at the headquarters of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) by its president, Fernando González Llort, who expressed "we are duty bound to thank you for the solidarity with the struggle of our people for so many years.

HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 16 (ACN) More than 2,200 films, 300 scripts and 100 posters have registered to compete in the 41st International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, scheduled for December 5-15.

Cuba participates in the 84th edition of the L'Humanite Festival (fete de l'Humanite), an annual festival organized by the French newspaper to fund itself. The event began today, with several spaces dedicated to solidarity, cooperation and fostering its revolutionary culture and tradition, Prensa Latina reported.

The International Film and Education Expo will be held for the first time in Havana from January 29 to 31 next year, Juan Marinello Cultural Research Institute announced.

An International Workshop on Business Development in the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries will be held in Havana from next November 25 to 27, the Cuban Embassy in Italy announced today.

The event Cuba for the 25th anniversary of the Ibero-American Meetings of Women Engineers, Architects and Surveyors (EIMIAA) will start this Thursday at the Hotel Nacional.

Young dancers from Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba (LADC) won eight Diamond Awards and other prizes in the 2019 International Active Dance competition in Panama.

Cuban musical group Madre Tierra, led by young saxophonist Michael Herrera, successfully premiered at the South African jazz festival Art Alive, Prensa Latina in Pretoria reported Tuesday.

Singapore is also known as the city in the garden. Planting trees has been closely linked to the history of the Asian island-state. The locals say that the nation's founder, Lee Kuan Yew, made a priority of promoting parks and gardens, especially on the avenue leading from the airport to the government headquarters, as a display of discipline, industriousness and cleanliness.

Habana, Aug 27 (ACN) Cuba will publish a new National Atlas with a cartographic work appropriate to current conditions, being the first of its kind fully created by experts in the country.

Cuba closed its participation in the 26th Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) with important negotiations and contacts that will expand the distribution of its literature in China and other parts of the world.

The Fabrica de Arte (Cuban Art Factory and FAC by its Spanish acronym) was included in the 2019 TIME magazine list of the 100 World´s Greatest Places, an annual guide that praises innovation and originality of extraordinary destinations that offer visitors a unique experience.

The Spanish cities Perelada, Santander and Almansa will host this month the performances of the Cuban company Acosta Danza, directed by the first dancer Carlos Acosta.

More than eight thousand teachers will return to the classrooms after the government's decision to increase salaries in the sector, informed Ena Elsa Velázquez Cobiella, Minister of Education, when she began the check-up of preparations for the next academic year in Pinar del Río.