Members of the US Jazz group Moshulu Band highlighted on Friday in Havana how they will contribute in improving relations between their country and Cuba.

Jazz Plaza is currently a great success and has been enthroned in Cuba as one of the most important festivals, that fills me with pride because I see that my contribution has been to Cuban culture, said in this capital the musician Bobby Carcassés.

ArteChef Publishing House, of the Federation of Culinary Associations of Cuba, will make nine works available to the participants in the 28 Havana International Book Fair to be held February 7-17.

Master Bobby Carcassés, National Music Award 2012, will officially open the 34th International Jazz Festival Plaza 2019, which will be held January 14-20 next, with the concerts by Afrojazz and Timba Funk next Wednesday in the Avellaneda Hall of the National Theatre of Cuba.

Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta has just been nominated for the Goya Prize, awarded by the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences, as Best New Actor for his participation in the film "Yuli", by Catalan filmmaker Icíar Bollaín.

Abel Prieto Jiménez, director of the Marti Program Office, stressed on Tuesday the importance of a coherent cultural policy, because when the market dictates the rules it is mediocrity that triumphs.

Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro presents his most recent film at the XL International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana, entitled Sicario: Day of the soldado, a sequel to a film of the same name released in 2015.

I would like to express my gratitude to you, to Cuba and its artists for your friendship and collaboration over the years," said renowned American filmmaker Robert Redford in a message he sent to the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema.

The American artist Paul Miller, who under the name of Dj Spooky has managed to position himself in the first places of electronic music in the world, since his debut in the genre in the mid-90s of last century, will perform this December 15 in the Metropolitan Park of Havana.

The Acosta Danza Company, founded and directed by First Dancer Carlos Acosta, will present its season "Destinations" at the Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso, on November 30, December 1 and 2.

The current situation and projections on the process of computerization of society in Cuba will focus the attention of the XV Ibero-American Seminar for the exchange and updating of science and technology management (IBERGECYT), which will be inaugurated next Wednesday in this capital.

Closed ovations received the show Stars of American Ballet danced in the Mella Theater of this capital by several dancers of the New York City Ballet (NYCB), who perform here as part of the XXVI Alicia Alonso International Ballet Festival.

The relevance of the Cuban National Ballet (BNC) for national culture was highlighted this Sunday night by Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of the Councils of States and Ministers of the Republic of Cuba, in his opening remarks of the XXVI International Ballet Festival of Havana.

The International Congress Cubamotricidad 2018, attended by delegates from 49 countries and defined as a celebration of life, sports and health, kicked off yesterday in Havana with a show that included music and dance.