UNICEF's Cuba representative Maria Machicado highlighted on Tuesday in Havana the island's efforts in improving the quality of education and generating space of exchanges between professors from several nations.

The Nicolas Guillern Foundation will host a meeting of intellectuals on July 10th and 11th to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the 2nd International Congress of Writers in Defense of Culture, announced its organizers on Monday.

Cuba will be the next guest of honor at the Santa Cruz Book Fair where a large representation of the island is expected, according to the Cuban General Consul of the eastern Bolivian city, Raul Sanchez Atencio.

The 3rd Edition of the AM-PM America for its Music event is scheduled from June 12th to the 18th in Havana with the participation of some 30 Cuban and foreign musical producers.

Cuban researchers and academics as well as representatives from other countries stated on Monday in Camaguey that they favor the application of technological, contextualized and responsibe evaluations in harmony with the environment and the comprehensive participation of all sciences.

The album Sobreviviente, by popular duet Buena Fe, won the Grand Prize of the Cubadisco 2017 International Fair, which runs in this city until May 21st.

The Museum of the Revolution, located in Havana will exhibit unique objects with rich heritage value next May 18th , International Museum Day.

The poster contest # NoMásBloqueo was convened today in this city with the aim of encouraging and promoting from design the fight against the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba.

The Cuban ambassador to China, Miguel Ángel Ramírez, and Chinese Vice Minister Wu Shangzhi agreed that bilateral cultural ties will be expanded during the XXVII International Book Fair in Havana, according to a Prensa Latina news report.

Cuban Minister of Culture Abel Prieto received the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ((UNESCO) Director-General Irina Bokova who is on an official visit to Cuba.

Canadian Students from the Smithers D.C High School and members of the Cuban Nuevas Liras group and Los Tres del Son Trio met in a cultural exchange on Wednesday in the province of Artemisa.

The 8th Edition of the Olorum Festival began on Thursday in Camaguey the theoretic sessions with a special intervention by Dr. Olga Garcia Yero on the life and work of the renowned Cuban documentary filmmaker Sara Gomez.

The 16th International African and Afro American Culture began on Wednesday in Santiago de Cuba with the objective of revealing the economic and social reality of the continent, cultural manifestations and its legacy in Cuba, America and the Caribbean.

Scientific collaboration, trade and sustainable prosperity in Cuba were among the topics discussed at the first scientific-academic meeting between the Institute of Plant Health Research (INISAV by its Spanish acronym) and the universities of Havana and Florida.