Making Latin American common historic and cultural background in a tool for unity and development, based on dialog, cooperation and solidarity is the challenge posed on Ibero-American nations.

The curtains of Alicia Alonso Havana´s Grand Theatre will go up tonight for the opening of the homonymous International Ballet Festival of Havana, which in this 25th edition will feature guests from 16 countries.

The company of Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta was declared on Monday as the new international company to be associated with the Sadler's Wells Theater of London, and it's already preparing a tour for 2017.

The film Esteban, first work of Cuban director Jonal Cosculluela, was selected to participate in the Iberian-American Film Festival of Huelva, to be held on November 11-20 in Spain.

The art of Cuban troubadour Rey Montalvo will be present as of October 21 in Argentina, on the occasion of the tour De Paso, to promote Cuban culture in cities of the South American nation until November 26.

The documentary Piedras y Almas (Stones and Souls), by Cuban Carlos Collazo, was selected to participate in the Latin American Film Festival of Trieste, to be held on October 22-30 in Italy.

The mythical Cuban orchestra founded by late artist Juan Formell, Los Van Van, began on Wednesday in Spain a tour of several European countries, which will conclude on November 5 in Paris, France.

The inhabitants of the Cuban eastern city of Bayamo, in Granma province, will hold a political and cultural ceremony to mark the 148th anniversary of the first time the Cuban national anthem was sung in public.

Cuban fiction film Conducta (Behavior) by movie maker Ernesto Daranas won the Grand Prize at the Insularia-Islas Film Festival in Tenerife, the Canary Islands.

Cuban Diva Omara Portuondo will give four concerts in the United States as part of her 85 Tour, with which she will celebrate seven decades of artistic career.

During Cuban Culture week, art companies and organizations including the experienced and award winning Guantanamo Guiñol and members of the Hermano Saiz Association will take their talents to the areas affected by Hurricane Matthew aimed at offering hope and support to the people.

Cuba's Information Technology and Advanced Telematics Service (CITMATEL), based in Havana, announced the uploading on Thursday of its on-line bookstore with a varied array of Cuban e-books, videos, multimedia, magazines in different languages, which can be downloaded and accessed at www.libreriavirtualcuba.com.

French intellectual Salim Lamrani presented on Monday at the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) headquarters his book Fidel Castro, Hero of the Disinherited, where he highlights the world transcendence of the Cuban leader.

The popular duo Gente de Zona and urban music artist Jacob Forever were winners on Thursday of the 2016 Latin American Music Awards held at the Dolby Theater of Hollywood, California.