Camaguey's Chef Frank Rodriguez Pino returned from China to this city as the only Cuban doubly honored at the Gourmand Awards 2016 world contest, on culinary, wine and drinks books.

The Cuban musician Adalberto Álvarez will chair the First International Meeting of Masters to dance Son and Casino, which will be held from October 28 to 30 in Spain, reported Prensa Latina.

Puerto Rico´s governor Alejandro García Padilla said he expects to open an office in Havana to promote trade and cultural exchange.

The first international preparatory meeting of the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students will be on session from June 4 to 7 in the city of Caracas, capital of Venezuela.

The director of the Matanzas Chamber Chorus Jose Antonio Mendez Valencia said on Monday in Matanzas, that the audience that assisted in the performance of Morgan State University Chorus applauded with satisfaction the memorable concert.

In compliance with a cooperation agreement signed by the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro and South African leader Nelson Mandela a new group of 22 Cuban doctors arrived in South Africa on Sunday.

The 34th Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) granted Josefina Vidal, director general of the United States Department of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, the prize given by the organization.

Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba (LADC) will perform on Friday for the first time in Turkey during the end of the 2015-2016 theater season of the Is Sanat Istanbul Concert Hall, announced a press release by the company.

RTV Comercial, a Radio and Television marketing company, planned for next year taking two areas of Havana to create attractive projects that seduce people, Joel Ortega, director general of the Cuban enterprise, told ACN.

The 20th International Fair Cubadisco 2016 came to an end yesterday through the premiere of the concert Symphonic Formell at the Covarrubias Hall of the National Theater.

Innovative design projects won the 2016 ONDi Prizes, an award conferred in this capital as part of the activities of the First Biennial of Design of Havana, BDHabana 2016.

The phonograms Caribe Nostrum by maestro Guido López-Gavilán and Eternal Music Chamber Orchestra, and La salsa tiene mi son, by Elito Revé and his Charangón won the Grand Prize of the 20th International Fair Cubadisco 2016.

Next weekend, Audiovisuals ICAIC (Cuban Film Institute) will offer a new cinematographic service to foreign film production, in this case, for the U.S. film Transformers 5, directed by Michael Bay for Paramount Pictures.

Political, cultural and academic authorities of Cyprus paid tribute to Leo Brouwer, famed Cuban composer, guitarist and orchestra director visiting that country, diplomatic sources informed on Wednesday.