Cuban President Raul Castro sent a condolence message to his Uruguayan counterpart Tabaré Vázquez for the death of writer Eduardo Galeano who passed away this Monday morning.

The passing away on Monday of renowned Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano was a sad piece of news that filled Cuban writers and his readers here with dismay.

The recent Festival of Young Filmmakers of the Cuban Film Institute closed doors with a call for a legislation that protects the local movie production.

The renowned American composer and former president of Fox Music, Robert Kraft, participates in collateral sessions of the 14th ICAIC Festival of Young Filmmakers, which will take place until Sunday in this city.

The San Juan Bautista Choir of Puerto Rico is on a visit to Cuba as of April 1st and will make presentations in Havana until April 6, informed sources of the National Concert Music Center.

The national premiere of the feature film La Obra del Siglo (The Work of the Century) by young filmmaker Carlos M. Quintela took place yesterday at Havana's Chaplin Cinema as part of the opening of the 14th ICAIC Young Sample.

La 12th edition of Piña Colada Fusion Music Festival, to be held in Ciego de Ávila from April 2 to 5, will exceed the participation of artists in previous years, assured the organizers.

From today and until next April 5, the work of the new generation of Cuban filmmakers will reach Havana's movie theaters through the opening of the 14th ICAIC Young Sample.

Students, farmers, artists, self-employees, and other members of the Cuban youth are gathering today in Havana to reflect and speak their minds on issues relevant to the agenda of the 7th Summit of the Americas, to take place next month in Panama.

Master Digna Guerra, professor and director of the National Choir of Cuba, received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of the Arts (ISA by its Spanish acronym), in a ceremony that took its seat in that house of higher learning in this city.

Renowned troubadour Silvio Rodriguez will return in May to Argentina and Chile, South American nations where the art of the singer-songwriter has many admirers.

MishMash International Theatre Company will be presented in Havana with the work The nose as part of the exchange developed by centers of ASSITEJ (International Association of Theatre for Children and Youth) of Cuba and Denmark.

The 1st concert called the Guillerm Barret in Memoriam Drum Festival was dedicated to the late American researcher Chuck Silverman recognized by his contributions to the execution of the patterns of the Afro Caribbean percussion rhythms.

The singer Descemer Bueno will be present at the opening gala of the 16th Habano International Festival, dedicated this year to the Romeo y Julieta and Montecristo brands, the organizing committee said.