Bathed in the Caribbean’s typical rhythm, color and joy, the 43rd Fiesta del Fuego Festival kicked off in this city with an opening gala that displayed the region’s most authentic popular culture, with emphasis on the cultural expressions of Salvador de Bahia, the Brazilian state to which the Festival is dedicated this year.

The Casa del Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (House of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema) is calling for the "What do you know about the Festival" contest, which through the Arte 7 film magazine, will be answering questions on different aspects that are part of the history of the event.

In the context of the 50th anniversary of the Cuban News Agency, the “Mariana de Gonitch” Lyrical Singing Academy granted the media outlet the Distinction to the Cultural Merit.

Cuba will host the 3rd International Meeting of Collectors and Music Lovers on June 21 to 23 to bring together music enthusiasts and specialists in a space dedicated to celebrating and sharing knowledge and experiences.

In order to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Havana Convention Center, to be held in September this year, the program of activities to be carried out for this commemoration was announced today.

Some 66 cartoonists, humorists and other artists from 24 countries will expose the current fight against neo-fascism through in an exhibit of their works during the First International Biennial of Political Satire to take place in this city capital June 14-28.

The 30th Havana International Poetry Festival, to be held from May 27 to June 1, will be dedicated to African poetry on the 90th anniversary of the poet, anthropologist and Africanist Natalia Bolivar.

The 7th International Timbalaye Forum began on Sunday in Italy and will take place until May 25, under the slogan Cuba in movement: Reflections in anthropology, literature, music and dance, based on the Routes of the enslaved people.

The photographic exhibition "Palestine Lives On" was inaugurated at Havana’s International Press Center on the occasion of the 76th commemoration of the Nakba, the date when around 800,000 Palestinian civilians were displaced and dispossessed of land and property in 1948.

Dedicated to the Brazilian state of Bahia, the 43rd Caribbean Festival “Fiesta del Fuego”, will take place in this city on July 3 to 9 under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and its provincial division.

Twenty years after its creation, my brigade is still here is the slogan that accompanies the Jose Marti Art Instructor Brigade (BJM), which is about to celebrate a new anniversary and ratifies its commitment to continue bringing culture to every part of the country.

To celebrate International Museum Day, from May 14 to 18, Havana's Historic Center will host exhibitions, tours, concerts and lectures on those spaces for cultural development.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, congratulated today the casino dancers who broke the world record for the largest number of people dancing at the same time in Cuba.

On May 6 to 12, Cuba will host the 4th International Educational Film Festival (MICE), an event aimed at children and young people, teachers, media specialists and the general public, who will enjoy professional, educational and audiovisual films made by children and teenagers in learning settings.