The prominent Cuban actor Ruben Breña, who was hospitalized in ICU at the Hermanos Amejeiras Clinical Surgical Hospital, passed away on Thursday at 69 in Havana.

Alpidio Alonso Grau, Cuban minister of culture, congratulated today all Cuban poets, on the celebration of World Poetry Day by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO).

The launching of the book Fidel, by Katiuska Blanco, marked the end of the 31st International Book Fair held in the city of Santiago de Cuba.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the Republic, congratulated today the outstanding Cuban pianist and composer Frank Fernandez, 2005 National Music Prize, on the celebration of his 79th birthday.

Authorities of the Cuban Ministry of Higher Education (MES) met with Mario Oliva Suarez and Jeronimo Domingo Ricardez Jimenez, head of the General Division of International Relations (DGRI) and director of the School of Accounting and Administration, respectively, of the University of Veracruz (UV) in order to develop cooperation based on the strategies of the Mexican government.

As of today, Cuba’s Casa de las Américas is hosting the 2nd International Colloquium Patria (Homeland), attended by some 60 foreign guests and more than a hundred Cuban specialists.

The 20th International Documentary Film Festival “Santiago Alvarez In Memoriam” concluded in this city after five days of screenings, theoretical panels and master classes.

The exhibition Mujeres, Vidas Paralelas (Women, Parallel Lives), by the Argentine-Spanish photographer Oscar Pipkin, opened at the Museo Casa de la Obra Pía in Havana's Old Section as a tribute to International Women's Day.

Named after Piña Colada, the flavored refreshing drink, an arts festival taking place in the Cuban central province of Ciego de Avila in April will promote the works of talented young artists.

The Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz University of Camagüey (UC), the first higher education center founded in post-revolution Cuba, prioritizes the integration of internationalization processes and management of science and innovation for the benefit of strategic sectors of the country.

The presence of 10 foreign exhibitors is one of the main novelties of the 31st International Book Fair to be held in the province of Cienfuegos from March 9 to 12.

An international visual arts exhibit entitled “Childhood Embraced by War” opened Wednesday at Santiago de Cuba’s Francisco Prat Puig Cultural Center marking Homeland Defender Day, which is observed every February 23rd in Russia and other former Soviet republics.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel met on Wednesday with a group of representatives of artists and intellectuals from all provinces of the country to follow up on initiatives derived from the latest 9th Congress of the Union of Cuban Artists and Writers--UNEAC.
The head of state addressed the importance to consider discussions of recent UNEAC provincial assemblies held in January.

 The 10th British Culture Week opened today in Old Havana’s Plaza Vieja with an exhibition of large-format graphic design called A cielo abierto (In the open) and the presence of Sir George Hollingbery, ambassador of the United Kingdom to Cuba.