The 43rd International Festival of New Latin American Cinema starts today in Havana with the screening of Santiago Mitre’s feature film Argentina 1985.

 The knowledge held by Cuban light rum masters was added today to UNESCO’s list of intangible heritage.

The book entitled “Lo primero que hay que salvar” (What’s the First to be Solved), a compilation of speeches by the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro at conferences and meetings of the Union of Cuban Artists and Writers (UNEA), was launched Friday in this easter city.

As part of the activities to commemorate the 6th anniversary of the physical loss of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, journalist and essayist Katiuska Blanco Castiñeiras presented today the new edition of her book Angel, la raiz gallega de Fidel (Angel, Fidel's Galician Roots).

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban communist party and president of the country, expressed his sorrow today, from Russia, over the death of the outstanding Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanes at 79.

Manuel Marrero Cruz, Cuban PM, mourned today on Twitter the death of singer-songwriter Pablo Milanes, in Madrid, at 77.

The Iberoarte 2022 International Crafts Fair, sponsored by the Cuban Fund for Cultural Goods (FCBC) in the province, concluded on Sunday in Holguin(eastern Cuba) with the closing of the exhibition and commercial activities.

Ediciones UO, of the Universidad de Oriente (UO), has become the first of its kind in Cuba to publish on the digital platform ULibros of the Association of University Publishers of Latin America and the Caribbean (EULAC).

The 39th Winter Film Festival, dedicated to women in cinema and to the 50th anniversary of the premiere of the film Girón, opened its doors in this city with the screening of Cuban filmmaker Gloria Rolando’s documentary Diálogo con mi abuela [Talking with my grandmother].

In the year of the 46th anniversary of the Cubanacan Cinema Club, the 39th Winter Festival will be held in Villa Clara Nov 15-19.

Havana’s Casa de Las Americas cultural institution sent a message on Twitter regretting the passing of outstanding Brazilian Singer Gal Costa.

Major lines of business, import and export and production linkage development to diversify the business portfolio of Cuban and foreign creators rank high on the agenda of the International Crafts Fair Iberoarte 2022, which gathers creators, entrepreneurs and suppliers from several countries in this city of eastern Cuba.

 Filmmaker Santiago Rony Feliú presented Lo primero que hay que salvar (The First Thing to Save), a 52-minute-long documentary film about the presence of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro in the Revolution’s cultural activity and his role in milestones such as the literacy campaign and the founding of Casa de las Américas and the Union of Cuban Writers and Artists.

Creators, researchers, critics, teachers, students, managers, programmers and communicators engaged in performing arts and other art fields will gather in Havana from November 14 to December 16 to develop the International Laboratory Traspasos Escénicos 2022.