Cuba ratified today at the Executive Council of UNESCO its commitment to the values and mandate of that organization in the pursuit of peace and the promotion of sustainable development.

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban communist party and president of the country, mourned today the death of Rogelio Martinez Fure, an outstanding Cuban folklorist, ethnologist and researcher.

Cuban Reiniel Perez, 23, won the Loewe International Poetry Prize 2022 for his book Las silabas y el cuerpo(The Syllables and the Body), becoming the youngest author to receive this award in its 35th edition.

Tickets for the 27th Alicia Alonso International Ballet Festival of Havana, which will be held in the Avellaneda and Covarrubias halls of the National Theater, in this capital, will go on sale starting Wednesday, Oct. 5.

 The popular Cuban actress Aurora Basnuevo, National Humor Award (2004) and National Radio Award (2009), died today in Havana at the age of 84.

The strong historical and cultural ties between Cuba and the Canary Islands were captured in two documentaries currently screened in Cabaiguán, the Cuban municipality where most emigrants from that Spanish region settled.

On September 22 to 25, the province of Villa Clara will host the 7th Meeting of Hispano-American Writers, dedicated this time to the genre of narrative and to be attended by a large number of foreign guests from Venezuela, Colombia and Chile.

The Chinese Colony of the province of Holguín celebrated its 90th anniversary this weekend with a number of activities, including tributes, presentations of research works, exhibitions, traditional dances and parades, as its nearly 170 members reassert their commitment to the conservation of historical and other traditions inherited from their ancestors, as well as to the constant development of close ties with provincial culture.

The University of Havana (U.H.) announced today a program of activities for the 295th anniversary of its founding on January 5, 2023, when it will recall to be the oldest university in Cuba and one of the first in the Americas.

Renowned painter, draftsman, illustrator and muralist Cosme Proenza Almaguer (Baguanos, 1948) died early this morning at the Vladimir Ilich Lenin Hospital in Holguin(eastern Cuba).

Two thousand films, more than 300 scripts and more than 100 posters were registered for the 43rd edition of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana, scheduled to be held December 1 to 11 this year.

SANTAGO DE CUBA, Cuba, Sep 5 (ACN) The 18th International Circus Festival Circuba 2022 concluded on Sunday with the awards gala at the Heredia Theater in Santiago de Cuba(eastern Cuba), after four days full of spectacle, magic and technical rigor, with the call "Never Stop Dreaming".

Cuba, Sep 4 (ACN) After four days of artistic skills and intense cultural activity, the 18th International Circus Festival CIRCUBA 2022 was described as a success.

The 18th International Circus Festival Circuba 2022 began with a gala full of colors, magic and talent at the Heredia Theater in Santiago de Cuba (eastern Cuba), an event extended until September 4.