In the presence of artists, promoters and researchers from 15 countries, the province of Holguín will host the 28th Ibero-American Culture Festival on October 24 thru 30.

 Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Party's Central Committee and president of the country, said today that the death of visual artist Juan Moreira, at 83, leaves a painful gap in the visual arts field and in those who admire his work.

On the occasion of World Food Day, the 3rd Zona Quinta Festival will be held on October 15 and 16 in its usual venue at the botanical garden of Havana’s Quinta de los Molinos.

With more than 70 participants from 11 countries, the province of Holguín will host the International Arts and Crafts Fair Iberoarte 2022 on November 4 to 20, sponsored by the local chapter of the Cuban Fund of Cultural Assets (FCBC).

An exhibit and auction of works of art donated by Cuban artists was launched in Mexico City on Tuesday to collect funds aimed at supporting the recovery of Cuban western territories, hard hit by the recent passage of hurricane Ian.

The fifth International Colloquium of Studies on Native Cultures of The Americas opened doors at Havana’s Casa de Las Americas cultural institution.

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.