Musicians and poets from Cuba, the United States and Canada will join today in a virtual concert to demand an end to Washington's economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba.

With the screening of the documentary film 'Santiago das Americas ou o olho do española mundo,' by Silvio Tendler, the 35th edition of the Latin American Film Festival in Trieste recalls today Cuban filmmaker Santiago Alvarez.

Cuba´s University of Oriente (UO), in Santiago de Cuba province, announced that it climbed four seats in the QS Latin America University Ranking 2021, as it appears 87th.
The official Twitter account of the UO released the news, which has been shared by hundreds of students and personalities demonstrating their pride in that institution.

Acosta Danza, under direction of Cuban leading dancer Carlos Acosta, will participate next October 29 in the celebration of the World Ballet Day.

Cuba is attending the eighth session of the Subsidiary Committee of the Meeting of States Parties to the 1970 Convention of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property.

Cuban publishing house ArteChef won four Best in the World prizes during the 25th edition of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2020, considered to be the Oscars of culinary scene.

The 15th Ibero-American Congress on Thinking will conclude today in the eastern Cuban city of Holguin, after several days of debate on culture as a factor of resilience.

Cubans Brady Izquierdo and Javier Curbelo were awarded at the Covid-19 International Cartoon Contest of Kartal, a town belonging to the metropolitan area of ​​Istanbul, Turkey.

The Cuban film Buscando a Casal (2019), directed by Jorge Luis Sanchez, was selected to compete in the category of best Latin American film at the 35th edition of the Goya Awards.

Congratulatory messages from several countries, personalities and institutions were received by the Cuban people because of the National Culture Day.

Spanish Sergio Gregori's 'Unblock Cuba' documentary, which shows Cuba's reality and relation with the US, is today a guest film at the Alicante Film Festival, in Spain.

The Failde orchestra, a defender of Cuban sonority with special attention to danzon, is among the nominees for the 21st edition of the annual Latin Grammy Awards, an important international distinction that honors excellence in Latin music.

Cuban minister of culture, Alpidio Alonso, sent a fraternal greeting to the Chinese authorities on the occasion of the celebration, in virtual space, of the 27th Beijing International Book Fair, an event that has Cuba as guest of honor.

The Failde Orchestra, a staple of danzon national dance, one of Cuba's traditional musical genre, is currently on the list of voting members of the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, awarder of the Latin Grammy Awards.