Viengsay Valdés, prima ballerina of the Cuban National Ballet (BNC), was appointed director of that prestigious company by Cuban Minister of Culture Alpidio Alonso.

The company Codanza has officially announced the 6th edition of the Vladimir Malakhov North Atlantic Dance Competition and Grand Prix, to be held in this eastern Cuban city from September 21-27, 2020.

The renowned Cuban singer Omara Portuondo was awarded the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts for the year 2019 by the Spanish Council of Ministers.

Acosta Danza, a company directed by first dancer Carlos Acosta, will perform in Chile in early January 2020 as part of the Santiago a Mil International Festival.

Teatro de Las Estaciones, a group from Matanzas, Cuba, won the prize for Best Puppet Show given by the Dominican International Festival of Theatre for Children and Youth FITIJ-2019, one of the main dramaturgical events in the Caribbean and Central America.

Cuba enriched the bibliographic collection of the Hebei Foreign Studies University, northern China, with the donation of a book collection from Cuban authors to contribute to the Spanish teaching in that school.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla had a meeting this Tuesday with Dr Benjamin Chavis, executive director of the US National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA).

The multidisciplinary project of the Cuban Art Factory (FAC), led by musician X Alfonso, was nominated for the fourth consecutive time at the World Travel Awards (WTA).

This weekend, Venezuela will pay tribute to legendary Cuban musician Benny More and the 500th anniversary of the founding of Havana, where the National Philharmonic Orchestra of that country, among others, will perform.

Removing the stereotypes that affect the talent of the Latin actors within Hollywood film productions is currently one of the main working goals of the Screen Actors Guild- American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam will be the Guest of Honor of the 29th International Book Fair Havana 2020, the most popular and massive event of Cuban literature, according to the Cultural Communication Center of the Ministry of Culture of Cuba.

Representatives of Cuba and the member states of the Caribbean Community celebrated the CARICOM-Cuba Day, on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties of that region with the largest island of the Antilles.

The National Association of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC) will grant the Tomas Gutierrez Alea International Film Award to Spanish writer and producer Manuel Gutierrez Aragon, in the Villena hall of the UNEAC haedquarters at 4 p.m. today.

The 41st Havana International Film Festival will start today, dedicated to Cuban filmmaker Santiago Alvarez (1919-1998) on his centennial and the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC).