Culture

Cuban educator Yoandra Perez Mendoza, resident of the city of Bayamo, thanked Commander in Chief Fidel Castro for the creation of special schools and a guarantee in the country for the comprehensive development and the social insertion of the children with Down Syndrome.

Students and ballet teachers from several countries will exchange in Cuba about artistic education, from March 25 to April 7, announced today the event''s president, Ramona de Saa.

The presentation of the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) will be a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the culture of the island, considered today an authority of that North American institution.

Vice president of the Cuban Book Institute Edel Morales said at a press conference that 318 guests have been confirmed among intellectuals, authors and exhibitors, of whom 104 are writers, a number that he said will be increased.

The Tumba Francesa was the first in 2008, in response to the values of this manifestation that arrived in the east of the island with Haitian slaves, in which dance, singing and percussion are mixed and it is still palyed in the Cuban town of Sagua de Tánamo, in eastern Holguín province.

The event takes place almost a year after the physical disappearance of the Commander in Chief and more than 150 professors and university students from almost the entire country confirmed their attendance

Facebook users reported seeing a fraudulent message in September 2016 claiming Stallone had been found dead at his LA home.

The program of the International New Latin American Film Festival includes a total of 404 films, Giroudsaid. Argentina has the largest representation with 65 films, followed by Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Chile and Colombia, in addition to others in the region and the world. Two films from Cuba will be competing in fiction films for the CoralPrize: Los buenos demonios, by Gerardo Chijona, and Sergio & Serguéi, by Ernesto Daranas

Cuban artists and writers are involved in the educational improvement of the country, as it was highlighted in the 6th UNEAC National Convention, attended by Miguel Díaz-Canel

In a workshop on solidarity with Cuba and Venezuela, and by panelists from both countries, the auditorium was full, with the presence of Aleida Guevara, the daughter of Ernesto Che Guevara

The Marquez family is well known in Las Tunas for their dedication and defense of concert and popular music

The award is to highlight the contribution of renowned figures in culture, science and sports, in the patriotic and revolutionary formation of the Cuban youth

The twetieth contest of young jazz musicians will begin in Havana next November 16, with the turrnout of 178 artists from nine provinces of the country

Sergio Jorge Pastrana, director general of the institution, told the ACN that the distinction will be granted in a ceremony in the Paraninfo of the ACC