Five hundred years ago, on February 2, 1514, Spanish colonizers founded one of the first seven cities established in Cuba at Guincho Point, Nuevitas. It was named Santa María del Príncipe, today known as Camagüey... More
Canadian editor and writer, Stephen Kimber, will tour the northern part of the US State of California to promote his most recent volume What Lies across the Water: The Real Story of the Cuban Five. ... More
Ecuadorean President, Rafael Correa, is scheduled to participate at the International Book Fair Cuba 2014 in February dedicated to the South American nation. ... More
Shanghai Symphony musicians will join their Cuban counterparts in a unique concert conducted by Chinese maestro Cao Peng at Havana’s National Theater.... More
The home where 19th century Cuban poet, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, was born in the central eastern city of Camagüey, formerly known as Puerto Príncipe, will be declared a National Monument in February.... More
New York, January 28 (RHC)-- U.S. peace activist, environmentalist, songwriter, and folk legend Pete Seeger died on Monday at the age of 94. Confirmed by family members, Seeger is reported to have died of natural causes at a hospital not far from his longtime home in the town of Beacon, New York along the Hudson River. ... More
As part of celebrations marking the 500th anniversary of the city’s establishment, the Metropolitan Cathedral of the central eastern city of Camagüey received the tile of Minor Basilica by decree of Pope Francis I.... More
2012 National Fine Arts Award winner, Cuban painter Ever Fonseca and his band are set to be on a tour of the island to let audiences know about his poetic and musical skills.... More
Nicolas Dorr and Gerardo Fulleda were presented the National Theater Award for 2014 at a ceremony in Havana’s Bertolt Brecht Cultural Center on the occasion of Cuban Theater Day.... More
The Cuban National Ballet Company will dedicate the 24th International Ballet Festival in late October and early November to honor the memory of famous English playwright, writer and poet, William Shakespeare.... More
Argentina, Cuba, Mexico and Colombia are the countries which sent the most entries to the 55th Casa de las Américas Literary Prize competition that got underway on the island Monday.... More
For his feats in the conquest of Mexico the Spanish Crown granted Francisco García Holguín land in the northeastern part of the island from the Jigüe to the Marañon Rivers in 1545, prompting García Holguín, his wife Isabel Fernández de Sandoval, and some followers, to found the first village in the area.... More
Cuban singer-songwriter, Silvio Rodríguez, will offer a concert on Sunday, January 19th, in Old Havana’s Saint Francis of Assisi Square to mark the 15th anniversary of Habana Radio station.... More
Architecture and urban design in Cuba’s heritage cities in the context of their contemporary conflicts will the theme of the 7th National Symposium “Challenges in the Management of Cities” set for February 4 through 6 in the eastern city of Camagüey.... More
Ecuador’s Culture and Heritage Ministry has announced the attendance of 23 authors from that South American nation to the 23rd International Book Fair, Cuba 2014, set to open in Havana on February 13th.... More
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