Renowned Cuban historian, Dr. Gloria García, was awarded post-Morten the National History Award for the work of her entire life at the International Book Fair that winds up on Sunday in Havana.... More


The art gallery of Old Havana’s Rubén Martínez Villena library will be the venue of an exhibition titled El alma desnuda (The Naked Soul) by renowned Cuban artist, Ernesto García Peña.... More


Editora Abril or Abril publishing house launched a book of short stories by children’s book writer Enrique Pérez. ... More


Hace 30 años el físico Richard Feynman aseguró que un científico podía ver más belleza en una flor que un artista.... More


Neyda Izquierdo and Nelson Ponce were presented with the Cuban Book Editing and Design Awards for 2013 at the 23rd International Book Fair, Cuba 2014, currently underway in Havana.... More


The emblematic Martí Theater located in Havana will reopen on Monday, February 24th, four decades after closing. ... More


Young Cuban ballerina, Viengsay Valdés, will again make headlines at the International Book Fair, Cuba 2014, as her biography is set to be launched at the arts gathering. ... More


National Film Award Laureate and founder of the Cuban Film Institute –ICAIC-, José Massip, passed away in Havana over the weekend at the age of 88.... More


Havana, February 10 (RHC)-- Cuban National Film Prize winner 2012, Jose Massip, passed away over the weekend in Havana after fighting a long illness, according to an announcement on Sunday by the Cuban Film Institute.... More


China’s Disabled Performers Company will debut in Cuba at Havana’s National Theater on Saturday and Sunday with the show My dream. ... More


Yale University's main mixed choir, the Yale Glee Club –YGC-, will visit Cuba from March 10 through 15 to sing and exchange with some of their Cuban counterparts. ... More


Cuban musician and composer, César Pedroso, nicknamed Pupy, and 90 year-old singer, Adriano Rodríguez, were presented the National Music Awards for 2013, granted by the Culture Ministry to Cuban music celebrities for the work of their entire life.... More


The house where 19th century Cuban poetess, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, was born was declared a National Monument on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the establishment of Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe, today known as Camagüey. ... More


Havana, February 3 (RHC)-- Saudi Arabia will again participate at Cuba's International Book Fair this year for the second time after a successful participation at the literary event held in 2013.... More


500th Anniversary of Camagüey

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


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