Culture

Venezuelan Book Fair focuses on critical thinking

Published on: August 15, 2022
16:24

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Caracas, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) The Caracas Book Fair 2022, in Venezuela, takes place with themes associated with the battle of ideas, critical and decolonizing thinking, the presence of women, children's books and poetry.

Virtues of community project in Cuba highlighted

Published on: August 15, 2022
00:55

By: Elsy Fors Garzon

Havana, Aug 16 (Prensa Latina) The president of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba (parliament), Esteban Lazo, defined the Cabildo Quisicuaba Sociocultural Project as one of the most humanistic in Havana and the country.

Cuban Union of Writers and Artists congratulated notable writer

Published on: August 14, 2022
13:53

By: Elsy Fors Garzon

Havana, Aug 14 (Prensa Latina) The Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (Uneac) today congratulated the National Prize for Literature, playwright, novelist, poet and essayist Antón Arrufat, on his 87th birthday.

Cuban academic and cultural centers evoke Fidel Castro’s legacy

Published on: August 13, 2022
08:00

By: Juan M. Garcia

Havana, Aug 13 (Prensa Latina) Academic and cultural institutions in Cuba have evoked the imprint of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, on his 96th birthday on Saturday.

A sentinel in the mountain

Published on: August 13, 2022
00:45

By: Juan M. Garcia

Cairo, Aug 13 (Prensa Latina) Above the hustle and bustle of the city of Cairo, like a silent and haughty sentinel, the Citadel has stood for more than 800 years, an impressive medieval fortress erected by Sultan Saladin, founder of the Ayyubid Dynasty in Egypt, which was later on developed by different rulers.

Summer cultural program promotes book dedicated to Fidel Castro

Published on: August 9, 2022
07:49

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Havana, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) The Provincial Center of Book and Literature in Havana is promoting on Tuesday the panel "Fidel en las artes" (Fidel in the Arts), one of the initiatives in honor of the 96th anniversary of the birth of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution.

Olivia Newton-John, pop singer and actress, dies at 73

Published on: August 8, 2022
18:36

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) Olivia Newton-John, the Australian singer whose breathy voice and wholesome beauty made her one of the biggest pop stars of the '70s and charmed generations of viewers in the blockbuster movie "Grease," died on Monday, according to a statement from her husband. She was 73.

Sites linked to Fidel Castro will remember him in Santiago de Cuba

Published on: August 8, 2022
15:24

By: Elsy Fors Garzon

Santiago de Cuba, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) The numerous sites closely linked to the life and work of Fidel Castro are getting ready here today to celebrate his 96th birthday on the 13th, as happens with prodigal sons.

Cuba commemorates two outstanding local artists´ births

Published on: August 5, 2022
17:15

By: Ana Ibis Falcón Lamoth

Havana, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) Cubas´s National Council for Performing Arts (CNAE, in Spanish) on Friday commemorated the births of two outstanding Cuban artists Baritone Rafael Aquino and dancer and actress Nieves Riovalles.

President Díaz-Canel recognizes work of digital media Cubadebate

Published on: August 5, 2022
15:45

By: Elsy Fors Garzon

Havana, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Díaz-Canel recognized today the important role played by the Cubadebate site in clarifying the reality of the island at the international level and confronting the media war.

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