Culture

Chilean film with special premiere in Havana

Published on: March 6, 2025
12:56

Havana, Mar 6 (Prensa Latina) The Chilean film 'Violeta went to heaven' will have a special launching today at the Riviera movie theater in Havana as part of this month´s tributes to women this month.

Cuban president laments artist Edesio Alejandro’s death

Published on: March 5, 2025
18:38

Havana, Mar 5 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Díaz-Canel lamented the death of the Cuban performer, composer, arranger and music producer Edesio Alejandro on Wednesday, and expressed his condolences to the artist's family and friends on his X account.

Cuban cinema saddened by death of musician Edesio Alejandro

Published on: March 5, 2025
16:24

Havana, Mar 5 (Prensa Latina) The news of the death today in Madrid of the Cuban musician, composer, producer and performer Edesio Alejandro, has brought mourning to Cuban cinema, to which he dedicated iconic works.

Cuban journalists union observes Press Day

Published on: March 5, 2025
15:42

Havana, Mar 5 (Prensa Latina) A pilgrimage to the tomb of Cuban independence activist Juan Gualberto Gomez, in Havana’s Christopher Columbus Cemetery, opened celebrations on Wednesday for the Day of the Cuban Press.

Cuban Minister of Culture regrets death of Edesio Alejandro

Published on: March 5, 2025
13:48

Havana, Mar 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Minister of Culture, Alpidio Alonso, on Wednesday mourned the death of performer, composer, arranger and music producer Edesio Alejandro, as he offered condolences in the name of Cuban artists and the people at large in his X account.

Carnival in the Dominican Republic confirm popular culture

Published on: March 4, 2025
11:16

Santo Domingo, Mar 4 (Prensa Latina) Carnival is today one of the most important celebrations in the Dominican Republic and the most important to confirm popular culture with a sense of freedom and identity.

Bonifacio Byrne poetry contest awarded in Cuba

Published on: March 3, 2025
15:55

Matanzas, Cuba, Mar 3 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban city of Matanzas today held the awards ceremony for the Bonifacio Byrne provincial poetry contest, one of the most important of its kind in the country. According to the award ceremony for the contest, read by jury member and National Publishing Prize winner Alfredo Zaldívar, the award on this occasion went to the work ¨Las horas que pierdo¨ /The hours I Lose/ by the writer Eduardo González.

National Ballet of Cuba begins season in Havana

Published on: March 1, 2025
09:17

Havana, Mar 1 (Prensa Latina) The National Ballet of Cuba (BNC), under the general direction of Viengsay Valdés, begins today, at 20:00, local time, a season of presentations at the Avellaneda hall of the National Theater, in this capital.

“Women by Eyeife”, an event in Cuba for International Women’s Day

Published on: March 1, 2025
09:12

Havana, Mar 1 (Prensa Latina) The electronic music festival “Women by Eyeife”, a tribute from Cuba to female creativity and for gender equality, will take place on March 7 and 8 at Fábrica de Arte Cubano, in this capital.

“El enigma de la Coubre”at the traditional Cuba’s Book Saturday

Published on: March 1, 2025
09:06

Havana, Mar 1 (Prensa Latina) “El enigma de la Coubre”, by Colombian researcher and journalist Hernando Calvo Ospina, is the title of the book that will be presented at the traditional Book Saturday event in Havana.

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