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Cuba mourns death of Caribbean writer Maryse Condé

Published on: April 3, 2024
13:53

Havana, Apr 3 (Prensa Latina) The Havana-based cultural institution Casa de las Américas on Wednesday lamented the recent death of writer Maryse Condé, whom will be remembered as a giant of Caribbean letters.

Cuban intellectuals express solidarity with Maduro and Venezuela

Published on: April 3, 2024
13:42

Havana, Apr 3 (Prensa Latina) Renowned Cuban intellectual Abel Prieto on Wednesday supported the call to defend the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela from US interference in its internal affairs, especially in the presidential elections on July 28.

Casa de las Américas to recall coup d’état in Chile

Published on: September 11, 2023
00:45

Havana, Sep 11 (Prensa Latina) The Havana-based Casa de las Américas will on Monday host the 50th-Anniversary Concert in Chile, Coup, Life and Resistance, a musical tribute that will unite voices from both nations in this capital.

Cuba welcomes honorary degree granted to Abel Prieto in Nicaragua

Published on: August 16, 2023
12:48

Havana, Aug 16 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Wednesday congratulated the renowned intellectual Abel Prieto, who received the title of Honoris Causa Doctorate in Humanities from the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua.

Scholars discuss about Marxism at Casa de las Americas

Published on: July 5, 2023
14:03

Havana, Jul 5 (Prensa Latina) Scholars from eight countries are participating today in the International Summer Course "Marxist Thought and Political Practices in Afro-America", organized in Havana by Cuba's Casa de las Americas.

Cubans bid farewell to Anton Arrufat with admiration and respect

Published on: May 21, 2023
13:05

Havana, May 21 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Havana-based Casa de las Americas, Abel Prieto, expressed his sorrow on Sunday for the death in this capital of renowned writer Anton Arrufat, National Literature Award winner (2000), at the age of 87.

International Patria Colloquium condemns US blockade against Cuba

Published on: March 14, 2023
13:58

Havana, Mar 14 (Prensa Latina) Activists, intellectuals, politicians and journalists from 14 countries who are participating in the 2nd International Patria (Homeland) Colloquium, on Tuesday expressed their rejection of the blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba. In the final declaration of the event, held in Havana's Casa de las Americas, participants stressed that the blockade is an "illegal policy of economic suffocation promoted and sustained by the United States that reached a new level with the offensive of digital imperialism."

Cuba to host course on Marxist thought in Afro-America

Published on: February 28, 2023
00:30

Havana, Feb 28 (Prensa Latina) The Havana-based Casa de las Americas convened the International Summer Course on "Marxist Thought in Afro-America," which will take place from July 3 to July 7.