culture

Havana D’Primera celebrates 15 years in Cuba’s sound industry

Published on: October 4, 2022
13:03

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Havana, Oct 4 (Prensa Latina) With a distinctive sound within Cuba's popular music and a catalog of awards that endorse its quality, the Havana D'Primera orchestra is celebrating its 15th anniversary.

Cuba condemns blockades and conflicts impact culture

Published on: September 29, 2022
16:20

By: Pavel López Lazo

Mexico City, Sep 29 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Culture Minister Alpidio Alonso on Thursday condemned at UNESCO's Mundiacult Congress in Mexico that conflicts and blockades such as those imposed by the United States really affect the culture.

Prominent Cuban actress Aurora Basnuevo dies

Published on: September 26, 2022
13:11

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Havana, Sep 26 (Prensa Latina) After an outstanding career in radio, cinema, and television, Cuban actress Aurora Basnuevo, popularly remembered for her character Estelvina, passed away in Havana on Monday.

Cuban intellectuals commemorate close ties with Eusebio Leal

Published on: September 8, 2022
12:58

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Havana, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) The House of the Emeritus of the Americas Benito Juarez will host today in this capital the Eusebio Leal and his founding spirit talks, dedicated to the Historian of Havana on his 80th birthday.

Cuba’s National Library dedicates event to outstanding historian

Published on: September 7, 2022
13:24

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Havana, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) The National Library of Cuba, in Havana, dedicated its monthly The Author and His Work event on Wednesday to historian Alberto Prieto, 2019 National Social, and Humanistic Sciences and 2020 History award winner.

International Circus Festival opens in Santiago de Cuba

Published on: September 1, 2022
12:38

By: Ana Ibis Falcón Lamoth

Santiago de Cuba, Sep 1 (Prensa Latina) The CIRCUBA International Festival opened on Thursday with the participation of 11 countries, according to the director of the event's office, Rodolfo Pacios.

Cuba ratifies filmmaker Lester Hamlet’s right to return home

Published on: August 25, 2022
12:35

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Havana Aug 25 (Prensa Latina) Authorities from cultural institutions in Cuba ratified the right of filmmaker and audiovisual producer Lester Hamlet to return home whenever he wishes and by virtue of his constitutional rights.

Cuba’s Havana D’Primera orchestra announces European tour

Published on: August 24, 2022
01:00

By: Juan M. Garcia

Havana, Aug 24 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Havana D'Primera orchestra announced the dates of its next international tour of 17 European cities from September 3 to October 2.

Oralitura Habana Project celebrates Cuban Radio’s 100th Anniversary

Published on: August 22, 2022
14:46

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Havana, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) The Oralitura Habana project celebrates the centenary of the Cuban Radio, which today faces new communicational challenges attached to the commitment of taking the nation's soundscape to the world.

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.

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