December 2008
Recognition to creators in FIART 2008
The XII International Craftsmanship Festival, a place where the most varied handicraft styles from different countries come together, ended the commercial activity of its pavilions until next year with the handing out of the FIART 2008 awards in the A Room, in PABEXPO. more >
November 2008
Chinese culture minister expresses solidarity with Cuba
The Chinese Minister, who arrived this Sunday in Havana, is working an intensive official exchange program between his nation and Cuba. more >
Cuban, Chinese culture ministers meet
Culture Ministers Abel Prieto (Cuba) and Cai Wu (China) met in Havana on Monday to exchange views and strengthen bilateral cultural relations. more >
October 2008
Cuba and China Expand Cultural Exchange
Zhang Rui, Foreign Affairs Director of China’s Culture Ministry, announced in Beijing that her country and Cuba will further expand cultural exchange, which will strengthen friendship relations between the two nations. more >
September 2008
Culture-Cuba: The Debate Continues
After an interruption of over a year, the Criterios theoretical-cultural centre has resumed a series of lectures analysing the impact of the Cuban government's cultural policy on the arts, one of the tangible outcomes of the debate that shook society here in early 2007. more >
May 2008
Cuba Celebrates International Day of Cultural Diversity
Cuban cultural and social institutions, led by the Ministry of Culture, in coordination with UNESCO, are carrying out a series of actions that will conclude on Wednesday with an international colloquium on diversity in the Caribbean. more >
April 2008
Cuban artists for the defence and authenticity of the national culture
Cuban artists have called for a number of policy changes to improve the presentation of Cuban culture to the world. more >
March 2008
Broad discussions on culture, politics mark Havana book fair
The 2008 Havana International Book Fair was marked by a wide range of discussions on literature, politics, history, and other topics, including debate on the Cuban Revolution’s cultural policy. more >
Cuban Artists Call for a More Radical and Liberating Culture
In an interactive forum held Wednesday, Cuban artists agreed that to promote the interests and aspirations of a revolutionary culture should be the focus of debates during the 7th Congress of the National Association of Cuban Writers and Artists. more >
Mega-Project a National Survey on the cultural consumption of Cubans
Cubans' cultural preferences over the past ten years is among the main objectives of a national survey on cultural consumption which is to be made this year. more >
UNESCO High-Ranking Official in Cuba
The General Deputy Director of the UN Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO), Francoise Riviere, is in Cuba at the invitation of the island’s Culture Ministry. more >
February 2008
Cultural Policy Debate Keeps Growing
More than a year after the outbreak of the so-called "e-mail war", the debate on cultural policy has not died down in Cuba. And although the issue is not addressed in the national media, the discussion continues, and is spreading to embrace other aspects of life in this socialist island nation. more >
Cuba and Ecuador Penned Cultural Agreement
Cuba and Ecuador have signed a cultural collaboration agreement that will enhance the exchange among arts teachers and students from both countries and will encourage the training of cultural promoters. more >
January 2008
Cuba is near to a better daily cultural program
Fernando Rojas asserted that 2007 was a year of intense cultural debates, which is something good and must be further developed. more >
Cuban Intellectuals Consider the 2007 As a Year of Important Cultural Debates
Intellectuals from Cuba have qualified the 2007 as a year of valuable cultural debates, which will have its continuity in the 2008. more >
December 2007
Raúl Castro to inaugurate in Santiago de Cuba a concert band school
The center of musical formation is part of a strategy of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro to give a Band to every single one of the more than 160 municipalities in Cuba. more >
Cuba Fosters Reading, Thinking and Dialog
Initiatives to promote books, reading, literature, thinking and dialog will spread throughout the country. more >
November 2007
U.S Scholars Ask For Normal Relations with Cuba
More than 200 artists and scholars from the USA asked their president to end the travel ban that prevents U.S. citizens from visiting Cuba and allow Cuban artists and scholars to visit the United States. more >
Cuba and Ecuador Sign Cultural Agreement
Ecuadorian Minister of Culture Antonio Preciado said the agreement seeks to take advantage of the rich experience of Cuba in cultural management. more >
Cuban writers and artists: the coming Congress
The UNEAC may state with no sense of triumphalism that thanks to the work of writers, artists and promoters and the political will of the country, the cultural network of the nation has been restored. more >
October 2007
Hip Hop & the Cuban Revolution
During the Golden Age of Hip Hop in the United States, from the 1980s to the early 1990s, the music was stealth. more >
September 2007
Cuba to Defend Cultural Diversity at Ministerial Meeting in Spain
At the 10th Annual Ministerial Meeting of INCP culture ministers in Seville, Spain, Cuba's Abel Prieto will speak about the cultural policy of the Cuban Revolution and of Cuba's position in defense of cultural diversity. more >
Cuba and Suriname to strengthen cultural cooperation
The agreement facilitates exchange programmes for artists and technical personnel. more >
August 2007
The cultural war on this country is a daily and palpable reality
Comments from Cuban intellectual Eliades Acosta Matos, currently head of the Culture Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba. more >
July 2007
Ibero-american culture Ministers ink declaration
The 10th Ibero-American Conference of Culture Ministers seeks to broaden the democratic access to culture and recognize the value of diversity. more >
June 2007
Cultural Diversity vs Colonial Models in Cuba
The United States seeks to impose a dazzling and alienating colonial model disguised as global culture to convert us into a docile and obedient flock," said Rafael Bernal, Cuba’s vice minister of Culture in Havana on Monday. more >
January 2007
Former Cuban officials resurface, enrage artists
Cuban officials who purged cultural circles in the 1960s and '70s have reappeared in public, causing outrage among the island's intellectuals and artists. more >
June 2006
Cuba's cultural policy
The arts are not always in a prominent place on the political agenda in Africa, Latin-America and Asia. Nevertheless, an increasing number of governments recognise the importance of culture in itself and in connection to social and economic development. Part sixteen in a series on cultural policy in non-Western countries. more >
May 2006
Cuba hosts international congress
The Cuban Culture Ministry is presenting the 5th International Congress on Culture and Development next year. The theme will be 'defending cultural diversity', with an extensive look at how culture is influenced by modernisation, globalisation, and politics. more >
July 2004
New web site 'Culture in the Caribbean' launched to promote the region´s rich heritage
A new web site has been launched on culture in the Caribbean created by Cuban artists and intellectuals and foreigners interested in the region´s roots and traditions. more >
Cuban and Venezuelan Culture Ministers attend Fire Festival
Cuban and Venezuelan Culture Ministers exchanged views on cultural policies in both countries Thursday with participants at the 24th Caribbean 'Fire Festival' in Santiago. more >
June 2004
Large Foreign Participation in Digital Art Exhibition in Cuba
The 6th International Digital Art Exhibition and Colloquium will take place in Havana June 21 through 27, with many works by Cuban and foreign artists from 30 countries, including Mexico, Chile and Brazil. more >
April 2004
Cuba Launches Fourth TV Channel
Cuba has inaugurated its fourth nationwide TV channel, whose programming will be aimed at boosting the Cuban people´s education and culture. more >
Che Guevara Studies Centre To Open In Havana
A new centre dedicated to the life and work of Ernesto Che Guevara will open in Havana on June 14, the 76th anniversary of his birth, his daughter Aleida recently announced. more >
Cuban And Foreign intellectuals Set To Meet On African and Afro-Latin American Culture
Cuban and foreign intellectuals will meet this month in the city of Santiago de Cuba to discuss African and Afro-Cuban culture on the Island. more >
March 2004
International Electroacoustic Music Festival to Open in Cuba
Sponsored by the National Music Center and the Laboratory of Electroacoustic Music, the 10th International Electroacoustic Music Festival Spring in Havana 2004 will take place March 15 through 21. more >
February 2004
Young Films To The Cuban Screens
Young Cuban filmmakers have a space to show their work and mingle with international peers - at a gathering organised by the Cuban Cinema Institute. more >
Cuba To Host First World Literacy Congress In 2005
Cuba is organizing the first World Literacy Congress to assist UNESCO in its fight against illiteracy, to be held parallel to Pedagogy 2005 - a biennial meeting on the challenges of education that gathers world specialists. more >
First Cuban School For Band Musicians Inaugurated
Cuba has inaugurated a novel program to facilitate people's access to culture by opening the nation's first music school for musicians of municipal concert bands. more >
January 2004
Pinar del Rio To Preserve Music Heritage With New Centre
In an effort to preserve Pinar del Rio’s music heritage a music information centre has been created in the province – the first of its kind in Cuba. more >
Festival of song returns to Cuba after 18 year hiatus
The Varaderos International Song Festival will return to Cuba after an 18-year absence, it was announced by Alexis Vázquez, Vice President of the Cuban Music Institute. more >
UNESCO call upon inter-cultural talk in Cuba
During a visit to Cuba, UNESCO General Assistant director Mounir Bouchenaki called for a meeting aiming for people to respect the multi-culture of nations. more >
Artists from US, Europe and Latin America paint murals in Cuba
Artists from Mexico, Cuba, the United States, Argentina, Great Britain and Spain will join their creative forces in Santiago de Cuba during the 6th "InterNos" International Mural Painting Gathering. more >
UNESCO praises heritage restoration efforts in Cuba
UNESCO’s Assistant Director General for Culture, Mounir Bouchenaki, has praised recent restoration and extension projects of the combined town planners of Cuba. more >
Cubans celebrate revolution victory with cultural activities
Cubans have celebrated the 45th anniversary of their revolution with cultural activities throughout the nation. more >
Bright year for Cuban theatre
The performing arts continue to gain momentum in Cuba; with attendence numbers on the rise and programming reaching further afield. more >
November 2003
Santiago de Cuba raises international voices in song
Santiago de Cuba will play host to the 7th International Choir Festival from November 23-30. Boasting a diverse sweep of participants, the festival will encompass concerts, conferences and workshops by world masters. more >
October 2003
Controversy over cultural exchange between Cuba and Puerto Rico
The Cuban Chamber for Books has condemned ‘new aggression’ by the US government against the culture of Cuba. more >
March 2003
Cuban Biennial of Plastic Arts
Artists from around the world will come together in Cuba for the seventh Havana Plastic Arts Biennial. more >
Cultural connection between Cuba and Italy tightened
The cultural connection between Cuba and Italy has been furthered, with the signing of a memorandum agreement aimed at furthering cooperation between the two countries in the area of culture. more >
December 2002
Cuba focuses on exporting its art
The great Cuban modernists - Wilfredo Lam, Mariano Rodriguez and Amelia Palaez del Casal - long have been internationally recognized. Their work is found in museums worldwide. But increasingly, the island's newer art is getting international attention, with the United States its biggest market. more >
November 2002
Hemingway Papers to Be Preserved at Cuba Estate
Communist Cuba agreed on Monday to a U.S.-funded project to preserve thousands of Ernest Hemingway's documents and photographs found decaying at his Havana estate along with stuffed animal heads and rifles wrapped in parcel paper. more >
October 2002
Cuban art is preparing the stage for life after the embargo
After four decades of Cold War sniping, Cuban art, music and theater are gradually setting the stage for reconciliation in a post-embargo era. more >
September 2002
Havana to unlock Hemingway papers
The Cuban government has agreed to allow access to a trove of Ernest Hemingway's papers that experts say promises to illuminate the period in which he wrote some of his most significant works. more >
April 2008
Casa de las Americas Musicology Award and International Colloquium of Musicology
Casa de las Américas (House of the Americas) summons the 11th edition of the Musicology Award. On occasion of this 11th edition it is also summoned the 5th International Colloquium of Music more >
Premio de Musicología Casa de las Américas y V Coloquio Internacional de Musicología
La Casa de las Américas convoca a la oncena edición del Premio de Musicología Casa de las Américas. Con motivo de esta XI edición del Premio de Musicología, se convoca al V Coloquio Internacional de Musicología. more >
March 2008
Bienal de Danza Contemporánea del Caribe
La Bienal de Danza Contemporánea del Caribe, es un evento de gran formato con la presencia de más de veinte países del Caribe insular y continental. more >
Biennial of Caribbean Contemporary Dance
The first Biennial of Caribbean Contemporary Dance will undoubtedly be a Meeting that will allow strengthening cultural bonds among Caribbean nations. more >
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Online Magazine: Culture and Development
The Regional Office of Culture of the UNESCO for Latin America and the Caribbean has developed an on-line version of the magazine Culture and Development (Revista Cultura y Desarrollo). more >
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