May 2013
Dialogan sobre políticas culturales intelectuales cubanos y dominicanos
Intelectuales y periodistas dominicanos dialogaron hasta las primeras horas de hoy con Abel Prieto y Abel González, asesor del presidente Raúl Castro y viceministro cubano de Cultura, respectivamente. more >
April 2013
Cuba mantiene salvaguarda de los derechos culturales
Fernando Rojas, viceministro de Cultura de Cuba, expresó que el país mantiene su política de salvaguarda de los derechos culturales. more >
January 2013
First Meeting of the Ministers of Culture of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)
The first meeting of the Ministers of Culture of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) will be held in Surniame on 14-15 March 2013, in conjunction with the 19th Forum of Ministers of Culture and Officials in Charge of Cultural Policies of Latin America and the Caribbean. more >
Primera reunión de Ministros de Cultura de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC)
La XIX edición del Foro de Ministros de Cultura y Encargados de Políticas Culturales de América Latina y el Caribe el 14-15 del marzo de 2013 en Suriname será el marco de la Primera reunión de Ministros de Cultura de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC). more >
December 2012
Cuban cultural delegation visits El Salvador
The Cuban delegation made of government culture employees and the musical quintet Brizas del Palmar from the province of Santiago de Cuba, are in El Salvador in a visit. more >
November 2012
Event on Arts Research Held in Central Cuba
This theoretical session is part of the actions for the Santa Clara Culture Week, which ends on November 19, and in which 10 papers are presented that reflect the achievements and shortcomings of various art forms of the locality. more >
October 2012
Ever Fonseca wins National Award of Visual Arts 2012
The National Council of Visual Arts awarded Fonseca for "the irreducible Cubanness and the magic quality present in his work during more than half a century”. more >
Ever Fonseca, Premio Nacional de las Artes Plásticas 2012
El Consejo Nacional de las Artes Plásticas otorgó a Fonseca el galardón por "la irreductible cubanía y la capacidad de fabulación presentes en su obra a lo largo de medio siglo"... more >
All Cubans Have Free Access to Artistic Education
Half a century after the first arts school were set up in Cuba, free access by all citizens, from very early ages, to artistic education is a key principle in this important sector, said the vice-director of these cultural institutions, Clara Gonzalez. more >
July 2012
Cuban Abel Prieto Decorated in Havana
Cuban intellectual, writer and former Cuban Culture Minister Abel Prieto was decorated in this capital today with the Order of the Arts and Letters, granted by the French government. more >
Ex ministro cubano recibe Orden de las Artes y las Letras
El exministro de Cultura de Cuba Abel Prietorecibió en La Habana la Orden de las Artes yLetras que otorga el Ministerio de Cultura de Francia, informó hoy en un comunicado la misión diplomática francesa en la isla. more >
March 2012
Cuba Has New Culture Minister
Cuba’s Minister of Culture, Abel Prieto was “liberated” from the post he has held for 15 years on Tuesday but no reasons were given. more >
Raúl Castro promueve al ministro de cultura como asesor suyo
Se trata de Abel Prieto, un intelectual respetado en la isla sobre todo por su defensa de “espacios” para lo “alternativo” e incluso para artistas críticos del gobierno comunista. more >
Raúl Castro promotes the Minister of Culture to become his advisor
Cuba’s President, Raúl Castro, removed the Minister of Culture, Abel Prieto from his post, and appointed him as advisor because of his 'experience' and 'positive results' obtained during the 15 years he has been in charge of the ministry, said an official note on Tuesday. more >
December 2011
Cuban Culture Minister Predicts 2012 Year of Work, Challenge
Cuban Minister of Culture Abel Prieto said that the Cuban people will only achieve good results if they work hard and put the creative work as a priority and a real source of wealth. more >
October 2011
Cuba and Peru sign memorandum for cultural cooperation
Peruvian Deputy Minister of Culture Clemente Vicente Otta and his Cuban counterpart Fernando Rojas signed a memorandum for cooperation to favor the strengthening of relations between both countries, referred to literary publications, technical and academic cooperation between artistic teaching centers, and the promotion of audiovisuals. more >
April 2011
Venezuelan Minister Lauds Cultural Exchange with Cuba
Venezuelan minister of Culture, Francisco Sesto, said cultural exchange between Cuba and his country is excellent and thanked the island’s contribution to the social development of that nation. more >
30th Meeting of IFACCA board in Havana
The 30th meeting of IFACCA’s board of directors and the meeting of its Latin American and Caribbean Members were carried out in Havana on 18-19 April. more >
Los problemas en las artes siguen siendo los mismos en todas partes
Entre los días 18 y 19 de este mes se celebró en La Habana la XXX Reunión de la Junta Directiva y la Reunión del Sector América Latina de la Federación Internacional de Consejos de las Artes y Agencias Culturales (IFACCA). more >
IFACCA’s Executive Director Expresses Satisfaction with Meeting
The Executive Director of the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA), Sarah Gardner, expressed her satisfaction with the positive results of the 30th meeting of this organization, which came to an end on Tuesday in Havana. more >
Satisfecha directiva internacional por cita en Cuba
Sarah Gardner, directora Ejecutiva de la Federación Internacional de Consejos de las Artes y Agencias Culturales (IFACCA) se mostró satisfecha por los resultados positivos de la 30 reunión de la organización concluida hoy en esta capital. more >
En la Casa, representantes de la FICAAC
Miembros de la Junta Directiva de la Federación Internacional de Agencias y Consejos de Artes y Cultura (FICAAC), que celebran por primera vez una reunión en el Caribe insular, visitaron en la tarde de este lunes 18 de abril la sede de la Casa de las Américas, donde fueron recibidos por representantes de varias áreas de trabajo de la institución. more >
November 2010
Dancers Leap Over U.S - Cuba Political Barriers
In Cuba, American artists and musicians are going where tourists and politicians cannot. In October, trumpet legend Wynton Marsalis came to Havana with members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. And last week, the American Ballet Theater was in town for the first time in 50 years. more >
September 2010
Everybody in Cuba has access to culture
Aida Bahr, a prize-winning fiction writer, literary critic, and screenwriter in Cuba, recently spoke at two universities in the United Kingdom on "Culture and the Cuban Revolution.
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March 2010
Cuban Minister for Culture calls to preserve traditions
Abel Prieto Jiménez, minister for Culture, stated in Guantánamo that one of the main challenges of the nation is to preserve and transmit the love for traditions from one generation to the next one. more >
February 2010
Aprobado Decreto Ley sobre Seguridad Social del Sector Artístico
El documento ofrece respuesta a planteamientos realizados en los congresos de la UNEAC y unifica la legislación vigente para los creadores y trabajadores artísticos. more >
A Decree-Law on Artists’ Social Security Has Been Approved
This document responds to suggestions proposed at UNEAC congresses and unifies the legislation currently in force for creators and artists. more >
December 2009
Noted Cuban Cultural Centre to Host Regional Event
The Casa de las Americas cultural institution will host from December 14 to 18 the second Meeting of Young Artists and Writers from Latin America and the Caribbean that will bring together young intellectuals from different countries in the region. more >
November 2009
Successful CIOFF Congress at La Habana
Udomsak Sakmunwong (Thailand), President of the International Council of Folkloric Festival and Traditional Arts Organizations (CIOFF), described the 39th Edition of this Congress as constructive and successful. more >
Exitoso Congreso del CIOFF en La Habana
Como una reunión constructiva y exitosa calificó el tailandés Udomsak Sakmunwong, presidente del Consejo Internacional de Organizaciones para Festivales Folclóricos y Artes Tradicionales (CIOFF), la realización en La Habana del 39 Congreso de ese organismo. more >
39th Congress of the International Council of Organizations of Folklore and Traditional Art
The 39th Congress of the Consejo Internacional de Organizaciones de Festivales de Folklore y de Artes Tradicionales (CIOFF) (International Council of Organizations of Folklore and Traditional Arts will be hosted in Havana, Cuba, from November 8th to 15th, 2009. more >
August 2009
Cuba will create new international cultural awards
The intellectual Miguel Barnet, president of the Cuban National Union of Writers and Artists (UNEAC), announced the creation of several awards with the purpose of strengthening the projection and the international visibility of the organization. more >
Ministro de Cultura de la isla califica de vergonzosas amenazas contra Juanes
El ministro cubano de Cultura, Abel Prieto, calificó hoy de vergonzosas y lamentables las amenazas de muerte que ha recibido el cantante colombiano Juanes por haber anunciado un concierto para el 20 de septiembre en La Habana. more >
Culture, power and development, the social dimension
History shows that culture is a form of power, which does not always transform itself in a process of social development. more >
July 2009
10th International Hall and Colloquium of Digital Art
The Hall, to be opened on 3 November 2009 proposes to continue showing current work in that field and to boost the exchange and reflection among the creators and specialists related with this new artistic expression. more >
May 2009
Meeting of ALBA Culture Ministers
The Culture ministers from the member countries of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) regional integration and cooperation bloc met to assess multilateral projects of integration.
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March 2009
‘Culture is a right, not a luxury’: Havana book fair
Speaking at the February 12 opening ceremony, Minister of Culture Abel Prieto noted that since it began 25 years ago the annual book fair has become the country’s major cultural event. The revolutionary government and Communist Party of Cuba, he said, were determined that the book fair be held despite the $10 billion in damages caused by three major hurricanes in the second half of last year. more >
February 2009
Michelle Bachelet and Raúl Castro inaugurate the 2009 Havana Book Fair
Confident that "we will become a little closer" and be able "to construct a better future", the Chilean President Michelle Bachelet yesterday represented her country as Guest of Honor at the 18th International Book Fair of Cuba 2009 (also known as the Havana Book Fair) during the inaugural event at the La Cabaña Fortress. She was accompanied by Cuban President Raúl Castro Ruz. more >
January 2009
Cuban Culture in the Digital Era
Transdisciplinary specialists in Havana recently discussed equal access, new carriers of knowledge and digital security threats. more >
La Cultura Cubana en la Era Digital
Especialistas transdiciplinarios discutieron sobre acceso equitativo, nuevos portadores de conocimiento y amenazas a la seguridad digital la semana pasada en Cuba en el Instituto de Investigación Cultural Juan Marinello. more >
Cultural Exchange between Cuba and Venezuela to be maintained in 2009
Cuba and Venezuela will maintain the cultural exchange, specially that which started in 2008 with the Corazón adentro Mission, which saw its first results in the transformation of life in the Venezuelan communities. more >
December 2008
Cuban Culture Minister ratifies the values of the Cuban cultural policies
The main features of the cultural policy of the Revolution, which is celebrating its 50 anniversary, with priority in the defence of the nation and an open university, were highlighted by relevant figures of Cuban culture. more >
Cuban Culture Minister ratifies the values of the Cuban cultural policies
The main features of the cultural policy of the Revolution, which is celebrating its 50 anniversary, with priority in the defence of the nation and an open university, were highlighted by relevant figures of the Cuban culture. more >
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 >
February 2010
Havana Book Fair: Huge Deployment of Culture
With 2009 just coming to an end, Cuban culture welcomes the New Year with the launch of 5 million books in the upcoming Havana International Book Fair, running February 7 through March 7, with its main venue the Morro Cabaña Complex. 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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November 2012
Issue No. 8 of Culture and Development - 'Transformation of Historical Buildings into Museums'
A special issue about Museums and Heritage from the periodical Culture and Development, edited by the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean, is now available online. more >
January 2008
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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