For the past three decades, Brazilian telenovelas have helped Cubans forget their litany of woes for an hour a day. But today, dozens of South Korean soap operas are earning wide audiences. Following in the footsteps of South Korean films and K-pop, “doramas” – South Korean soaps dubbed into Spanish – first appeared on Cuban […]

RESPECT THE AUTHENTICITY OF AN ARTWORK Dear Norman Foster, Having not received a response to the personal letter I sent you on 19th September 2012 and having been encouraged by recent conversations at international gatherings in Brasil, Cuba, Austria, and others where I was invited to talk about the National Schools of Arts, I write […]

First time since the 1959 revolution Cubans will soon be allowed to purchase new and used vehicles from government retailers without permission for first time since the 1959 revolution, state media announced Thursday. The move comes two years after a reform allowed Cubans to buy and sell second-hand vehicles from one another but stopped short […]

First time since the 1959 revolution Cubans will soon be allowed to purchase new and used vehicles from government retailers without permission for first time since the 1959 revolution, state media announced Thursday. The move comes two years after a reform allowed Cubans to buy and sell second-hand vehicles from one another but stopped short […]

The first 54 episodes of the newly-restored ICAIC Latin American Newsreel are being screened here at the 35th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema. The newsreels, by the late Cuban filmmaker Santiago Alvarez, cover the period of 1960 to 1964. In June 2012, Cuba and France signed an agreement for the restoration and digitization […]

The high tourist season in Cuba will be given a favorable thrust with the arrival in Havana on Friday of the Canadian Louis Cristal cruise ship, which joins another three similar boats that already called at Cuban ports in less than a week. The cruise ship belongs to the Cuba Cruise Company of Canada, and […]

The British Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ship Wave Knight will visit Havana December 13-20 on a routine stay related to disaster training activities in the Caribbean area, the British embassy in Havana announced. High-level officials from Cuba and other institutions involved in dissaster response will attend a series of meetings with the crew of the Wave […]

The Semester at Sea cruise ship, an academic program sponsored by the University of Virginia, in the United States, arrived in here today, nine years after its last visit. About 648 people arrived in the island, 568 of them are students from more than 200 universities in 42 states of the northern country, mostly Americans, […]

The second stage of a donation from Namibia will soon arrive to Cuba, in a shipment bringing 16 animals of three species, belonging to the so-called heavy ungulate of hoofed animals (mammals). This group is composed of pachyderms -10 rhinoceros, five black and five white, in addition to six elephants-, which will be exhibited at […]

Havana tops 2013 World List based on the reviews and opinions of millions of TripAdvisor travelers around the globe – TripAdvisor announced the winners of its 2013 Travelers’ Choice Awards for Destinations on the Rise. The awards highlight 54 spots globally that have seen the greatest increase in positive traveler feedback and traveler interest, year-over-year. […]

When there are only 6 days left for its inauguration, the 35th edition of Havana’s International Festival of the New Latin American Cinema, to be held on December 5-15 is already getting its last preparations ready for its celebration. In its first edition without its founder and main promoter, Cuban filmmaker and intellectual Alfredo Guevara, […]

When there are only 6 days left for its inauguration, the 35th edition of Havana’s International Festival of the New Latin American Cinema, to be held on December 5-15 is already getting its last preparations ready for its celebration. In its first edition without its founder and main promoter, Cuban filmmaker and intellectual Alfredo Guevara, […]

Last year, Ever Fonseca was awarded Cuba’s National Prize for Plastic Arts (Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas). To mark the honor, the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes is presenting Ever Fonseca Evocación Lírica (Lyrical Evocation), a selection of works gathered from the MNBA, the artist’s own collection, and the collections of institutions such as the […]

With the participation of dozens of competitors from across the country, the first phase of the Cuba Triathlon Cup will start next November 24, near Havana’s La Guayaba dam. The contest, which will start the 2013-2014 season, will include mainly youth level triathletes of both sexes, who seek to make up the national team towards […]

Ambitious plans announced last month by a Miami travel agency to offer small charter flights between Key West and Cuba beginning Nov. 15 have been pushed back to a Dec. 15 kick-off by Mambi International’s partners at Air Marbrisa Airlines. In a Wednesday e-mail to Peter Horton, the Monroe County airports director, Bob Curtis from […]