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Video art from Pompidou to be exhibited in Havana

11 hours 57 min ago
The Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center exhibits, from Monday onwards an exhibition of artistic videos from the Pompidou Center, in Paris that includes work by Jean-Luc Godard and nine more international artists.

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Patricio Amaro's Sweet Madness

Wed, 2010-03-10 23:34
In my hands I’m holding Patricio Amaro's new disk, the boy who sung "love I never forget you, / I never forget you, my love".

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Festival of the Drum: Source of the Cuban Percussion

Tue, 2010-03-09 23:01
The party of the Cuban percussion is right around the corner with the 9th Festival of the Drum Guillermo Barreto in Memoriam with venue in Havana and that includes concerts, competition, and theoretical events.   

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Visitors to Cuba can bring back samples of island arts from Havana galleries

Tue, 2010-03-09 16:39
If you venture into Old Havana, you can't miss the many art galleries among the elegant arches and columns of the restored colonial streets. And, if you're lucky, you may just come upon some of Cuba's top artists at work there, or at least minding
the shop.

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Leo Brouwer, Prize Tomas Luis de Victoria

Mon, 2010-03-08 23:43
One of the greatest awards in the world of music, inside the Ibero-American environment, the 10th Awards SGAE Tomas Luis de Victoria, has been granted to the Cuban composer and interpreter Leo Brouwer.

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Women: Protagonists in Cuban Society

Mon, 2010-03-08 21:20
Different women generations are celebrating on Monday the International Women's Day with a pride of living in a society that has demanded their rights and have them as real protagonists for 50 years.

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Pop Art in the Heart of Havana

Mon, 2010-03-08 15:22
Since early February the temporary hall of the Universal Art Building of the National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA) opened its curtains for the exhibition “El Pop Art en la Colección del IVAM”

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Cuban National Ballet to Perform for International Women's Day in Havana

Mon, 2010-03-08 01:10
The Cuban Federation of Women (FMC) along with the Cuban National Ballet (BNC) are holding a special gala to celebrate International Women’s Day, March 8, at the Gran Teatro in Havana.

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Travel book on Cuba's music

Sat, 2010-03-06 23:06
This book on Cuba has fun sections on the country's music (rumba to mambo, rap to reggaeton), food and drink.

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Viva Cuba Film

Sat, 2010-03-06 13:41
In a tale akin to Romeo and Juliet, the friendship between two children is threatened by their parents’ differences.

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Cuba in 28th EXPOCOMER in Panama

Thu, 2010-03-04 17:09
Cuban productions are on display in Panama's 28th EXPOCOMER International Trade Fair with 32 companies interested in showing its exportables.

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Cuban Films to Compete in Guadalajara Festival

Thu, 2010-03-04 03:10
The documentary “Ave Maria” and the feature film “Lisanka” are the Cuban films in competition at the XXV Guadalajara International Film Festival, to be held from March 12th through the 19th in Mexico.

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Cuba Decries Political Hypocrisy in HR

Wed, 2010-03-03 23:05
Cuba on Wednesday deplored the ideological manipulation, political hypocrisy, and double standard of industrialized nations while providing the international community with the right to live.

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Globalization Meeting Focuses on Economic Crisis

Wed, 2010-03-03 16:34
The 12th International Meeting of Economists on Globalization and Development Issues focuses its debates on the global crisis, international financial scene and world trade situation in its second day.

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Cuban President Receives Prime Minister of Grenada

Tue, 2010-03-02 15:23
Cuban President Raúl Castro Ruz received Tillman Thomas, Prime Minister of Grenada this Monday in this capital.

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Cuba to Talk Globalization

Mon, 2010-03-01 01:14
Cuba will host from March 1-5 the International Conference on Globalization and Development, said Dr. Esther Aguilera, member of the organizing committee.

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Granada´s Falksong Makes its Entrance in Havana

Sat, 2010-02-27 17:30
Flamenco dancers, singers and reciters, exponents of Granada Falksongs will perform here next weekend in a show that includes emblematic themes of the genre, a traditional one in Spanish music.

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Cuban Rum Mulata Debuts at Habano Festival

Fri, 2010-02-26 23:51
Preceded by the preference of many drinkers in the world today, Cuban rum Mulata, brand of Tecnoazucar company, accompanies prestigious tobacco products from this island at the 12th Habano Festival.

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Cuban Movie Night in France

Fri, 2010-02-26 00:13
Cuban film Scented Oak (Roble de Olor) by director Rigoberto Lopez was the main dish of an evening dedicated to Cuba in this capital within the 5th Anticolonial Week held in France.

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Cuba and Brazil Signed Collaboration Agreements

Thu, 2010-02-25 19:20
Cuban President Raul Castro and his Brazilian counterpart Luis Inacio Lula da Silva presided over the signing ceremony of 10 juridical instruments for collaboration between both nations, in Havana last Wednesday.

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