Culture

Cuban Film Awarded in Spanish Festival

Cuban film Conducta, by Ernesto Daranas won the awards for best film, best director and best actress for Alina Rodriguez in the Latin American section of the Malaga Film Festival.»

People Claim Appointment of La Avellaneda as RAE Member

On the occasion of bicentennial of the birth of the Spanish-Cuban writer Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, more than 105.000 people claim her posthumous appointment as member of the Real Academia Española (RAE), rejected in 1853.»

2014 International Book Fair Kicks off in Sancti Spiritus (+photos)

With an opening fueled by music, including the song which celebrates the 500th anniversary of the Holy Spirit village, the 23rd International Book Fair began in Sancti Spiritus, a Cuban central province host to the cultural event from February 26th to March 2nd. Rolando Alonso, director of the Books and Literature Provincial Center, reported to Escambray that more than 30 »

Guitar and Flamenco Icon Paco de Lucia Dies

Spanish guitarist Paco de Lucia, who helped to expand flamenco music worldwide, died today in Mexico, said an announcement issued from city hall in Algeciras, Andalusia, where de Lucia was born.»

Book Fair Begins Tour of Cuba

The great Cuban book and reading fair begins today a tour of the island, after 10 days of sales, launchings, and theoretical debates in Havana.»