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Against imperialist
hostility
Cuba
defended in the world
September.24.08
THE hypocrisy of imperialist rhetoric which, in
response to the devastation wreaked by Hurricanes
Gustav and Ike, attempted to cover up the hostility
of U.S. authorities toward Cuba, has been exposed by
5,200-plus intellectuals from 73 countries whom in
the last week have adhered to a declaration called "With
Cuba Today."
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Intellectuals in 30 countries demand an end to the
blockade on Cuba
September.18.08
HAVANA,
September 17 —In less than 24 hours more than 1,000
intellectuals from Latin America, the United States,
Europe and Africa have signed an appeal circulated
by their Cuban colleagues, expressing solidarity and
demanding an end to the U.S. blockade of Cuba.
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To end the blockade
and for solidarity with Cuba
Cuban artists
and intellectuals appeal to their colleagues
worldwide
September.17.08
NOTABLE figures in the
Cuban arts announced a call appealing to the
sensitivity of their colleagues all over the world "to
demand the immediate end of the criminal U.S.
blockade and to promote actions of solidarity and
help for our people."
• 60TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CUBA
The keys of
a designer
August 1.08
IN the repertoires, season announcements,
programs and anthologies of the National Ballet of
Cuba (BNC), there are numerous credits for the set
designs, costumes – and sometimes both – of Ricardo
Reymena.
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Esteban Lazo
praises work of Union of Writers and Artists
June 9.08
HAVANA .— Vice President Esteban Lazo yesterday
praised the work of the National Council of the
Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) over
the last three months, following the organization’s
7th Congress.
• PABLO DE LA
TORRIENTE BRAU CULTURAL CENTER
Cultural
consistency and a shared vision
June 6.08
THE
pretext for visiting the Pablo de la Torriente Brau
Cultural Center on the historic Muralla Street in
Old Havana, was the awarding of the CUBADISCO Prize
of Honor to its director, the poet Víctor Casaus.
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New web site
dedicated to Che Guevara
June 6.08
"I can’t imagine a Che aged 80," says one of the
posters designed for the 80th anniversary of the
birth of the heroic guerrilla Che Guevara, at the
Havana launch of the web site www.che80.co.cu,,
to be inaugurated on June 14.
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International
fever over cha-cha-cha, 55 years ago
June 6.08
THE cha-cha-cha
invaded the world 55 years ago, before Elvis Presley’s
rock-and-roll. World War II had ended, the great
times of the 20th century had begun, and the talk
all over the world was of the cha-cha-cha, a "matchless
dance," created in Cuba by Enrique Jorrín with the
help of the Orquesta América.
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MOZART IN
HAVANA
May 22.08
ULISES Hernández, pianist, professor, producer and
great cultural presenter, is also seeking a pretext
for making something interesting. His latest
undertaking, the Mozart in Havana DVD
(Colibrí Productions) has won four awards in
Cubadisco 2008: the Grand Prize, Concert Soloist,
DVD Show and Best producer.
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2008 CUBADISCO
AWARDS
May 22.08
Cubadisco 2008 set out to
multiply, and its Grand Prize was shared by
Clásicos de Cuba, by César López y Habana
Ensemble (BIS Music), and Mozart en la Habana
(Colibrí).
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The Rumba Palace
in Havana’s Playa de Marianao
May 22.08
THE Rumba
Palace was a grand cabaret in Playa de Marianao,
famous for the authentic music that was played there,
as were the Pennsylvania, La Choricera, El Niche,
and Los Tres Hermanos…
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The world’s
longest rumba ends in Havana opening Cubadisco 2008
May 19.08
The culmination in
Havana of the world’s longest rumba which included
tens of thousands of participants, for more than 300
consecutive hours, over the length and breadth of
the island, opened Cubadisco 2008, the grand
celebration of Cuban music which this Saturday held
its awards ceremony honoring the year’s best
recordings and, yesterday, its inaugural gala at the
Amadeo Roldán Theater.
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Casa de las
Americas exhibition by Guatemalan painter Abel López
May 15.08
THE exhibition Zona de Asalto, (Assault
Zone) by the Guatemalan visual artist Abel López,
has been warmly received at the Casa de las Americas
Latin American Gallery.
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Kelvis
Ochoa, a modern-day minstrel
May 15.08
KELVIS Ochoa "danced the rumba" at the Karl Marx
Theater in a concert that could be described as one
of the most resounding of the year. The bard even
sang the legendary "La Mateodora": "Where is the
Mateodora? / Dancing in the rumba."
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Tourism agencies
to promote artistic events
May 9.08
THE island’s main
artistic festivals are to be especially promoted by
national tourism agencies as part of moves to
promote Cuba’s image as a distinctive cultural
destination at global level within the so-called
leisure industry.
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Let culture make the difference
May 6.08
CULTURE can and should
be the distinctive feature of Cuba’s options for
vistors, stated Deputy Tourism Minister María Elena
López Monday, May 5, during a press conference held
prior to the opening of the Cuba 2008 International
Tourism Fair.
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