Cuban President Congratulates Omara Portuondo, the Queen of Feeling

Havana - Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has congratulated Cuban singer Omara Portuondo on her 88th birthday on Twitter.
October 20th: Cuban Culture Day

Havana - Cubans celebrate Cuban Culture Day on Saturday to commemorate October 20th, 1868, the date in which Cuba’s National Anthem was sung for the first time.
Cuban Songwriter Sings in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires - Silvio Rodriguez, a troubadour, a poet, a Cuban and a Latin American returned to Buenos Aires in the first of two concerts in this capital, where more than 9,000 people sang with him in an evening full of symbolism.
Cuban Musician Chucho Valdes to Be Honored at La Musa Awards

Havana - Cuban musician Jesus ''Chucho'' Valdes will be honored on Thursday at the 6th edition of the annual La Musa Award due to his career and contributions to that event throughout his 50-year career.
Silvio Rodriguez, Gieco and a Concert for Plaza de Mayo Grandmothers

Buenos Aires - After 41 years of a struggle still ongoing the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo have celebrated with a concert full of symbolism, love, struggle and hope in which the Argentinean Leon Gieco and the Cuban Silvio Rodriguez were present.
Havana to Host 3rd Congress of Cuban Avant-Garde Artists

Havana - With the participation of around 300 delegates from all over the country, Havana is hosting Tuesday the Third Congress of the Hermanos Saiz Association (AHS), a group of young Cuban avant-garde artists.
Culture
The Los Cuenteros Puppet Theater Company celebrated its 50th anniversary this November 19 at the Museum of Humor, located in San Antonio de los Baños, with the exhibition ''Fifty years telling stories''. The exhibition shows photographs, puppets and costumes used by Los Cuenteros in various performances since 1969.
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Paris - Cuba’s Minister of Culture, Alpidio Alonso, assessed the role of culture in the United Nations Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, during a multilateral forum held ay UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
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"At the Eduardo Abela Villarreal Vocational Art School, located in San Antonio de los Baños, the quality of the teaching-educational process is prioritized," said Mirelis Ferrer Llanes, head of the General Teaching Department at this institution.
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