Cuban President calls for authentic cultural development

Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel called on Saturday at the closing of the First National Conference of the Union of Culture Workers, not to confuse the will to have all the potentialities and possibilities for creation with the eagerness to commercialize art.
Cuban Advances Against Discrimination in Education Informed at Unesco

Paris - Cuba reported advances on struggle against discrimination in education at the preparatory meetings of the 205th session of the Unesco Executive Council, informed today diplomatic sources.
Nobel Prize Perez Esquivel Sends Letter to UN Criticizing US Blockade

Buenos Aires - ''As long as the United States continues attacking the Cuban people as if the Cold War continued, it will be attacking the right of all peoples to peace, sovereignty and development,'' Nobel Prize winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel stressed in Buenos Aires.
Praise the wisdom

Turning portrait into emotion, reflection and spiritual revelation is the artist's greatest effort before the blank space of a cardboard or a canvas.
Cuba Adds Rythm to LatAm Film Cycle in Vietnam

Hanoi, Oct 9 (Prensa Latina) Cuba added on Tuesday the charm of its music to the 6th Latin American Cinema Cycle in Vietnam with the movie El Benny, based on the life of Bartolome Maximiliano More Gutierrez, or simply El Barbaro del Ritmo.Multi-award winning since its premiere in 2006 -it was the island's option to the Oscars the following year- the film was favorably received by Hanoians, who paid attention to the plot, but at the same time moved the feet under the influence of certain catchy chords.
U.S. Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame to Award Cuban Artists

Los Angeles - The Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame announced that it will award the Cuban duo Gente de Zona (GZ) and composer Descemer Bueno during the 2018 annual La Musa Awards gala to honor the world''s greatest Latin music creators.
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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