The launching of 25 titles by and about Fidel, in honor of his upcoming 90th birthday, was described by Zuleica Romay Guerra, as a gift from the Cuban people, during the closing in Santiago of the country’s 25th International Book Fair, which began in Havana in February.

Havana - Artists and representatives of major cultural institutions in the United States today express an increasing interest in Cuban artistic expressions such as fine art, cinema and music.

Havana - The Spanish-speaking world celebrates the Spanish Language Day, an event established to pay tribute to Miguel de Cervantes, author of The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote, a masterpiece of Spanish literature.

Paris - The Cuban culture will have in May a special place in France with the holding of an initiative that will show to the French public the richness and diversity of the Caribbean nation in that sector.

Matanzas - Meetings on art direction, design, masks and manufacture of paper puppets, are included at the 12th International Workshop on Puppets of Matanzas (Titim), running here until Sunday.

Bogota - Cuban instrumentalist and composer Leo Brouwer is one of the luxury artists who will perform at the International Guitar Festival to be held from July 25 to 30 in the Colombian city of Cali, confirmed their coordinators.