Artemisa, Cuba - Prominent U.S. film director, screenwriter and producer Francis Ford Coppola and part of his family visited on Tuesday the International Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV).

The renowned filmmaker was invited by the general direction of the higher education center and it is the third time he visits the School, this time accompanied by his son Roman, also a film director, and his grandchildren Gia, Pascale Electra and Marcello Archimedes.

The heroic city of Santiago de Cuba has a magic that enchants anyone that visits its rich historical, heritage, cultural and natural values.

The population of the eastern city release a peculiar warmth, a gift for dancing and music that is highlighted when the Caribbean Festival or Fire Fiesta is held or with the playing of the Chinese horn that is characteristic of the regional carnival.

Havana - The book "Raul Castro, un hombre en Revolucion" (Raul Castro, A Man in Revolution), written by Russian writer Nikolai S. Leonov, will be launched today in this capital.

The launching will take place at a special session of the People's Power National Assembly, with the participation of legislators from that legislative body.

Washington - The Circle of Ibero-American Intellectuals and Artists, based in the US city of Miami, aims to stimulate the culture, art and free thought, coordinate projects and establish closer relationships with creators and artists Cuba.

It will also be a bridge to the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) and all organizations of Latin America, Spain and the world to consider art and culture as a means of improving the quality of life of our communities, says a statement of the entity to which Prensa Latina had access.

The cinema theater Círculo de Artesanos (Circle of Artisans) hosted until Sunday the provincial festival "Singing to the Sun"with the aim of stimulating the creation of music for children and adolescents.

Havana Cuba- The program of the Chaplin Festival, which will run until July 12 in this capital, began on July 2 with the screening for the first time in Cuba of the restored copy of the film The Gold Rush (1925) According to Luciano Castillo, film critic and director of the Cuban Cinematheque, the film was the pretext for this day of activities as a tribute to the artist, the Cubasi Web site reported on Thursday.

Also on July 2, an exhibition of posters of the contest held in honor of the English comedian was inaugurated at the 23 and 12 Movie Theater, attended by Oona Chaplin, granddaughter of filmmaker, who said her grandfather was a great revolutionary. The previous day, she participated in inaugural ceremony of this Festival, which took place in the same movie theater.