Montevideo - Uruguayans intellectuals today commemorated the 95 anniversary of the birth of prominent writer, poet and essayist Mario Benedetti, who died in 2009, after leaving a valuable and voluminous work.

The Mario Benedetti Foundation remembers the author of novels like 'The Truce' and 'Thank you for the fire' and it will also announce the Mario Benedetti International Award to the struggle for Human Rights and solidarity.

The President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Army General Raul Castro, sent a message to Alicia Alonso regarding the premiere of ballet “Vilma", by the National Ballet of Cuba (BNC).

The 3rd Meeting of Ministers of Culture of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) will take place September 18-19 in Havana’s Convention Center.

The event will see the participation of 18 Culture Ministers and a confirmed 28 delegations from various countries of the region, Cuban Deputy Minister for Culture, Fernando Rojas, informed at a press conference. UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova will also attend the event.

Santiago de Chile - Award-winning at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival this year, the documentary "Allende, My Grandfather Allende" spent the first days of trials in Chile with remarkable influx of public and acceptance.

This was undoubtedly the biggest fear of its director, Marcia Tambutti, granddaughter of the constitutional president of Chile who was overthrown on September 11, 1973 by the bloody coup of Augusto Pinochet.

Havana - Casa de las Americas joined for the first time to Habanarte Festival with a comprehensive exhibition on Latin American drawing, open to the public today, in addition to hosting concert halls and book launching.

The activities of the institution make up the agenda of the festival that for 10 days aims to unite all the art once in Havana.

Havana - With a great concert by Venezuelan band Dimension Latina, Habanarte Festival opens today in this capital, aimed at gathering different cultural expressions in a same event until September 13.

The Teatro Nacional's Avellaneda hall will host the performance of the group, together with Cuban orchestra Adalberto Alvarez y su son, and Isaac Delgado.