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.

Luanda - A tota of 1,139,729 Angolans were literate from 2012 until today with the Cuban teaching method "Yo si puedo" ("Yes, I can"), with the coordination of 42 advisers from the island.

"Due to this result, Angola is the first African country to have over a million literate people using this method", declared to Prensa Latina Alfredo Díaz, advisor of the Angolan Ministry of Education.

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.

Havana - The Cuban choir ''Entrevoces'', directed by Digna Guerra, won the Grand Prize at the International Choir Competition Serenade 2015, held in Washington, United States, reported the Cuban Institute of Music.

The group that since last June 15 was on tour in the United States, also won the first prize in its category, in which it competed with different choirs from countries like Canada, Slovakia and the United States itself, among others.

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.

Artemisa, Cuba - With great pleasure the Cuban public receives the proposal on Tuesday night, "Con dos que se quieran 2" directed and leads by Amaury Perez Vidal in the second season again dedicated to the dialogue, from the constructive, with artists and intellectuals.

To meet the expectations of life personalities of different branches and professions of the cultural life, enriches the nights thanks to the guests and the space itself from its conception as indeed Cuban television, especially Cubavisión, is devoid of good proposals and this program succeeds.