Santiago de Cuba - With a strong folkloric show, the 39th International Caribbean Festival began the eve at the Heredia Theater in Santiago de Cuba, which will be run until July 9, dedicated to the Uruguayan culture.

New regulations for independent film and audiovisual creators were announced this Wednesday by Ramón Samada, president of the Cuban Institute of Film Art and Industry (ICAIC).

Washington - A bronze statue of Cuban National Hero José Martí was unveiled Monday at the Cuban diplomatic mission in the US capital.

The VI International Festival of Social Communication will begin its sessions today at the Conventions Center, an event that invites some 800 delegates to discuss key aspects of the sector until the 27th of this month.

Havana - Luis Morlote Rivas, director of radio and television, is the new president of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba, (UNEAC), replacing poet and author Miguel Barnet, who held that post for 11 years.

The presentation of the play ''Todo cambiará'' by theater director Miguel García Ordaz took place at the Casa de Cultura Raymundo Valenzuela, with students from the Mártires de Humbolt 7 educational center, located in the municipality of San Antonio de los Baños.