Havana - Cuban Author-Singer Silvio Rodríguez will give a concert today as part of his tour of Havana communities at the parking lot of the Latino Baseball Park, in the Cerro municipality of the capital.

Since 2010, the troubadour, author of unforgettable themes like Ojala, The Twister and Cuba Va, has taken his music to the most disfavored communities of the Cuban capital and has given other concerts in provinces like Holguin and Artemisa.

Havana - Brazilian director and actor Carlos Alberto Riccelli, well-known worldwide for his role as Cesar Ribeiro in the soap opera Vale Tudo, lamented the lack of information on Latin American films due to the power of the US film industry.

"It is a cultural problem because US films have dominated the whole world except India, which has a very strong industry", Riccelli told the Prensa Latina news agency during the film festival of Havana.

Artemisa, Cuba - The famous Salvadorian singer Alvaro Torres will present a concert in Artemisa next December 19 at the Cultural Plaza “26 de Julio” of this town at 8:00 pm. Tickets are on sale from this Tuesday in the installation itself located at the entrance of the municipailty.

Havana, Cuba - Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro received on Sunday in the hands of Ivan Giroud, director general of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, an Coral of Honor Award by his outstanding film career

This prize is testimony to the recognition of the meeting in Havana and the affection of Cubans, who applauded him since he came to Yara cinema, home of the informal ceremony, minutes before the premiere of one of his most recent films, ¨Escobar: Paraiso Perdido.¨

Havana, Cuba - The Cuban film Conducta took the Coral Prize to the Best Full-Length Fiction Movie at Havana´s 36 Festival of the New Latin American Cinema.

Conducta, directed by Ernesto Daranas recently won has won a total of nine prizes plus a mention, including five collateral distinctions and the Signis Prize. The winners at the festival were announced at the closing ceremony of the event at Havana´s Chaplin movie theater.

Havana, Cuba - Directed by the actor Jorge Perugorría, the film Fatima or The Fraternity Park will be the first Cuban premiere in the 36th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, which runs in this city until December 14.

Yara cinema will host in the showings of 3:00 pm and 10:30 pm the presentation of the feature film, starring Carlos Enrique Almirante, Tomás Cao, Broselianda Hernandez, Mirtha Ibarra and Nestor Jimenez, and based on a homonymous story by Miguel Barnet.