Culture

  • FILBO2024: Culture, Love for the Planet and Literature

    On the morning of last Wednesday, the 36th edition of the International Book Fair of Bogota (Filbo 2024) began in the Colombian capital, Bogota. RELATED: Lula and Petro Discuss Bilateral and Regional Issues in Bogota In this edition, Brazil is the country honored under the motto ‘Read nature’, in a call to protect the Amazon […]

  • Cuban Design Students Open Art Exposition Supporting Palestine

    Students and professors of the Instituto Superior de Diseños (ISDI), inaugurated an exhibition of posters related to Palestine, its culture, identity and the genocide by Israel to which they are subjected. RELATED: Israeli Aviation Continues to Wreak Havoc on Civilians in Gaza The works mix the colors of the Palestinian flag with lines that intersect […]

  • Chucho Valdes Back in Charge Celebrating the 50th of Irakere

    The virtuoso Cuban pianist Chucho Valdez will restart tour celebrating the 50 years of Irakere and with his Royal Quartet and at the end of March until the end of July. RELATED: The Drum Festival Kicks Off in Havana He will be accompanied by Horacio “El Negro” Hernández (drums), JosĂ© A. Gola (bass) and Roberto […]

  • Juana Bacallao: Cuban Music Legend and Show-Woman Dies

    The artist and legend of Cuban popular music Amelia MartĂ­nez Salazar, known nationally and internationally as Juana Bacallao, died this Saturday in Havana, according to a note from the Minster of Culture of the island. RELATED: Cuban Musician Cesar “Pupi” Pedroso Passes Away Juana was unforgettable by her time in the capital cabarets Sans Sousi, […]