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Communications in Cuba: without Zoom and with blockade

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 08/06/202102/07/2024

Although the many types of damage caused by the US blockade to Cuba are not…

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  • News from Cuba

Africa Day: UNESCO highlights Cuba’s commitment to Africa, and Cuban musicians celebrate shared culture

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 26/05/2021

In a speech to celebrate Africa Day on 25 May, UNESCO’s deputy director for foreign…

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  • Cuban Film

Cuban filmmaker Ernesto Daranas working on documentary mini-series ‘Indigenous Cuba’

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 24/05/2021

After the national and international success of Conducta (2014), all of Cuban filmmaker Ernesto Daranas’s…

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  • Cuban Music

Who were the winners of Cubadisco 2021?

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 17/05/202118/10/2021

Each May, the Cubadisco event takes the pulse of the Cuban music recording industry. Having…

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  • Cuban Music

Concert to show how jazz unites us – Cuban Roberto Fonseca on International Jazz Day 30 April

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 30/04/202106/07/2021

For International Jazz Day today, April 30, top Cuban musician Roberto Fonseca is set to…

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  • Cuban Music

Cuba to celebrate first national day of Cuban Son music this 8 May

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 27/04/202125/06/2021

This May 8 Cuba will celebrate its first national Day of Cuban Son. This special…

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  • Cuban Music

Cubadisco music industry awards coming up May 2021 – with list of nominees

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 27/04/202106/07/2021

The program of activities and the list of nominees in the different categories of the…

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  • Cuban Art

Cuban artist Salvador González Escalona, founder of Havana’s famous Callejon de Hamel

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 22/04/202108/06/2021

Salvador González Escalona, known to all as Salvador, the celebrated artist and cultural promoter of…

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  • News from Cuba

Gender Equality in Cuba and a new initiative announced

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 19/03/2021

March 8, International Women’s Day, is a prominent date in many parts of the world,…

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  • Cuban Film

Actor Mario Balmaseda wins Cuban National Film Award 2021

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 12/03/202113/03/2021

In March, it was reported that the 2021 Cuban National Film Award is to be…

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  • Icons of Cuban Culture

Meet 10 Cuban women who have made waves in culture

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 08/03/202106/07/2021

To celebrate International Womens Day – meet ten Cuban women – actors, filmmakers, writers, dancers,…

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  • News from Cuba

Yipsi Moreno and the force of women in Cuban sports

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 08/03/2021

In the run up to celebrate International Women’s Day (8 March) the press and media…

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  • Cuban Design

Cuban graphic posters Vs. Covid-19 on show

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 28/02/202124/05/2021

In January 2021 an exhibition of new posters responding to Covid-19, and inspired by well-known…

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  • News from Cuba

Arte Plaza, new project of the cultural and creative industries in Camagüey, Cuba

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 28/02/2021

Arte Plaza is the name of the creative industries project currently being promoted by the…

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  • Cuban Theatre

“Art must overcome everything, culture is life” interview with Fatima Patterson on what theatre means to her

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 07/02/202101/01/2022

As Fatima Patterson, Cuban theatre actor, playwright and director, 2017 Cuban Theatre National Award winner,…

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