Perhaps Abel Prieto is one of the most accessible ministers of the Cuban government. He appears in every corner of the cultural world. He moves with the confidence of someone who is comfortable anywhere. I once saw him in Pogolotti, where I live, at a comedy show with local people.
At this year's book fair he could be spotted at the fort. Walking the cobblestone streets with his impeccable dark suit. Crossing from hall to hall, event to event, with the fluency of good prose.
Abel Prieto does not put up barriers. When you approach him, he sketches a smile and extends his hand (the politician's specialism), and in speaking he shows he is thinking. When he approaches, he asks for your name, and then, when he talks, he uses your name.

The main cinemas in Cuba are now showing the film 'Ya No es Antes' (roughly translates as 'Not like it used to be'), winner of the Peoples Prize at the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana in December 2016.

Since 2015, the country's some 10,000 Muslims have been congregating for prayers in a building space in downtown Havana.
The city of Havana is set to build Cuba's first mosque, touted to be one of the largest in Latin America, as its Muslim population continues to grow.

Two of the world's fastest-growing film industries – Cuba and China – are on a mission to produce joint box office hits.

They say that a young organization cannot become staid. That its art is avant-garde and that the term "young" inherently means defiant, innovative, transgressor. They say that, after turning 30, a young organization should then (re) think, see if time has not dented in their actions. But how do you achieve that? How can you not repeat yourself?

Rock de la Loma 2017, the thirteenth edition of the Cuban rock music promoters event was held in Bayamo, 22 -25 February.

What happens when musicians from one of the must musically fertile spots on the planet collaborate with peers from an equally vibrant cultural melting pot?

Cuban feature films ''Bailando con Margot'' (Dancing with Margot) and ''El acompañante'' (The Companion) won the Best First Work and Best Screenplay awards delivered by the Association of Latin Entertainment Critic (ACE) of New York.

As part of the process of digitalization of Cuban society, an unprecedented project has emerged: the assembly of latest-generation laptops and tablets in Havana. Leading the initiative is Fernándo Fernández, who spoke with Granma International.

This 12 February Cuban jazz pianist Chucho Valdes won another Grammy Award in the category Best Latin Jazz Album for his record Tribute to Irakere: Live In Marciac.

Choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa has worked with top dance companies across the globe – and yet she says there is something special about Danza Contemporánea de Cuba.

A key player in the global renaissance of Cuban music, the pianist Roberto Fonseca is now world famous for his exciting fusions of Cuban jazz with urban grooves, Brazilian styles and African rhythms. Born in Havana in 1975, he graduated as a master of composition and immediately set about making some great music.

You are a prestigious and well known figure in the panorama of Cuban music. You began to study music at 7 years old and had your professional debut at 14. With this in mind, why did you take the decision to get involved in the Havana World Music festival and what does this festival mean to you?

The multinational company Google, specialist in communications technology and the internet, presented in Havana the 3D film Nuestro Marti (Our Marti), which presents episodes in the life of National Cuban Hero Jose Marti.

In January, Cuban theatre actor, writer, director Fatima Patterson was awarded the prestigious Cuban National Award for Theatre (one award a year). This is an extract from an interview with Fatima by Cuban arts magazine La Jirilbilla just after the announcement of the award.