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Sad loss of the historian of Havana: Eusebio Leal Spengler, 1942-2020

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 12/08/202007/11/2020

Eusebio Leal Spengler, Historian of the City of Havana for more than 40 years and…

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Cimafunk – 28 July 2022, London

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 20/07/202031/07/2022

28 JULY 2022 London concert CIMAFUNK Cimafunk is a cimarrón, a free being defying classification,…

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  • Cuban Music

Concert for Cuba: A tribute to Cuban doctors

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 20/07/202021/07/2020

Cuban artists including Los Van Van and Alexander Abreu, plus US artists Tom Morello, Michael…

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Living Between Hurricanes – special screening 26 July 2020

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 17/07/202004/08/2020

This is a film about the elements – hurricanes and rain, the sea and the…

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  • Cuban Film

Cinema: Just what the doctor ordered

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 09/07/202010/07/2020

The Havana Film Festival (also known as the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema)…

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The Cimarrón: a Cuban monument of resistance to slavery

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 30/06/202019/12/2020

From the town of El Cobre in Eastern Cuba, about 15km out of Santiago de…

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Wasp Network: interview with director of the new film about the Cuban Five (+watch trailer)

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 23/06/202011/10/2020

The feature film ‘Wasp Network’ by French director Olivier Assayas, has just been released this…

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  • Icons of Cuban Culture

Arsenio Rodriguez – godfather of Son Montuno, root of salsa

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 17/06/202024/05/2021

Cuban musician, composer and bandleader, Arsenio Rodriguez was born in Güira de Macurijes, Matanzas 30…

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  • Cuban Literature

A Black Prince for George Floyd By Nancy Morejón (poem)

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 09/06/202019/10/2021

  A Black Prince for George Floyd By Nancy Morejón Though he wanted to throw…

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“In these times art has been vital for many people” Cuban artist Glenda Salazar interviewed

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 08/06/202024/04/2021

In Cuba, Glenda Salazar (Holguín, 1982) is one of the most outstanding creators of Land…

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  • Cuban Film

Cuban newsreels – a memory of the world

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 06/06/2020

This 6 June Cuba celebrated the 60th anniversary of its newsreels with film screenings on…

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  • Cuban Architecture

Cuban Natural and Cultural Heritage available to all in the fight against COVID-19 through culture

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 29/05/202017/07/2020

  Cuban artist and director of the Polymita Publishing House in Cuba, Julio A. Larramendi…

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Singer from Bayamo Jose Alberto ‘the nightingale’ releases new song

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 29/05/202004/08/2020

Renowned Cuban music star José Alberto Tamayo Diaz a.k.a. “El Ruiseñor” (“nightingale”) releases his single  “Cualquiera…

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  • Cuban Dance

The story of Ruedo de Casino

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 29/05/2020

“No one invented Casino… it was created collectively by people…” This brilliant short film ‘La…

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  • News from Cuba

“Becoming the antidote”: How artists in Cuba have played their part against Covid-19

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 16/05/202024/05/2021

Cuba’s cultural life seemed to be put on hold on 13 March due to threat…

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