Cuban cultural community project Claustrofobias Promociones Literarias will be presented during the annual International Havana Book Fair this February. Its director Yunier Riquenes and team are already working on the promotion of activities together with the the Association of Cuban Artists and Writers (UNEAC), the Cuban Book Institute, the Hermanos Saiz Association and other organizations.

Jose Marti is venerated as the father of Cuban Independence. A poet and journalist, Marti led an insurrection in 1895 against the Spanish government in Cuba. 28 January, the anniversary of Marti's birth is marked across Cuba each year.

The Musicabana Foundation announces international superstars Major Lazer – the collaborative project of Diplo, Walshy Fire and Jillionaire – will perform in Havana on Sunday, March 6, 2016, becoming one of the first major American musical acts to perform in Havana since diplomatic ties were restored between the United States and Cuba just over one year ago.

Art allows for collective and individual moments. Even when a generation of actors became well known in the 1980s for their excellent dramatic talent, the first years of the 21st century feature isolated artists with great natural flair. So is the case of Héctor Medina, a bright young hope of Cuban cinema who has earned high praise from film critics and movie fans in Cuba.

To be an amateur boxer in Cuba is something to be proud of – not so much for the monetary compensation, as none of the athletes have achieved affluence through their fame, but for the widespread recognition as the whole country cheers the achievements of its players. As Alberto Puig de la Barca, president of Cuba Boxing Federation, once said to CNN: "Our boxers may not have a million dollars, but they have 11 million Cubans who support them."

Cubaexport and partner Pernod Ricard have won the rights to sell the rum brand Havana Club in the United States, after legal wranglings with Bacardi that spanned nearly two decades.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office confirmed recently that the Cuban state company has the right to use the Havana Club trademark and​ remain the official distributor of the spirited drink in the U.S. The brand has been sold under the Bacardi guise since 1994, when the drinks company purchased its naming rights in the U.S., and starting producing the liquor from Puerto Rico.

After three years of restoration efforts, Cuban officials reopened the iconic Great Theater of Havana Friday on the occasion of the 57th anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.

On the eve of the annual Havana Film Festival, a camera crew wrap up a long day's shoot on the backstreets of the capital.

The Havana International Festival of New Latin American Cinema is one of the most popular events to take place in the capital, as well as other provinces. The long queues outside cinemas to see the films in competition, both Latin American and Cuban, are already familiar.

"Charismatic Acosta is one of the very best dancers of his generation. He has only to stand still on stage and all eyes are drawn to him." Evening Standard

Septeto Santiaguero won its first Latin Grammy this November, in the category of Best Traditional Tropical Album for its CD 'No quiero llanto: Tributo a Los Compadres', recorded with Dominican José Alberto, "El Canario."

So Cuba did not win the Guinness World Record for the biggest Rueda de Casino (salsa wheel dance) this November but 482 couples had a very good try on Havana's Malecon for 15 minutes, possibly the longest time

"La gozadera," by Puerto Rican singer, Marc Anthony, and Cuban band, Gente de Zona, won here two Lucas awards, for the best video clip of the year in Cuba, during a gala in which Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias was also awarded.

In November The Guardian news site offered a webchat with Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta:

Wifredo Lam's work lies between East and West, Surrealism and tradition, Africa and the Caribbean, Europe and America. Lam's career covers academic training in 1920's Madrid, an encounter with Cubism and Surrealism in Paris, collaboration with André Breton and others in Marseille in 1940-1, and his engagement with Caribbean intellectuals in Martinique, Haiti and Cuba during and after the Second World War. His work which defined new ways of painting for the New World, was greeted with consternation and acclaim in New York. Later in his career he worked alongside Fontana and the Situationists in Europe during the 1960s.
Tracing a career of fifty years, this exhibition is made in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Reina Sofia in Madrid. It is the first museum exhibition in London since 1952 of this artist's work and confirms Wifredo Lam's place at the centre of global modernism.