On 17 December 2014 US President Barack Obama hailed a "new chapter" in US relations with Cuba, announcing moves to normalise diplomatic and economic ties.
In December, Havana was selected in Dubai as one of the seven wonder cities of the world because it represents global diversity of urban society, according to the president of the New7Wonders initiative, Bernard Weber.
The other six cities elected were La Paz, Beirut, Doha, Durban, Kuala Lumpur and The Philippines´ Vigan.
Don't miss this chance to see some original artwork by some distinguished contemporary Cuban artists including Nelson Dominguez, Kcho and Choco on show in London's Bolivar Hall alongside prints by Antonio Guerrero, who is known as one of the Miami 5 Cubans who have been imprisoned in the US for 16 years.
London Latin American Film Festival 2014
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Cuba has selected the Cuban film Conducta (Behavior), by Ernesto Daranas, to run as a candidate for the Oscars in Hollywood, and the Goya Awards in Spain.
Written and directed by Ernesto Daranas ("Los Dioses Rotos", 2009), Conducta (Behaviour) tells the story of 'Chala', a 12 year old social outcast from Havana, and his relationship with Carmela, his veteran sixth grade teacher.
With a colloquium at the National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA) in Havana city, which opened 11 November, the 7th 'Arte y Moda' (Art and Fashion), is an event that since its creation in 2003, has been occupying new spaces and grown in popularity with the Havana public.
Nelson Ramirez de Arellano Conde, director of the Fototeca de Cuba (Cuba's photography library), is due to sum up the development of the fashion photography in Cuba.
Cuban and US religious leaders expressed their commitment to continue working for the normalization of relations between the two countries, and the return home of three Cuban antiterrorist fighters imprisoned in US jails.
The label behind the Buena Vista Social Club worldwide sensation,World Circuit Records is set to release 'Cha Cha Cha', a compilation of the hits of Cuban singer Abelardo Barroso with Orquesta Sensacion from 1950s Havana. Barosso died in 1968.
Cuba's Minister of Culture, Julian Gonzalez Toledo, answered questions to the portal CubaSi in October, about the effects of the US blockade on the arts and literature in Cuba and the policy towards Cuban artists who live abroad.
The economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba in the field of plastic and applied arts (visual arts not including cinema) has caused losses estimated at more than two billion dollars over the past year; however the Cuban creators are highly demanded by the US people.
The US Treasury Department took action to prevent attendance of Cuban artists at fairs and international exhibitions organized in the United States, where they would show the work of our best contemporary artists; and to prevent works being sent to auction houses whose headquarters are located in the US, despite the existence of the Bergman Amendment, related to the Cuban art acquisition.
The premiere of 'Never ever Neverland' a documentary by the Cuban filmmaker Marina Ochoa on the exodus of more than 14,000 Cuban children who travelled alone to the United States between 1960 and 1962, was premiered by the Cuban Institute of Art and Cinematographic Industry to celebrate the Day of the Cuban Culture in October.
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