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Mobile cinema as a form of resistance

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  • Posted on 25/09/202628/09/2026

The growing success of Cuban Film Institute’s relaunch of the Cine Móvil (Mobile Cinema) project…

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Cuban artists and writers union UNEAC makes representation to Human Rights Council

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 24/09/2026

Ahead of the 63rd regular session of the Human Rights Council, taking place between September…

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  • News from Cuba

Cost of the damage done by the US blockade against Cuba reaches 8 billion USD in last year

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 24/09/2026

The total cost of the damage inflicted on Cuba by the blockade during the period…

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“To begin this school year is an act of sovereignty”

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  • Posted on 14/09/202625/09/2026

Ariadna Padrón García, Director General of Arts Education and Development at the Ministry of Culture…

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Silvio Rodríguez: “It’s almost a miracle that Cuba exists” 

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 04/09/202624/09/2026

Silvio Rodríguez reflects on culture, national identity, and the challenges facing Cuba in an interview…

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Open letter to American artists, writers and academics

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  • Posted on 17/07/202617/07/2026

The National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) issued a public message in…

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Low Budget film festival in eastern Cuba faces the challenges

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 17/07/202622/07/2026

The Gibara International Low-Budget Film Festival, July 14 to 18, brings together nearly twenty countries…

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Brazilian Union of Writers joins UNEAC’s call

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 21/02/2026

The Brazilian Union of Writers (UBE) released a message Friday in support of the call…

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  • News from Cuba

Arturo O’Farrill: Cuba is not a threat to the United States

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  • Posted on 20/02/202605/05/2026

Cuban musician Arturo O’Farrill described Washington’s policy as cruel, which includes restrictions on oil supplies…

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Over 100 Cuban artists call for international solidarity

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  • Posted on 20/02/202620/02/2026

Amid the latest US attack on the island, over 100 Cuban artists, intellectuals, dancers, musicians,…

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  • News from Cuba

Cuba defends cultural rights and denounces blockade at the UN

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  • Posted on 19/09/2025

During her speech, Bonet denounced the effects of the prolonged economic, commercial and financial blockade…

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  • News from Cuba

Damage to the culture sector by the US blockade against Cuba amounts to 195 million dollars in 2024

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 18/09/202518/09/2025

The blockade against Cuba is the longest-lasting and most comprehensive and complex system of unilateral…

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Interview with Cuban singer songwriter Silvio Rodríguez: “I am from a marginalized country persecuted for being rebellious”

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  • Posted on 02/06/202506/06/2025

Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio is set to return to Chile to perform later this year. In…

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Cuban cinema: return to utopias

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  • Posted on 03/11/2024

In conversation with Alexis Triana president of ICAIC Through 2024 the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic…

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  • Cuban Art

XV Havana Biennial: “Let art intersect and build bridges of connection”

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 29/10/202422/07/2025

“Beyond all the differences, there is a space of knowledge, expectations and preferences that most…

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