The pioneer of Brazilian bossa nova in the late 1950s, Joao Gilberto’s intimate guitar playing and hushed vocals gave rise to a movement in music that continues to endear listeners the world over.
Read MoreThe systematization and rise of eco-friendly projects will be one of the most important aspects of the 15th edition of the Gibara Film Festival, which will run from July 7th until July 13th, in this coastal city in Cuba’s Holguin province.
Read MoreWith the approval of the resolution entitled “The Situation in Nicaragua” on June 28th, the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), meeting in Medellin, Colombia, steps up the pressure on the Ortega-Murillo government.
Read MoreExperts, political leaders, NGOs and indigenous peoples and communities gathered to deliberate on a methodology that emphasises rights for indigenous peoples and local communities in the management and perseveration of landscapes.
Read MoreAfter heated controversy and sorting out internal differences, Cuban women won important social and political battles in the first four decades of the 20th century, which are depicted in the documentary “En busca de un espacio”, by filmmaker Marilyn Solaya.
Read MoreKnown for rescuing land where there was once a garbage dump and for his organic fertilizer production, farmer Liuvar Ojeda in Havana, is also developing good practices which are linked to recycling and making the most of water on his plot on the outskirts of the Cuban capital.
Read MoreThe authorities of the Ministry of Education issued a directive to the principals of Nicaragua’s largest high schools. “The students have to watch the manipulated government / Sandinista Youth videos of the protests; it doesn’t matter if the curriculum plan is interrupted.
Read MoreWhile Daniel Ortega’s dark forces were shooting rubber or lead bullets at students and bystanders during the months of the 2018 protests, Irela Carolina Iglesias Aleman became an “angel of light and life” by providing a charitable hand, cry with them and share happy moments in the new stages of their lives.
Read MoreGrowing popular demand to lower Internet access prices exposes a new reality: Cubans are taking advantage of digital platforms, which are hard to control, to express themselves freely, far from the compulsory cheering and applause we see in traditional media, which is under the Communist Party/State’s firm control.
Read MoreDogs barking in the distance. Birds chirping nearby. A man walking through the mist, surrounded by lush vegetation. A distinctive vibrato singing “Speak Softly, Love” over it all. So begins Inna de Yard, a documentary that can safely be called a love poem to reggae music, or the “soul of Jamaica.
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