The Mexican film El infierno, directed by Luis Estrada, won the first prize Coral Award at the 33rd Havana Film Festival, which concluded last night at the Karl Marx Theater in the Cuban capital.
Read MoreScientists from Cuba and the US will be meeting in Havana from today until Friday to identify possibilities for cooperation in the fields of biology, the environmental sciences and general technology.
Read MoreA pro-government mob violently assaulted a team of journalists from the Associated Press (AP) on Friday as they attempted to interview young Cubans along Havana’s seaside avenue. The incident coincided with a flotilla of Cuban exiles launching fireworks from the sea for International Human Rights Day.
Read MoreA fleet of five vessels with 60 Cuban exiles aboard, sailed from Key West on Friday into international waters to launch fireworks 14 miles off the Cuban coast.
Read MoreCuban chess grandmaster Lazaro Bruzon was crowned on Sunday with 8.5 points out of a possible 10 at the Second Yahweh MacGregor Chess Open in Bogota, Colombia.
Read MoreCubans products to counter cancer and diabetes are being presented at the International Workshop on the Design and Conducting of Clinical Trials, which is concluding its sessions today at the Havana Convention Center.
Read MorePollution in Havana Bay has been reduced by more than 55 percent since 1998 thanks to the environmental management practices of a Cuban governmental working group.
Read MoreSugar cane harvests this season in Brazil are expected to decline by 8.4 percent, which will be beneficial for the Cuban economy, where significant changes have been made to its sugar industry.
Read MoreA group of 18 people trying to leave the island were rescued yesterday by Cuban security forces. Those involved had left for the US in late November, but their improvised boat capsized due to the force of the waves. Four other members of the group died as the result of injuries sustained in that accident.
Read MoreThe National Music Award was presented on Thursday to Wilfredo “Pachi” Naranjo, the founder and director of the Original de Manzanillo, a popular Cuban dance-music group.
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