The Havana Film Festival awards were announced on Saturday afternoon and the winning movies will get an extra showing on Sunday. “La teta asustada” a Peru-Spain co-production by director Claudia Llosa won the first prize for a full-length fiction film. The top prize for a documentary went to “La perdida” (Argentina-Spain) by Enrique Gabriel and Javier Angulo. The winning short fiction film went to “Para pedir perdon” (Brazil) by Ibere Carvalho.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez meets on Saturday with former Cuban President Fidel Castro. Chavez arrived in Havana on Friday night to participate in a summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) which begins Sunday in the Cuban capital.
Read MoreMexican President Felipe Calderon will visit Cuba in the first semester of 2010, announced Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa. The visit put to rest the diplomatic differences related to Swine Flu. Espinosa met for three hours with Cuban President Raul Castro.
Read MoreCuba and Venezuela signed 285 collaboration projects worth US $3.18 billion, it was announced today during the tenth Joint Commission between the two nations, being held in Havana prior to the December 13-14 summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA).
Read MoreMexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa met in Havana on Friday with her Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez. Espinosa praised Cuba’s leadership in the development of regional integration efforts.
Read MoreThe Politburo of the ruling Cuban Communist Party decided to dismiss Ernesto López, president of the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT), after 11 years at the head of that state-run agency. The ICRT was strongly criticized by Cuban intellectuals during the debate that took place between 2007 and 2008.
Read MoreCuba’s gross domestic product (GDP) will grow one per cent in 2009, affirmed the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in its preliminary report on the economies of the region, presented in Santiago, Chile.
Read MorePope Benedict XVI questioned Thursday the U.S. embargo against Cuba, “which especially affects the poorest persons and families,” in statements during the reception of the island’s new ambassador to the Holy See, Eduardo Delgado.
Read MoreCuba’s popular salsa band Charanga Habanera begins a 45-day tour of the United States on December 17 featuring nine concerts in Florida, announced David Calzado, its director. “Our aim is to reopen that country’s doors to Cuban popular dance music,” affirmed Calzado, whose group has recorded 15 records since its foundation in 1988.
Read MoreHuman rights form part of the dialogue with Cuba, affirmed Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, whose country will end this month its six-month presidency of the European Union (EU).
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