HAVANA, Cuba, April 14 (acn) Cuban poet and essayist Roberto Fernández Retamar is in Venezuela to receive on April 16 the Prize for Letters granted by ALBA (the Bolivarian Alternative for The Americas).
Fernández Retamar was selected for the award along with Bolivian filmmaker Jorge Sanjinés, who will receive that of Arts, for which he also travelled to the Bolivarian Republic.
The two intellectuals met on Monday with the host country’s Culture Minister, Héctor Soto, and with representatives from the Venezuelan Book and Cinema industries, prior to receiving the award within the context of the ALBA Summit.
The Prize, given for the second time, is an acknowledgement of the work of a lifetime of creators who have made important contributions to the cultural heritage of Latin America and the Caribbean, states a report by Prensa Latina news agency.
Fernández Retamar (Havana, 1930) is an Arts graduate and has received doctorates from La Sorbonne and London University; he’s a founder and director of Havana’s Center for José Martí Studies and director of the Casa de las Américas cultural institution.
He has been awarded the Rubén Darío Latin American Poetry Prize, the Nikola Vaptsarov International Poetry Prize in Bulgaria, and the Literary Critics Prize of Argentina, as well as the Official Medal of Arts and Letters from France, among other awards.
For his part, Sanjinés is one of the most important Bolivian filmmakers, with movies related to Andean culture.
His film Ukamau has been awarded over 30 national and international prizes, and he won the Best Young Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
(En Venezuela Fernández Retamar para recibir Premio ALBA)
martes, 14 de abril de 2009
Havana Hosting Neuro-Sciences Congress
HAVANA, Cuba, April 14 (acn) The NeuroCuba Congress begins on Tuesday in Havana with the participation of nearly 300 experts who will discuss the neuro-sciences and diseases of the neuro-system.
According to Prensa Latina news agency, specialists in neurology and neurosurgery will present works and researches on diseases affecting the spine, brain tumors, epilepsy, dementia and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system, among others.
A member of the Organizing Committee, Miguel Angel Buergo, said that one of the main goals of the event is to join forces in order to advance in this field of medicine.
Buergo added that cerebrovascular diseases are the third cause of death in Cuba and around the world, and the first cause of neuro-related physical disabilities.
The congress will take place until next Friday at Havana’s Convention Center.
(Desde hoy en La Habana, Congreso NeuroCuba)
According to Prensa Latina news agency, specialists in neurology and neurosurgery will present works and researches on diseases affecting the spine, brain tumors, epilepsy, dementia and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system, among others.
A member of the Organizing Committee, Miguel Angel Buergo, said that one of the main goals of the event is to join forces in order to advance in this field of medicine.
Buergo added that cerebrovascular diseases are the third cause of death in Cuba and around the world, and the first cause of neuro-related physical disabilities.
The congress will take place until next Friday at Havana’s Convention Center.
(Desde hoy en La Habana, Congreso NeuroCuba)
Cuba’s National Folkloric Group Begins Tour of Spain
HAVANA, Cuba, April 14 (acn) The National Folkloric Group of Cuba is beginning a tour around Spain with the show ‘La raíz y el tiempo’ (Roots and Time).
According to Prensa latina news agency, the dance company will visit the cities of Castellón, Leganés, Valencia, Coruña, Guadalajara, Abarán, Albacete, Almanza, Foz, Badajoz, Puerto Llano, Lucena, Torrejón de Ardoz, Lugo, Atarfe, Pontevedra, Vigo, Ourense, Asturias, Cuenca,
Alicante and Madrid.
Manolo Micler, the artistic and general director of the program, said that for over an hour and a half 35 dancers will go on stage in a performance that shows the blending of the Hispanic-African ingredients that have made up Cuban culture over the centuries.
Meanwhile, Leonardo Buenaventura, head of Public Relations of the Folkloric Group, explained that the show reflects a diversity of aesthetic concepts, artistic languages and styles that recreate the richness of Cuban dance and music.
He also announced that the same show will be taken to Portugal for its debut in that European country.
(Inicia gira por España el Conjunto Folklórico de Cuba)
According to Prensa latina news agency, the dance company will visit the cities of Castellón, Leganés, Valencia, Coruña, Guadalajara, Abarán, Albacete, Almanza, Foz, Badajoz, Puerto Llano, Lucena, Torrejón de Ardoz, Lugo, Atarfe, Pontevedra, Vigo, Ourense, Asturias, Cuenca,
Alicante and Madrid.
Manolo Micler, the artistic and general director of the program, said that for over an hour and a half 35 dancers will go on stage in a performance that shows the blending of the Hispanic-African ingredients that have made up Cuban culture over the centuries.
Meanwhile, Leonardo Buenaventura, head of Public Relations of the Folkloric Group, explained that the show reflects a diversity of aesthetic concepts, artistic languages and styles that recreate the richness of Cuban dance and music.
He also announced that the same show will be taken to Portugal for its debut in that European country.
(Inicia gira por España el Conjunto Folklórico de Cuba)
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