Uruguayans Get a Taste of Cuban Documentaries

HAVANA, Cuba. Cuban documentary screenings are underway this week at Politeama Theater, in the Uruguayan city of Canelones, 45 kilometers north of Montevideo.

The inaugural ceremony included the exhibition of "El mérito es estar Vivo" (The merit is being alive), on the plans of the US Central Intelligence Agency to assassinate revolutionary leader Fidel Castro and overthrow the Revolution, Granma newspaper reports on its web site.

Presentations will include "Entre el arte y la cultura" (Between art and culture), which by way of music, dance, painting and debate, offers a panorama on racial mingling in Cuba.

Scheduled for Thursday is the screening of "Un lugar llamado Guantánamo" ) A place called Guantanamo), on that illegally occupied part of Cuban territory that that became internationally notorious when the tortures applied by the US government to war prisoners became known.

The week of exhibitions will close on Friday with "El proceso" (The process), about the biased trial and sentencing of the Cuban Five in the United States in 1998 for their monitoring the activities of Florida- based terrorist groups, which planned and conducted criminal actions
against Cuba.

The last day of activities will also include a round table on Cuba's struggles and realities throughout the Revolution, to the 50th anniversary of which the documentary festival is precisely dedicated.

(Cine documental cubano esta semana en Uruguay)

Exhibition in Havana to Pay Homage to Van Gogh

HAVANA, Cuba. The exhibition Dear Van Gogh: A Tribute of Cuban Contemporary Art, will remain open to the public until June 3 at Havana's Center for the Development of Visual Arts.

The project, comprising works of 15 Cuban artists and headed by painter Reinerio Tamayo, is a tribute of Cuban creators to one of the most representative figures of 19th century European art.

Featuring the traditional techniques used by Van Gogh, the exhibition includes paintings on acrylic, oil on canvas and heterogeneous themes by Rubén Alpízar, Arístides Hernández (Ares), Franklin Álvarez, Jorge Luis Ballart, Enrique Baxter, Luis Enrique Camejo,Rocío García, Javier Guerra and Kdir López, among other local artists.

The Dutch painter lives on Cuba's aesthetic memory as a paradigm of modernity, and the value of his work remain latent in the art produced on the island over the last few decades, Tamayo told the Cubasi web portal.

(Exposición en homenaje a Van Gogh en La Habana)

Cubans in Uruguay to Meet in June in Support of the Revolution

HAVANA, Cuba. Cubans living in Uruguay will hold a national meeting on June 14, aimed at preserving their identity and continuing to be faithful to the cultural and historical legacy of their homeland.

The organizers said the occasion will also be used to reaffirm the Cuban nationals' support of their country's Revolution and the efforts to get the five Cubans arbitrarily in jail in the U.S. released from prison.

The President of the Association of Cubans Living in Uruguay (ACRU), Olga Lidia Alemán, highlighted the importance of the upcoming meeting, during a function held in Montevideo in memory of Cuban National Hero José Martí.

(Cubanos en Uruguay alistan cita de apoyo a la Revolución)