This week Cuban singer Omara Portuondo was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts by the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sports, in a ceremony presided over by the King and Queen of Spain.

The Company of Artistic and Literary Promotions (Artex) in Holguín has inserted its services and products into electronic commerce, as part of the computerization process of Cuban society.

Cuban pianist Jesus Valdes alias Chucho, US saxophonist Kenny Garrett and Spanish composer Maria Bonet will take part in the next edition of the Barcelona Jazz Festival, organizers announced yesterday.

Diálogos Diversos (Diverse dialogues), a communication campaign organized from Casa de Iberoamérica in the province of Holguín, was launched Wednesday as part of the actions of the Ministry of Culture on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Fidel Castro’s speech known as Words to the Intellectuals.