Paris - Cuba's permanent representative to UNESCO, Yahima Esquivel, on Monday denounced the impact of the US economic, commercial and financial blockade against her country in the sphere of competence of the multilateral organization.

Moscow - The photographic exhibition 'First: Gagarin and Cuba' opened at the Fevzi Yakubov Engineering and Pedagogical University (KIPU) in Crimea, the website of the Russian Society for Friendship with Cuba reported on Tuesday.

Havana - Some 250 Cuban and foreign writers, representing 40 nations, will participate in the International Poetry Festival that will be held online from May 25th through the 30th from Havana.

Organized by the CubaPoesía cultural center, the National Association of Writers and Artists (UNEAC), the Cuban Book Institute and the Cuban Ministry of Culture, the event is presided over by Cuban National Literature Prize laureate Nancy Morejón.

Havana - The International Association of Theater for Children and Young People (ASSITEJ) confirmed that the Cuban capital will host its 21st World Congress, scheduled for 2024.

Although theater dance groups and soloists were in charge of giving notable life to the XIV edition of El Carnaval de la Escena event, based in Caimito, creators of all the demonstrations joined this online event, which had the participation of representatives from Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia and the host nation, also represented by Teatro del Estro, from Mayabeque province.

Havana - President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Wednesday noted the festivities for culture and knowledge on the Cuba's Book Day, which is being celebrated with a broad virtual program.

On his official Twitter account, the president recalled the founding of the National Printshop, the printing of Don Quixote and the 62 years of universal access to the infinite treasure of human creation that lives in books.