Not exempt of vulnerabilities, Cuba is advancing in the implementation of adaptation based on ecosystems and the protection of natural heritage in the new conditions of the global climate. Its human capital, its scientific potential and the boost to citizens’ participation are part of its greatest strengths.
Cuba’s response to climate change would seem like a Quixote battle: its condition of a developing island country very near to the Tropic of Cancer multiplies the vulnerability to possible negative impacts of this phenomenon. Neither is there a lack of inventiveness and nobility in the strategies to face it, which include the coordinated intervention of actors at all levels of environmental management and provincial administrations; the boost given to citizens’ participation; and the use of the scientific potential for deciding on the future scenarios and the establishment of measures.
Its single concert in Cuba was a singular master class on coherence and vitality of the Russian musical tradition as well as a display of virtuosity.
Until a short time ago for us the name of the Saint Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre was the patrimony of ballet aficionados. The coliseum dedicated to Maria Alexandrova, wife of Tsar Alexander II, has a special place in the history of that art: Marius Petipa taught there for many years; the canonical productions of classics such as Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and Nutcracker were performed there. Its hall full of gold was witness to memorable performances by Anna Pavlova and Vaslav Nijinsky. Some of us also knew about its role in the history of Russian opera, but only now have we become aware of the value of its orchestra thanks to the single concert it offered in the Avellaneda Hall of the National Theatre of Havana last March 6 under the baton of its director Valery Gergiev, currently considered one of the world’s great conductors.
After several years in project, the tetralogy of Las cuatro estaciones (The Four Seasons) will get to the silver screen.
When 25 years ago Cuban writer Leonardo Padura created Mario Conde he never imagined that “so many nice things” would happen to him with this character. Now, the author of the famous tetralogy Las cuatro estaciones is expecting the leap to cinema of his most popular novels.
Cuban cigar sales went up four per cent in 2015, despite heavy obstacles faced by the world.
The 18th International Havana Cigar Festival concluded in the Cuban capital with an auction of Premium cigars and humidors that collected 865,000 euros. This time around the festival was dedicated to the 50 years of the Cohiba trademark. The meeting showcased arts and marketing to establish, in a difficult global situation, the position of one of Cuba’s traditional exports.
