The U.S. and Cuban civil aviation authorities reached an agreement on the reopening of regular flights between both countries, half a century after their cancelation.
The airlines finally received the green light to establish regular flights between U.S. and Cuban cities. The agreement, one of the most demanded by U.S. business circles, had been announced late last December.
The Cuban novelist and another two figures of Latin American literature were deserving of this category that will soon become official.
Cuban writer Leonardo Padura and his colleagues Sergio Ramírez, from Nicaragua, and Antonio Skarmeta, from Chile, have just been extolled as Corresponding Members of the Puerto Rican Academy of the Spanish Language, “in view of their literary and intellectual merits and the interest and solidarity” that the three have demonstrated “for Puerto Rico’s literary and cultural affairs,” according to the official press release by the president of that institution, Puerto Rican poet José Luis Vega.
A curious anthology of short stories that includes the prize-winning writer is presented at the 25th Havana International Book Fair.
Despite being one (or the most) demanded of the living Cuban authors by the reading public of his country and of other parts of the world, Leonardo Padura is only present in the 25th Havana International Book Fair 2016 with two short stories.
His pieces contributed in an evident way to fostering a special moment in the 20th century.
Cuban choreographer Gustavo Herrera passed away last January 22 in Mexico DF at the age of 69. He had been residing in that city for years and worked as a professor at the National Centre of Arts. He was one of the most notable Cuban ballet choreographers, together with Alberto Alonso, Alberto Méndez and Iván Tenorio.
