Four Cuban artists were granted gold medals in recognition of their participation at a visual arts exhibition organized by Britain and China in the context of London’s Olympics.

The film festival “Cuba: New Millennium� will be held in Ecuador from August 3rd through the 9th. It will include five movies, which will evidence the diversity of themes and genres and also the technical and artistic quality of today’s Cuban cinema.

Some 6.5 million citizens in 28 nations are no longer illiterate persons thanks to the Cuban Literacy Program known as “Yes, I Can.� The figure surpasses all statistics reported by other similar programs implemented thus far around the world.

The Endedans Contemporary Ballet Company of Camaguey province successfully wound up a series of performances in Hamburg, Germany.

Cuban singer Cucé Diamantes, who was the former singer of the Yerba Bueba band, is playing the main character in the local Amor Crónico film that is the second short film that is directed by the renowned actor Jorge Perugorría.

Che’s Diary has been proposed by Bolivia to be included in the Memory of the World Register, an international initiative that promotes the preservation of and the access to the most important documentary heritage.

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa thanked Cuba on Saturday for its help in the national literacy teaching program with the Yes I Can method, to free the country from one of the greatest dictatorships: ignorance.

The book “From Barinas to Miraflores: Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias�, by writer Fernando Diaz, was presented on Saturday in Ciego de Avila, as a present for the 58th birthday of the Venezuelan President.