Cuban journalists mark National Media Day on Thursday with a central ceremony in this eastern city, concluding a period of activities for the date, which recalls the first edition, 121 years ago, of the Patria newspaper founded by National Hero Jose Marti.

In an expression of global unity through culture, Cuban musicians and intellectuals joined the homage being paid by the world to Bolivarian leader Hugo Chavez, who passed as away March 5 in Caracas.

Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro and President Raul Castro sent wreaths to the ceremony that paid homage on Wednesday at the Pantheon treasuring the mortal remains of Cuban Student Federation leader Jose Antonio Echeverria, who was murdered March 13, 1957 by the Fulgencio Batista dictatorship.

Cuba will attend the first meeting in 2013 of the Pan-American Federation of Architects Association Executive Committee, which opens sessions Thursday in the Caribbean island nation of Saint Martin.

The 22nd International Book Fair, Cuba 2013, proved that in times when the reading habit experiences a setback, Cubans constitute a large literature-loving people, said Abel Prieto, advisor to President Raul Castro, in eastern Santiago de Cuba city.

The 12th World Congress on Art Deco, to be held in Havana from next Friday, is to assess Cuba’s heritage potential while promoting its rescue and restoration.

Old Havana is preparing to celebrate a week-long French Culture Festival that promotes different artistic forms from the French speaking world.

The performance of the multi awarded Cuban musician Chucho Valdes and his group at the International Jazz Festival in Jakarta,was calified as a cultural event among representatives that brings jazz personalities worldwide.