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At the gates in Cuba Festival A Bridge to Havana.

Dedicated to the Cuban capital as Creative City of Music, the International Festival A Bridge to Havana will be held from April 26 to 28, according to the official note of the event released today.

In this new edition, Havana's Club 500 José Antonio Echeverría will host on its stage outstanding Cuban artists such as Los Van Van, Waldo Mendoza, Karamba, Buena Fe and Havana D'Primera, who will merge talent with musicians from Holland, Spain and Colombia.

Cuba presents challenges and progress towards gender equality at the UN.

Cuba's agenda towards gender equality confirms the will of not losing spaces despite the complexities, according to the secretary general of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), Teresa Amarrelle.

On the occasion of her participation in the sessions of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, the also member of the Council of State said that the progress made by the Caribbean nation in this area is not equivalent to standing idly by.

Cuban bartender wins international tournament in Athens.

Kenia Borges Brotón, bartender at the Breeza bar of the Meliá Internacional Hotel in Varadero, won the top prize in the first international cocktail competition for women, which has just been held in Athens.

With her Perla del Norte cocktail, the young woman from Cardenas beat representatives from 15 other countries in the national category of the contest organized in the Greek capital under the name of Barlady, and was accompanied by the president of the Cuban Bartenders Association, Eddis Naranjo Carrillo.

Federation of Cuban Women at UN meeting for gender equality.

A representation of the Federation of Cuban Women, headed by its general secretary Teresa Amarelle Boué, participates from today in the sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women based here.

The event, considered the largest annual UN meeting for the empowerment of women and girls, will run until the 22nd with debates focused on accelerating the achievement of equality, tackling poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective.

Cuba participated in the First Tampa International Book Fair.

The First Tampa International Book Fair (TIBF) was held at the Ybor City Cuban Club with the aim of promoting reading among children and young people.

The literary event, which also became a space for writers and readers to interact, was attended by a delegation of the Cuban Book Chamber, who developed an intense program.  

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