CubaPLUS Magazine

Although there are still about two weeks to go before the start of the XXV Edition of the International Habanos Festival, a resounding success is expected, as the tickets have already been sold out, which reflects once again the extraordinary interest that this event generates among aficionados and professionals in the sector.

The digital empowerment of the new generations today will be the central theme of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) World Youth Summit 2025 that will take place in Cuba next March. Under the motto "Amplifying the voices of young people in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for a connected future", the event that will take place in Varadero from March 11 to 13 will include, as part of the program exchanges and panels, so that young people can take part in the dialogues and decision-making processes on the sector.

The 19th "Pedagogia 2025" International Congress opened at the Conference Center in this capital from this Monday until February 13, to discuss education, science, and innovation for sustainable human development. The organizers told reporters that the event will gather teachers, professors, educators, researchers, and sector leaders from 21 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, Asia, and the United States.

A delegation from Cuba will showcase the latest tourism developments in this destination at the 45th edition of the Milan Fair Bit 2025, which will bring together specialists from the sector in Italy from today until February 11. The representation of the Caribbean nation is chaired by the Cuban ambassador in Rome, Mirta Granda

The first Tropicana Classic Autos Pairing Festival (First Regularity Rally) will be held in the Cuban capital from February 28 to March 2 with the participation of classic car lovers, both national and foreign. In a press conference, held this Friday in the Arcos de Cristal Hall of the emblematic cabaret, the director of the establishment, Joaquín Yuenking, offered the details of the contest in which the participation of around 100 cars is expected, which will travel through streets and avenues of easy access and places of historical, cultural and tourist interest in Havana.

Havana Club rum, the most awarded of the Cuban spirits, has a very broad, varied and important market in Canada, as it is one of its main clients, said Christian Barré, president of Havana Club International (HCI) S.A.

Tributo 2025, the new rum from Havana Club's iconic collection, is the perfect representation of the know-how of Cuban rum, of this Cuban culture, of this excellence that exists in the world of rum and the brand's way of producing it, said Cristian Barré, General Manager of Havana Club International S.A. In a press conference held this Wednesday at the Havana Club Rum Museum on the occasion of the presentation of Tribute 2025, Barré added that the eighth edition of Tributo is the result of collaboration with the Midleton distillery in Cork, Ireland, a producer of whiskey that combines the richness of Cuban rum and the depth of Irish rum.

South Africa, as the guest of honor, will have a wide participation in the 33rd International Book Fair Havana 2025, from February 13 to 23, where more than 40 nations will be represented.

Habanos, S.A., together with its exclusive distributor Intertabak AG, has just presented the new Ramón Allones Absolutos Limited Edition 2024 vitola (49 ring gauge x 156 mm long) at an exclusive event in the “Halle 7” in Basel, Switzerland.

The city of Camagüey, one of the most important towns in Cuba, celebrates its 511th birthday, and is now consolidated as a cultural and historical reference point in the largest of the Antilles.

A reduction in the length of time a driver's license is required for clients who rent cars for tourism in Cuba came into force on February 1 to expand access to that service, a source announced.

Cuba announced this Friday the holding of the III International Transport and Logistics Fair, FITL 2025, from April 1 to 3 at the Pabexpo fairgrounds.

For the first time in Panama, the Cuban female orchestra Anacaona, founded 93 years ago, imposed its particular style today before an audience eager for good music. In declarations to Prensa Latina, bassist Giorgia Aguirre, a member for more than four decades and current director of the emblematic band, explained that it was quite a challenge to present their most recent album “Gracias a la musica” in Calle Dragones, in Casco Antiguo, in Panama City.

U.S. artist Ted Nash will return to Cuba's National Museum of Fine Arts next Saturday as part of the program of the 40th International Jazz Plaza Festival, the museum announced today.

The 40th edition of the Jazz Plaza 2025 International Festival brought together more than one hundred musicians this Wednesday during the show "Cuba Vive", directed by maestro Nachito Herrera in the city of Santa Clara, one of the venues of the event.

The first dancer and general director of the Cuban National Ballet, Viengsay Valdés, will be part of the jury of the Lausanne Prize, in Switzerland, a prestigious international competition for dance that will take place from February 2 to 9.

The inauguration of the XX International Jazz Colloquium “Leonardo Acosta in Memoriam” took place this Monday at the Cuban Art Factory (FAC) cultural center in the Cuban capital. The theoretical event will continue in different rooms of the FAC until February 1, as part of the 40th International Jazz Plaza Festival.

For the first time, the headquarters of the National Ballet of Cuba received the public as part of the Open Doors initiative, an event promoted for the third time by the Regional Office of Culture for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Washington, Jan 26 (Prensa Latina) Cuban contemporary dance company Malpaso wraps up a successful tour of the United States on Sunday with its last performance at the Joyce Theater in New York, which has become its second home.

Once a profession reserved for the so-called “stronger sex”: the bartender, today women have managed, with perseverance and wisdom, to occupy that space and, many have even reached top positions in international competitions, which confirms that the female sex is capable of taking on any job, no matter how difficult it may be.