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Fabricado de Arte Cubano

Fábrica de Arte nominated for World Travel Awards for ninth time

The World Travel Awards (WTA), a competition that recognizes, rewards, and celebrates excellence in all sectors of the travel, tourism, and hospitality industries around the world, nominated the Fábrica de Arte Cubano (FAC) for the ninth time. The WTA included the Havana cultural institution in its shortlist for Caribbean’s Leading Entertainment Venue, a recognition that celebrates excellence in the region’s cultural and leisure offers, according to a statement sent to OnCuba. This nomination consolidates FAC’s position as one of the “most innovative and vibrant spaces on the contemporary cultural scene,” with a unique approach that fuses music, visual arts, dance, film, design, and thought, and that “continues to attract thousands of national and international visitors each year.” Fabricado de Arte Cubano. Photo: Facebook. “Being nominated again is an honor and a testament to the impact that a cultural project born in Cuba with a global vocation can have,” said FAC leader, renowned Cuban musician X Alfonso, who also sees “the public that accompanies us, the team that makes this dream possible every night, and the creative community” that brings the project to life. On the platform, one of the most important for international tourism on the island, the public has...

U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, upon his arrival in El Salvador. Photo: EFE/ Eduard Ribas

Government intervenes Usaid and puts Marco Rubio in charge

In one of the surprises of his Latin American and first international tour, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced this Monday that he is the new acting head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), promising to put an end to the “insubordination” in that federal entity. “I am the acting director of USAID,” Rubio told reporters on his visit to El Salvador, noting that the level of ‘insubordination’ in that agency “makes it impossible to carry out some kind of serious review,” reported the French press agency (AFP). “Every dollar we spend, every program we finance must be aligned with the national interest of the United States, and the USAID has a history of ignoring that and deciding that, somehow, they are a global charity separate from the national interest,” Rubio told the press accompanying him on his trip, according to a report by the Spanish news agency EFE. The head of Washington's diplomacy said he was “very concerned” about reports that USAID employees are “refusing to cooperate” with the new administration of Donald Trump investigating the profiles of each assistance program and the destination of the funds. A pillar of Soft Power Founded in 1961 by...

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