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Ronald Suárez Rivas

Ronald Suárez Rivas

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...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks after being sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on February 13, 2025. Photo: EFE/EPA/JASON ANDREW/POOL.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cuba

After graduating from Harvard University, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. studied at the London School of Economics and received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. He then attended Pace University School of Law, New York, where he earned a Master’s degree in Environmental Law. From 1986 to 2018, he was a faculty member at the Pace School of Law. He co-founded the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, which represents Hudson Riverkeeper, a nonprofit organization based in Ossining, New York, dedicated to protecting the river, one of the most iconic in American culture. As Riverkeeper’s chief prosecutor, Kennedy took up over 150 lawsuits against various corporations polluting the waterway. He also inspired the creation of more than 100 global Waterkeeper organizations and an umbrella group, the Waterkeeper Alliance. For these kinds of actions, Time magazine named him one of its “Heroes for the Planet.” “To me,” he told Time, “the environment cannot be separated from the economy, housing, civil rights, and human rights. How we distribute the goods of the earth is the best measure of our democracy. It’s not about advocating for fish and birds. It’s about human rights.”  https://youtu.be/Ms-XL0Qqz8k This is the RFK Jr. who first arrived...

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