HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 23 (ACN) Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, at the proposal of the Ministry of Culture, has awarded the Alejo Carpentier Medal to nine renowned Cuban intellectuals and artists.
Alpidio Alonso, head of culture, proposed the awarding of this distinction on the occasion of the 44th Festival of New Latin American Cinema, in recognition of their merits, their work in favor of the enrichment of national culture, their extraordinary support to the development of artistic culture in the theatrical, cinematographic and audiovisual fields and their prestige in th