The recognized group Buena Vista Social Club and the duo Gente de Zona were winners in several categories in the 27th edition of the Billboard Latin Music Awards, held at the Bank United Center at the University of Miami, United States.

The Spanish-speaking world celebrates the Spanish Language Day, an event established to pay tribute to Miguel de Cervantes, author of The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote, a masterpiece of Spanish literature.

The president of the United States, Barack Obama, will arrive in Havana in the afternoon of Sunday, March 20, to pay an official visit, the Cuban Foreign Ministry confirmed today.

According to the Foreign Ministry, during his stay here, Obama will hold official talks with Cuban President Raul Castro, and will participate in other events.