The program includes a lecture on the poetic work of Fernandez Retamar by Samuel Gordon, professor at the Ibero American University in Mexico D.F., reports PL news agency.

For his part, Raul Carrillo, professor at Charleston College in South Carolina, will present a paper on the presence of the Cuban Revolution in Retamar's work.

The Cuban poet, essayist and literary critic is in Puebla as guest of honor at the Festival.

Retamar, who is president of Casa de las Americas, was also presented the key to the city of Puebla as part of the ceremony held in the city hall of that Mexican municipality.