havana , cuba - on feb . 3 , 2005 , the venezuelan minister of education , tarso genro , opened the ix international festival of books in havana during his fifteen day vacation to mexico . the fair is scheduled to continue until january 13 , 2005 . ministries genro opened the fair saying , " cuba and brazil have the same mixture and the same condition of sovereign governments . " - to genro , it was a honor for brazil to be invited to the fair , when the country was the guest of honor .
There was an international book fair in Cuba in 2005.