Laritza Ulloa Varela

Recognized and admired announcer of Cuban Television and Radio

A native of Ciego de Ávila, she is the daughter of the distinguished Avilanian announcer Ibrahim Ulloa. From a very young age, she frequently visited the Provincial Radio Station of Ciego de Ávila.

Still a teenager, she attended as a listener a course for announcers offered by the master announcer Arquímedes Romo. According to Romo himself, when they asked him for a female voice to fill a position at the Radio Musical Aviliana station, he did not hesitate to recommend Laritza, even though the course had not yet concluded.

According to Professor Romo, he had very soon realized that he was dealing with someone who had transcended the category of a project to become a beautiful reality. And Laritza did not disappoint him.

In 1982, she was evaluated for the first time and the station had to request a special permit to hire her, as she was only 16 years old.

She quickly advanced and became an indispensable voice in the programming of Radio Surco, the provincial station of Ciego de Ávila. Programs featuring her voice in the presentation can still be heard on this station. From the province, she participated in some national Television programs such as the one written by Amado Cabezas, Desde mi cuadra.

In 1986 she moved to Havana and from then on became one of the greatest announcers of Radio and Television of all time.

In her early career she worked on Revista de la Mañana, on the participation program A jugar with the unforgettable Eddy Martin, Contacto and other participation programs. She began doing news bulletins as a booth announcer, but did not go unnoticed.

Guided by her father and by one of the great announcers of this country Manolo Ortega, she made her appearance on the Noticiero Estelar of Cuban Television.

Awards and Recognition

Caracol Prize, from the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba

Félix Elmuza Distinction from the Union of Journalists of Cuba.