Porfirio "Fico" Mariol, the trombone behind Los Karachi's sound, dies in Santiago de Cuba


Trombonist, arranger and composer Porfirio Mariol Sagarra, known as "Fico", has died in Santiago de...

Cuba's Brayan León stays unbeaten with a unanimous decision on Canelo's Riyadh card


Pinar del Río-born super middleweight Brayan "The King" León Salgado beat Mexico's Héctor Aguirre at...

Idania Valdés takes her first solo tour, "Más Allá del Club Social," to Brazil


Buena Vista Social Club singer Idania Valdés debuts her solo project "Más Allá del Club Social" in B...

José Daniel Ferrer and Mike Hammer meet in Miami


Mike Hammer, head of the U.S. mission in Havana, met Cuban opposition figure José Daniel Ferrer in M...

CNCO's Cuban-born Erick Brian Colón plays a solo concert in Mexico City


Havana-born singer Erick Brian Colón, a former member of CNCO, will perform a solo concert on Novemb...

Gloria and Emilio Estefan receive the Hispanic Society's Sorolla Medal in New York


The Hispanic Society of America presented its Sorolla Medals to Gloria and Emilio Estefan at a gala...

Eliades Ochoa takes his 80th-birthday "¡Como Nunca!" tour to Pamplona


Buena Vista Social Club veteran Eliades Ochoa plays Pamplona's Baluarte auditorium on Saturday, Octo...

Dominican Republic's oldest university approves honorary doctorate for Silvio Rodríguez


The Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) has approved an honorary doctorate for Cuban singe...

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On this day was born

Alvaro Reynoso Valdés

Researcher, Science, Society

Fernando Álvarez

Arts, Music, Singer

Enrique González Mantici

Musician, Composer, Arts, Arranger

Carlos Abelardo Ramírez Márquez

Doctor, Science, Society

Ernestina Cabaleiro Cervantes

Arts, Music, Pianist, Professor

Coralia Veloz Fernández

Arts, Actress, Society

On this day died

Tomás Estrada Palma

Politician, Society, Professor, Lawyer

Gustavo Sánchez Galarraga

Poet, Writer, Playwright, Arts

José Benito Camacho Urrutia

Sports, Baseball, Coach, Professor, Society