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


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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 ColĂłn plays a solo concert in Mexico City


Havana-born singer Erick Brian ColĂłn, 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 RodrĂ­guez


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

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On this day was born

Alberto Dávalos

Tenor, Theater, Music, Arts, Singer, Society

Silvia RodrĂ­guez Rivero

Arts, Poet, Screenwriter, Science, Society

Lázaro Martínez Santray

Sports, Athletics, Society

On this day died

Rosario GarcĂ­a Orellana

Arts, Music, Soprano, Singer

Ricardo Portilla Sánchez

Science, Professor, Doctor, Society

Pablo Ruiz Castellanos

Arts, Music, Composer, Orchestra director, Musician