January 28, 2025
The distinguished radio program director, Caridad Martínez, who worked for more than six decades at Radio Progreso, passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2025, confirmed on X by the media outlet's general director, Yuzaima Cardona Villena.
Source: Juventud Rebelde, Trabajadores
January 27, 2025
Olympic triple champion and world six-time boxing champion, Félix Savón Fabré, has been enjoying conditional release since late 2024 after serving six years in a penitentiary center on the outskirts of Havana, according to several sources confirmed to CubaNet.
Source: Cubanet
January 25, 2025
Raquel Mayedo's career spans from ballet in her childhood to broadcasting.
Source: Granma
January 25, 2025
The National Ballet of Cuba (BNC), directed by prima ballerina Viengsay Valdés, announced a new evaluation of its artistic cast, as a result of meticulous work by its principal maîtres and instructors.
Source: La Jiribilla
January 22, 2025
Cuban Juan Miguel Echevarría appears among the long jumpers confirmed for the Moniz Pereira Indoor Athletics Meet in Portugal, which will mark his competitive return as a member of the national team in that sport.
Source: Cubadebate
January 22, 2025
Comedian José 'El Chico Bombón' passes away unexpectedly at age 56; found dead in his home The actor, who became very famous for his parodies of artists on social media, also participated in the film 'Un rey en la Habana'.
Source: Milenio
January 21, 2025
This Sunday, January 19, news broke of the death of Lázaro Arístides Betancourt Mella, a man who left his mark on the Cuban sports system through his passion for athletics.
Source: Cubadebate
January 21, 2025
Cuba's National Prize for Literature recipient, Nancy Morejón, has arrived in Libreville, invited by academic and cultural centers in the Central African country.
Source: Radio Enciclopedia
January 19, 2025
On the afternoon of January 18, the renowned theater, film, radio, and television actor Mario Limonta passed away in Havana, one day before turning 89.
Source: Cubadebate
January 19, 2025
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) announced that Leonor Andrea Borrell Hernández, from Villa Clara, will be inducted into the hall of fame of this sport on May 17th, Leonor, who has resided in the United States since 2016, will become the first female basketball player from the largest island in the Caribbean to achieve this recognition, something that among men had already been obtained in 2015 by Ruperto Herrera Tabío, a native of the capital, a bronze medalist at the Munich Olympic Games, 1972.
Source: Vanguardia
November 29, 2024
Cuban journalism suffered on November 27 the loss of one of its most prestigious professionals.
Source: Granma
November 29, 2024
Carlos Aldana Escalante, a controversial figure in Cuban communist leadership between the mid-1980s and early 1990s, died this Wednesday, November 27 in Havana.
Source: OnCubaNews
November 27, 2024
On November 27th, at the Cuban Institute of Music, in the presence of its president, Indira Fajardo, the 2024 National Music Prize was announced.
Source: Facebook
November 27, 2024
Historic Cuban editor and bookseller Juan Manuel Salvat, based in Miami since the 1960s and founder of Ediciones Universal, a publishing house that published numerous authors from the Island, died this Tuesday at age 84, reported art critic and curator Jesús Rosado on his Facebook profile.
Source: Diario de Cuba
November 26, 2024
Cuban musician Chucho Valdés revealed this past weekend to news channel América TeVé that he considered himself one more exile, confessing his decision to live permanently in the United States.
Source: ADN Cuba
November 26, 2024
The documentary "El adiós dorado de La Mejor," dedicated to the retirement of Paralympic champion Omara Durand, had its premiere this morning in the Alfredo Guevara hall at Pabellón Cuba, on the same day as the distinguished athlete's 33rd birthday.
Source: Cubadebate
November 25, 2024
Cuban actor Alexis Valdés won the Martín Fierro Latino 2024 award in the Humor Work in Television and Platforms category.
Source: Cibercuba
November 25, 2024
Cuban broadcaster Magdiel Pérez revealed the reasons why he decided to emigrate to the U.
Source: Cubanoticias 360
November 23, 2024
Carlos Varela, the renowned Cuban singer-songwriter, has presented his most recent musical work, "Nada es como antes", an album that reflects the maturity and emotions of his life after leaving Cuba.
Source: Cubitanow
November 23, 2024
The popular Cuban presenter Marino Luzardo has been in Spain for several days, which has led some of his followers to wonder about the reason and duration of his stay.
Source: Cubanoticias 360
November 19, 2024
Cuban actor Rubén Cortada was awarded this Sunday with the Luz Prize during the 50th edition of the Iberoamerican Film Festival of Huelva.
Source: Cubanet
November 19, 2024
"We are deeply moved by the death of Gabriel Molina Franchossi, one of the founders and great icons of the Revolutionary press system," states a communication from the presidency of the Upec.
Source: Prensa Latina
November 18, 2024
Four years have now passed since the sudden death of Cuban actress Broselianda Hernández, and finally, her remains have arrived at the island that saw her born to rest forever.
Source: Cubanoticias 360
November 18, 2024
"Mijaín, the attraction of the ceremony," thus titled the newspaper Hoy its material about the 58th edition of the event, celebrated the evening before at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center, in this capital.
Source: Prensa Latina
November 17, 2024
Outstanding former Cuban volleyball player Mireya Luis Hernández was ratified as executive vice president of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), achieving the highest vote count for this position in the term that will extend until 2028.
Source: Roberto Cavada.com
November 17, 2024
Olympic champion Erislandy Álvarez defeated Kazakh Adilet Kurmetov today in the inaugural session of the Professional World Cup of the International Boxing Association, based in Beijing.
Source: Cubadebate
November 14, 2024
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Source: Cubadebate
November 14, 2024
The music video for the song "St Jude" by Cuban reggaeton artist El Taiger has reached one million views on YouTube, marking a touching posthumous tribute to the artist, who dedicated this song to children with cancer at St.
Source: Cubitanow
November 13, 2024
On this November 12th, the distinguished University Professor, Dr.
Source: Infomed
November 13, 2024
Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux defeated Dominican Dannis Agüero Arias this Tuesday by KO in the opening round, a result that allowed him to win the international bantamweight title in the World Boxing Council (WBC) version.
Source: OnCubaNews
November 12, 2024
Former Cuban pitcher Luis Tiant, a baseball legend, was included among the eight candidates who will be considered for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Source: Cubanet
November 12, 2024
In recent hours and overwhelmed by the stress caused by Hurricane Rafael's passage, the acclaimed actress Diana Rosa Suárez, who was recovering from surgical intervention performed on her in Guyana, suffered a relapse; this time with an ischemia.
Source: Cubitanow
November 9, 2024
From the Best Latin Jazz Album category emerges the strongest Cuban presence on the list of nominees for the 2025 Grammy Awards that was announced yesterday.
Source: OnCubaNews
November 9, 2024
Cuban actress Inima Fuentes passed away in Spain shortly before turning 35 years old.
Source: Cubitanow
November 3, 2024
Miami-Dade Police reported that Damián Valdez-Galloso, identified from the beginning as a "person of interest in the case" of El Taiger's murder, was the one who shot the popular reggaeton artist in the forehead.
Source: OnCubaNews
November 3, 2024
For the first time, a woman assumes the presidency of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (Uneac).
Source: Juventud Rebelde
November 1, 2024
The legendary diva of Buena Vista Social Club, Cuban Omara Portuondo, announced this Friday that, despite having stopped doing long concerts, she will continue making recordings and other activities.
Source: EFE
November 1, 2024
One of the stars of Cuban music, trumpeter Luis Manuel Mirabal Vázquez (El Guajiro Mirabal) passed away this Monday in Havana at the age of 91.
Source: OnCubaNews
October 31, 2024
Cuban actress Laura Ramos celebrates a new nomination for her acclaimed role as Gladys in the Spanish series Entrevías, in which she shares the cast with renowned Spanish actors such as José Coronado and Luis Zahera.
Source: Cuballama
October 31, 2024
Cuban filmmaker Jonal Cosculluela Sánchez, who made his film debut with the movie Esteban in 2016, passed away this Tuesday in Havana at the age of 47.
Source: OnCubaNews
October 28, 2024
Authorities of the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (BUAZ) presented the posthumous Honoris Causa Doctorate to Pablo Milanés Arias, a Cuban-born singer-songwriter who recently passed away, in recognition of his artistic trajectory and work: his daughter, Haydée Milanés, received the distinction this Saturday, following a concert held at the Fernando Calderón theater, in the state capital.
Source: La Jornada Zacatecas
October 28, 2024
The runner-up finish achieved by Cuban Biagna Xiomara Rodríguez at the Latin American Women's Junior Motocross Championship, held in the city of Ibagué, Colombia, became the best news for that sport on the island in the last three decades.
Source: OnCubaNews
October 27, 2024
Cuban actor Adrián Di Monte became the winner of the first season of La Isla: Desafío Extremo, the Telemundo reality show that ended with an exciting final in Turkey last Monday, October 14.
Source: ADN Cuba
October 27, 2024
The Doctor Honoris Causa in Pedagogy from the Central University Marta Abreu of Las Villas (2016), Dr.
Source: Trabajadores
October 16, 2024
Outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
Source: OnCubaNews
October 16, 2024
Directed by Roly Peña and screenplay by Amílcar Salatti, the Cuban film Nora is approaching the final phase of filming today, with the promise that it will captivate, given the excellence of the cast behind and in front of the cameras.
Source: CubaSi
October 16, 2024
Cuban Zoe Martínez, a candidate for the Liberal Party (PL), became the first woman born on the Island to win a seat as councilwoman in Brazil, specifically in Sao Paulo, in the municipal elections that took place on October 6, in which the ruling Workers' Party (PT) was relegated.
Source: Diario de Cuba
October 14, 2024
Actress, singer, and TV presenter Mayra Gómez Kemp passed away in Madrid this Sunday at the age of 76, according to family sources who informed EFE.
Source: OnCubaNews
October 14, 2024
The world record holder and Guinness record holder for ball control, Erick Hernández, set a new mark in his specialty this Saturday.
Source: Cubadebate
October 12, 2024
Cuban painter Javier Guerra died on Friday, October 11 in Havana at the age of 54, according to confirmations from the artist's friends and family on social media, as well as Cuba's National Council of Plastic Arts (CNAP).
Source: Cubanet
