January 6, 2022
Alejandro García, Virulo, confessed it to the press during the presentation of the phonogram "Pandemic Chronicles", produced by the Empresa de Grabaciones y Ediciones Musicales (EGREM) and which, many years from now, will allow us to revisit these times of pandemic from multiple perspectives, critical, hopeful and, of course, very amusing, just as Cubans have always been.
Source: CubaSi
January 5, 2022
María Cristina, a work by Julio César García, a Cuban creator whose studio is based in Matanzas, is included among the pieces that will be part of an exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the Soho Photo Gallery, an organization that promotes artistic photography in the American city of New York.
Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN
January 5, 2022
"The grandfather of Rap", the director of Cubanos en la Red, the defender of the environment, of the "Pachamama", Osmel Francis Turner passed away in Havana.
Source: Cubadebate, Cibercuba
January 4, 2022
Luisa Georgina Cabrera Parada, Gina Cabrera to the people of Cuba and to the world, was one of the founders of television on the island.
Source: CMHW, Cubadebate
January 4, 2022
Leyanis Pérez, from Pinar del Río, is the most promising revelation of the year that is just ending and one of the greatest talents in contemporary Cuban athletics.
Source: Cubahora
January 3, 2022
American Grandmaster of Cuban origin Leinier Domínguez ranked fifteenth in the first 2022 rating list, according to the official website of the International Chess Federation.
Source: Cibercuba
January 3, 2022
From the most unusual spaces for dance within the Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso, the Ballet Nacional de Cuba (BNC) starred in the gala that is annually offered in tribute to the revolutionary triumph of 1959.
Source: Cubadebate
January 2, 2022
The prestigious Forbes magazine published its traditional list of the most influential people of the year, in which each of those selected "has played some key role in Spanish politics, economy or society" or even "sometimes in all of them at once", and it is Cuban actress Ana de Armas who heads that ranking.
Source: Asere
January 2, 2022
The emblematic Cuban musician based in Miami, Willy Chirino, announced an upcoming concert together with popular singer Leoni Torres in Florida.
Source: ADN Cuba
January 1, 2022
On Thursday, December 30, it was announced that José María Vitier García-Marruz was selected by a jury presided over by maestro and National Music Prize winner Digna Guerra, and also made up of fellow national prize winners Joaquín Betancourt, Guido López-Gavilán and Edesio Alejando, and musicologist Laura Vilar, director of Cidmuc (Center for Research and Development of Cuban Music), awarding him the 2021 National Music Prize.
Source: Granma
January 1, 2022
The outstanding Cuban baseball players Armando Capiró and Rogelio García are among the new inductees to the Palmar de Junco Hall of Fame, located in the iconic baseball stadium of the same name, in the western province of Matanzas.
Source: OncubaNews
December 31, 2021
The Americas branch of the International Association of Sports Press recognized Jesús G.
Source: Juventud Rebelde
December 31, 2021
Cuban pitcher Odrisamer Despaigne will be with the KT Wiz in the upcoming season of the Korean Professional Baseball League, after receiving a new contract for the sum of 1.
Source: Swing Completo
December 30, 2021
The researcher Gilberto Silva Taboada (Havana, November 21, 1927), received on this December 28th, at the National Museum of Decorative Arts, the National Prize for Cultural Heritage for his life's work, 2021, which was awarded to him by the National Council for Cultural Heritage (CNPC), of the Ministry of Culture.
Source: Granma
December 30, 2021
On December 27th, Brigadier General of the Reserve Humberto Francis Pardo passed away in Havana at the age of 76, who for three decades was head of the Personal Security Directorate of the Ministry of Interior, with a brilliant service record in protecting the physical integrity of Cuba's main leaders.
Source: Cubadebate
December 29, 2021
The play "Huevos rotos" is the new project that will occupy actors Susana Pérez and Albertico Pujol at the beginning of 2022.
Source: Cubanoticias360
December 29, 2021
The proclamation this Tuesday of Alberto Lescay Merencio as the recipient of the National Prize for Plastic Arts 2021 honored a creator fully committed to the development and destiny of contemporary Cuban culture, traits that are revealed at the highest level in both his sculptural work and painting.
Source: Granma
December 27, 2021
In this sixth induction, the Electoral Group chose outfielder Antonio "Haitiano" González as the player from before 1961, while from the post-1962 era the selection fell on pitcher Rogelio García and also outfielder Armando Capiró.
Source: Prensa Latina
December 27, 2021
The emblematic Cuban orchestra Los Van Van got thousands of people dancing until the early hours of today at the Grand Timba Festival in the context of the Cali Fair.
Source: CubaSi
December 26, 2021
Two years after the premiere of the fifteenth short film in the "Tales of Nicanor O´Donnell" series, also considered the final episode of this cinematic creation by Cuban writer Eduardo del Llano, the artist has informed his official Facebook profile that he is working on a new production.
Source: Cubanoticias360
December 26, 2021
Frank Fernández is one of the few pianists with an extraordinary ability to annul time and the capacity to be reborn every time he touches a piano, which he demonstrated once again.
Source: Prensa Latina
December 25, 2021
Cuban Yoanki Mencía shines today among the most outstanding foreign players in Argentine basketball as a key piece in the roster of Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia.
Source: Cubadebate
December 25, 2021
At Casa de la Música Habana with the press and guests, and in his last presentation of the year, Will Campa revealed the details of a recording that has already been playing on different media for several months, and which seems essential to conclude this difficult stage in a positive way in the style of Wil Campa and his "Zapato Nuevo".
Source: CubaSi
December 24, 2021
Chronicles of the Pandemic is the title of the new CD by humorist and singer-songwriter Alejandro García, better known as Virulo.
Source: La Jiribilla
December 24, 2021
The Australian Baseball League (ABL) is one of the least known among Cubans among the professional circuits of countries with baseball tradition.
Source: Swing Completo
December 23, 2021
They say he was over six feet tall, with brown and languid eyes, clean and pale skin.
Source: Cubadebate
December 23, 2021
Cuban Jasiel Rivero and his club Valencia Basket, from Spain, will take the court today in search of their fifth victory in the Eurocup basketball tournament, a competition that in terms of quality is only behind the Euroleague on the European continent.
Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN
December 22, 2021
The outstanding Cuban wrestler Mijaín López, four-time Olympic champion, won today the award for Best Male Athlete in the 57th edition of the traditional Prensa Latina Sports Poll.
Source: Prensa Latina
December 22, 2021
Carlos Ángel Valdés is the young Cuban singer who managed to position himself as a finalist on La Voz España.
Source: Tus noticias Cuba, El Nuevo Herald
December 21, 2021
Tú may perhaps be the shortest title I've seen for a soap opera, however, the production process was as long and complex as perhaps no other has been, since it happened during these hard pandemic years.
Source: CubaSi
December 21, 2021
For the second year, Iberoamerican Dance Day celebrates the imperishable legacy of Cuba's master, choreographer, and prima ballerina assoluta, Alicia Alonso, who would be celebrating her 101st birthday today.
Source: Radio Jaruco
December 20, 2021
The actress, singer, presenter and journalist Mariana Ramírez-Corría, who developed an important career in Cuban television, died in Havana this Saturday at the age of 85.
Source: OnCubaNews
December 20, 2021
"Síntesis is my universe and Ele is its center.
Source: Granma
December 19, 2021
Cuban trumpeter José Miguel Crego, "el Greco", one of the most outstanding instrumentalists in Cuban music, died in the early morning hours of this Saturday, December 18, as a result of respiratory failure, reported the Cuban Institute of Music (ICM).
Source: OnCubaNews
December 19, 2021
Cuban painter Douglas Pérez inaugurated last Thursday, December 16, an exhibition, as part of the second curatorial experience of the 14th edition of the Havana Biennial, with a work that draws on 1950s graphics to pay tribute to the Havana neighborhood of Vedado and its evolution toward the future.
Source: Prensa Latina
December 18, 2021
One of the most prominent symbols of Cuban music, Vicente Feliú, passed away this Friday, December 17, while beginning to sing at the Museum of Music in Havana, which was to be his first complete concert after the pandemic.
Source: El Plural
December 18, 2021
Since 1995 the Hermanos Saiz Association (AHS) has awarded prizes and scholarships to recognize the most outstanding exponents of young Cuban art in various artistic expressions.
Source: TV Cubana
December 17, 2021
Gilberto 'Zurdo' Ramírez (42-0, 28 KO) was a super middleweight champion, but when the division became too small for him, he didn't hesitate to move up to light heavyweight.
Source: As
December 17, 2021
The great Cuban actor and 2012 National Theater Prize winner passed away in Havana on December 16, 2021.
Source: Cubadebate
December 16, 2021
Mijaín López, Omara Durand and Idalys Ortiz lead the best representatives of Cuban sports in the year that concludes, according to the report announced this Wednesday as a result of the traditional vote organized by Inder and the specialized press.
Source: Jit
December 16, 2021
Cuban Miguel Ángel López was named the Most Valuable Player of the International Volleyball Federation's World Club Championship, which concluded last Saturday with his team Sada Cruzeiro, from Brazil, winning 3-0 over defending champion Lube Civitanova of Italy.
Source: Cubasi
December 15, 2021
The guild of intellectuals and poets in Cuba mourns the physical passing of poet and writer Georgina Herrera, one of the most genuine voices in twentieth-century lyric poetry, who died this Monday at the age of 85.
Source: Cubadebate
December 15, 2021
Tropicana, the famous Cuban cabaret known in the world as "A Paradise Under the Stars", with more than 80 years, treasures a diversity of personal, creative and success stories.
Source: OnCubaNews
December 14, 2021
Multimillionaire John Ruiz, a Cuban-American graduate of the University of Miami, wants to build a new soccer stadium near the school's campus in the city of Coral Gables.
Source: Johnruiz.com
December 14, 2021
Cuban Adonis García will play again in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP), but with a new team.
Source: Con las Bases Llenas
December 13, 2021
The legendary Cuban singer Omara Portuondo added another success to her extensive musical career with the World Pioneer 2021 award, granted by the prestigious British magazine Songlines.
Source: Cubadebate
December 13, 2021
Carlos Ángel Valdés is in the final of the competition "La Voz de España".
Source: Antena 3, Periódico Cubano
December 12, 2021
Cuban baseball player Santiago Torres, one of the island's top young talents, signed a contract this week with the Chiriquí Federals, a team in Panama's professional baseball league managed by Pinar del Río mentor Alfonso Urquiola.
Source: ADN Cuba
December 12, 2021
Cuban television premieres, starting next December 27th, You, a new telenovela directed by Lester Hamlet, and which benefited from the work of the duo Amílcar Salatti-Yoel Infante, as well as Eduardo Vázquez and an original story that comes from the hand of Albertico Luberta.
Source: Granma
December 11, 2021
The lyric singer and teacher María Remolá, known as "The Cuban Nightingale," passed away on Thursday, December 9, 2021 at the age of 91 in a nursing home in Dominican Republic, where she spent the last years of her life, reported the digital newspaper Nota Clave.
Source: Nota Clave
