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December 11, 2021

Cuban players Jasiel Rivero and Yoanki Mensía returned to action with their clubs in foreign basketball leagues, which have a full schedule in the final month of 2021.

Source: Granma

December 10, 2021

The documentary Tiempazo, by filmmaker Aurelio Prieto Alemán, premiered on December 7 at the José Martí Memorial Auditorium in the capital's Revolution Square.

Source: CubaSi

December 10, 2021

Cuban singer-songwriter Luis Franco closed his tour of Dominican Republic, called From Havana to Santo Domingo, with an acclaimed concert held at the central Chao Café Teatro in this capital city.

Source: Prensa Latina

December 9, 2021

Young Cuban outfielder Dariam Gutiérrez, who left the Island in 2020, will begin his professional career with the Philadelphia Phillies after signing a contract with the Major League organization this Monday in the Dominican Republic, according to sports journalist Francys Romero in his blog.

Source: Momento Deportivo

December 9, 2021

Cuban broadcaster, actor and radio director Jorge Luis Sopo Lorenzana died in the afternoon of December 7, according to an announcement by ACTUAR, Artistic Agency of Performing Arts, which did not specify the cause of death.

Source: Cibercuba

December 8, 2021

On the morning of December 7, 2021, Felisa Jar González passed away at the age of 97, a renowned Cuban actress in Television, Radio, Theater, and Cuban Cinema.

Source: Cubadebate

December 8, 2021

Cuban baseball added another chapter to its rich history, with the election of Tony Oliva and Orestes Miñoso to the Hall of Fame of the Major Leagues of the United States in Cooperstown.

Source: Radio Habana Cuba

December 7, 2021

"I felt like my world was collapsing," says Ayumi Leiva, Cuban judoka who recently received political asylum in Spain.

Source: As.com, Levante-emv.com

December 7, 2021

The Cuban sports movement mourned the death of prominent former athlete Urbano González, who has now passed away, ensuring his name will live on among the most illustrious baseball players in his country.

Source: Juventud Rebelde

December 6, 2021

The film El Mayor premiered on the opening day of the Latin American Film Festival.

Source: CubaSi

December 6, 2021

On December 2nd, Cuban actor and producer of soap operas and radio novels Arquímedes Rivero died in Miami.

Source: La verdad de Monagas

December 5, 2021

The renowned Cuban orchestra Los Van Van, directed by Samuel Formell, premiered the promotional music video for the single Se Muere de Sed la Tía on digital platforms, commemorating the 52nd anniversary of its founding.

Source: CubaSi

December 5, 2021

Next week Being the Ricardos premieres in the United States, a biographical drama starring Nicole Kidman and Javier Barden, which tells the story of the Cuban who revolutionized American television in the 1950s.

Source: Cibercuba

December 4, 2021

It has been confirmed that Teresa Rodríguez will no longer be co-host of "Aquí y Ahora" on Univision.

Source: La Opinión

December 4, 2021

Cuban baseball player Alfredo Despaigne signed to continue for one more year in the Japanese league.

Source: CubitaNow

December 3, 2021

Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, winner of two Grammy Awards and two Latin Grammy Awards, opened yesterday, December 2nd, at the Auditorio Alfredo Kraus in the Canary Islands the prestigious Festival El Mundo en un Piano.

Source: ADN Cuba

December 3, 2021

Remedian Dayán Viciedo did it again, achieving the Golden Glove award for the second consecutive year as the best defensive first baseman in the Central League with the Chunichi Dragons, capping off another great season for the Cuban slugger.

Source: Swing Completo

December 2, 2021

The Cuban film Abisal (2021), the most recent work by Alejandro Alonso (Velas, El hijo del sueño, Home, Metatrón, Duelo, El proyecto, Terranova), won the Golden Dove award for best documentary short film at the 64th edition of the DOK Leipzig Festival, which took place last October in the eastern German city.

Source: Revista de Cine Cubano

December 2, 2021

Cuban pianist and composer Roberto Fonseca presented his new work "Yesun" last Sunday, November 28, at the Teatro Principal de Mahón as part of the fifth edition of the Alternailla jazz festival.

Source: El Diario

December 1, 2021

Cuban singer Alfredito Rodríguez, who celebrated his 70th birthday last Monday, thanked the congratulations he received for his milestone birthday, from both followers and press outlets.

Source: Cibercuba

December 1, 2021

A survivor of the Battle of the Ebro (August 1937) as a combatant in the Spanish Civil War, the native of Avila, Manolo Ortega Romero, turns one hundred years old this November 28th, and I write turns, not would turn, because he is a reference point for broadcasting in Cuba who remains alive for those of us who saw him and enjoyed him, and in those whom he was a teacher.

Source: ICRT

November 30, 2021

Intellectual Graziella Pogolotti received on November 26 the status of Honorary Citizen of Giaveno, a city in the Italian region of Piedmont.

Source: Granma

November 30, 2021

Cuban singer Dayami Lozada was murdered on the afternoon of Saturday, November 27 in Cancún, Mexico, where she had lived for several years, according to reports from international news media.

Source: OnCubaNews

November 29, 2021

Blessed be the time that gave me a song without permission.

Source: Kaloian Santos. OnCubaNews

November 29, 2021

The exhibition The Eternal Spiral, by sculptor and National Prize for Plastic Arts recipient José Villa Soberón, was inaugurated on Thursday, November 25 at the Villa Manuela Gallery of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (Uneac).

Source: OnCubaNews

November 28, 2021

It has been 19 years since the incredible passing of that Natural Countryman who did not mortgage his lyrics, nor his melodies, nor his life, nor his ways to find recognition.

Source: TelesurTV

November 28, 2021

Alberto González, a chef by profession and baker by heritage, enjoys his work at Salchipizza, a small business he started just a few meters from where he was born 50 years ago in Centro Habana, and there he serves everyone who comes to taste his breads with the same affection he shows to the neighbors on the block.

Source: OnCubaNews

November 27, 2021

La Rosa de Jericó, the first studio album by Ivette Cepeda and Reflexión, released under the Bis Music label, has been available since Friday, November 26 on virtual stores and on the Cuban music platform Sandunga.

Source: Cubadebate

November 27, 2021

Inés María Chapman Waugh, Vice Prime Minister, has just been appointed President of the National Council for Standardization, Metrology, Quality and Accreditation.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN

November 26, 2021

Singer Yotuel Romero and his wife, also performer Beatriz Luengo, have partnered with a production company to create a documentary feature film about the song "Patria y Vida," which will bear the same name.

Source: La Jornada

November 26, 2021

The song was created by his youngest son, Brayan Álvarez Perodi, who was officially presented to the media as director and heir of the orchestra.

Source: Cubadebate

November 25, 2021

Cuban Daymé Arocena is the youngest Latin American artist to participate in Berklee College's Signature Artist Program, one of the most prestigious music academies in the United States, located in the city of Boston.

Source: Cibercuba

November 25, 2021

Young Cuban model Fabién Laurencio de la Concepción, winner of second place in the final of the Nuestra Belleza Latina 2021 pageant, thanked the Cuban people for the support she received during the competition.

Source: Cubita Now

November 24, 2021

Cuban announcer and presenter Rafael Serrano said goodbye last Monday, November 22nd, after four decades at the Estelar News program on Cuban Television, the NTV.

Source: Cubanow

November 24, 2021

The ball control master set a world record for the most touches using only the thighs while wearing 1.

Source: Granma

November 23, 2021

Cuban salsa singer Isaac Delgado, recently awarded a Latin Grammy for Best Traditional Tropical Album, will perform tomorrow Wednesday, November 24 in San Juan, on the eve of Thanksgiving Day.

Source: Infobae

November 23, 2021

Alfonso Urquiola and the Federales de Chiriquí proclaimed themselves champions of the 78th National Championship of Major League Baseball, Copa Caliente, of Panamá.

Source: TelePinar

November 22, 2021

Chucho Valdés presented this past weekend a series of three concerts in the grand Pierre Boulez hall at the Philharmonie de París as part of his celebrations for turning 80 years old.

Source: Cibercuba

November 22, 2021

The Latin Grammy for Best contemporary classical work/composition in 2021 went to Cuban guitarist Manuel Barrueco for his album Music From Cuba And Spain, Sierra: Sonata para guitarra, by composer Roberto Sierra.

Source: Cibercuba

November 21, 2021

From Brother to Brother is the title of the most recent audiovisual production that, under the Bis Music record label, will arrive on the night of this Sunday, November 21st to Cubavisión Channel on Cuban television, in honor of the maestro Adalberto Álvarez (1948-2021).

Source: Televisión Cubana

November 21, 2021

Cuban Jasiel Rivero and his club Valencia Basket continued today with their good streak in the Liga Endesa 2021-2022 basketball tournament in Spain, where they defeated Bilbao Basket 100-84 to add their third consecutive success in that tournament.

Source: ACN

November 19, 2021

As every year, the Latin Recording Academy announced on November 18 which Latin artists were awarded in 2021.

Source: Dime Cuba, Instituto Cubano de la Música

November 19, 2021

The Nuestra Belleza Latina pageant will reach its finale next Sunday, November 21st, and Cuban Fabién Laurencio de la Concepción is one of the four finalists of the Univision reality show.

Source: Cibercuba

November 18, 2021

A tribute to the King of Guaracha is constituted by the first album by Septeto Ñico Saquito that is already circulating with the title A saquito quita´o.

Source: Granma

November 18, 2021

Cuban Ariel Miranda was named for the Best Pitcher award given in the Korean Baseball League (KBO) this 2021.

Source: Swing Completo

November 17, 2021

Cuban opposition artist Yunior García Aguilera arrived in Spain this Wednesday, November 17, after authorities prevented him from leaving his house on Sunday and carried out acts of repudiation to prevent a solo march he had announced.

Source: BBC

November 17, 2021

"«Otra Revolución» is a cry for liberation.

Source: Cubanoticias 360

November 16, 2021

At 40 years old, Cuban right-handed pitcher Yunesky Maya continues to be a guarantee of success in the winter baseball championship in the Dominican Republic.

Source: El Nuevo Herald

November 16, 2021

The prominent Cuban singer Miguel Ángel Céspedes, brother of Pancho Céspedes, died Monday, November 15 in Havana at the age of 58.

Source: Cibercuba

November 15, 2021

Cuban Carlos Ángel Valdés managed to advance on Friday night to the battle rounds stage on La Voz España, following a spectacular performance of the song 'Believer' by Imagine Dragons.

Source: Periodico Cubano