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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

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