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March 8, 2021

The multifaceted Cuban musician Alain Pérez, based on the Island, will be one of the protagonists of the fourth edition of Global Cuba Fest, which already began on March 6 in the American city of Miami.

Source: OnCubaNews

March 8, 2021

In a publication made on Facebook, Willie Chirino mentioned that soon, on March 15, the song Yo soy cubano will premiere on social networks, presented that day in remembrance of "LA PROTESTA DE BARAGUÁ on March 15, 1878".

Source: Cubacute

March 7, 2021

The Cuban Milena Venegas qualified for Tokyo-2020, after finishing fourth in the A final, in the lightweight category, held yesterday afternoon, at the rowing pre-Olympic championship, which took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Source: Granma

March 7, 2021

The Havana-based writer Barbarella González Acevedo, known as Barbarella D'Acevedo, won the XIX Paco Mollá Poetry Competition in Spanish with the work Érebo.

Source: OnCubaNews

March 6, 2021

Cuban athlete Juan Miguel Echevarría will be one of the athletes to watch at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Source: Cubadebate

March 6, 2021

Gianny García took an impressive step forward in his second professional appearance.

Source: El Nuevo Herald

March 5, 2021

Cuban doctor Bárbaro Gutiérrez Cabrera was elected vice president of the Medical and Anti-Doping Committee of the International Boxing Association (AIBA), according to an announcement made to Jit by Alberto Puig, president of the Cuban Boxing Federation.

Source: Jit

March 5, 2021

The Cuban Jasiel Rivero received honors within the European Basketball Champions League after being selected among the five best players of the first playoff round.

Source: Prensa Latina

March 4, 2021

Cuban journalist Náyare Menoyo received this Wednesday the King of Spain Journalism Prize in the Television category, believing that the award is "a prize for audacity" in interviewing someone like her compatriot Leonardo Padura.

Source: EFE

March 4, 2021

In the early morning of March 2, 2021, at Miguel Enríquez Hospital, DrC.

Source: Infomed

March 3, 2021

The Movement of Cuban Rum Masters decided to promote its youngest member, César Augusto Martí Marcelo, to First Master; and they shared the reasons through the official Facebook account of Cuba Ron S.

Source: Excelencias

March 3, 2021

The International Documentary Film Festival Santiago Álvarez in Memoriam, which is held annually in Santiago de Cuba, will arrive next March at its XIX edition in a virtual format, due to the health measures established to prevent the spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN

March 2, 2021

The choral director and music producer, Beatriz Corona, received the Ibermúsicas Prize for Choral Composition on Monday, thus becoming the first woman to merit this honor.

Source: Granma

March 2, 2021

Estée Lauder announced that it has hired Ana de Arma, an actress nominated for the Golden Globe award and honored on the TIME100 Next 2021 list, as the new ambassador for its global brand.

Source: PR News Wire

March 1, 2021

Norge Vera, son of the stellar Cuban pitcher Norge Luis Vera, signed a multimillion-dollar contract with the Chicago White Sox in Major League Baseball (MLB) and joins in this way the long list of Cubans that make up the White Sox team.

Source: Asere

March 1, 2021

Barely two months before turning 82 years old, on the night of February 27th of this year 2021, the physical disappearance of a distinguished physician, public health expert, excellent administrator, who always knew how to put first the people who received health services from the institution he directed, also offering care to their families, and, secondly, to the workers who had to guarantee the best quality of that care to people, families and the community, became known.

Source: Infomed

February 28, 2021

Since December 11th, the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana has a new space dedicated to cinema.

Source: Trabajadores

February 28, 2021

In the afternoon of last February 26th, renowned Cuban actress and radio host Martha Velasco passed away in Havana at the age of 95.

Source: Artes escénicas

February 27, 2021

The Porto club confirmed the death of Cuban handball player Alfredo Quintana and sports in Portugal are in mourning, as reflected by press outlets such as Tribuna Expreso, Ionline and JM Madeira.

Source: Prensa Latina

February 27, 2021

To Rosa Miriam Elizalde Zorrilla —journalist and researcher, First Vice President of the Union of Journalists of Cuba, assistant professor at the University of Havana and the International Institute of Journalism "José Martí", among many other tasks that occupy almost all the hours of every day of her life—, has been awarded the José Martí National Journalism Prize (2021) for Lifetime Achievement, the highest individual recognition granted by the organization to professionals of recognized prestige and contribution to Cuban journalism.

Source: Cubadebate

February 26, 2021

The Cuban Miguel Ángel López reaffirmed himself as the best server in the Brazilian Superliga, contributing three direct points, 15 in total, to Sada Cruzeiro's 3-0 success over Montes Claros America Volei, thus maintaining the top position in the South American tournament, with 18 victories and one defeat.

Source: Granma

February 26, 2021

Cuban reggaeton singer Yosvanis Arismín Sierra Hernández, known as Chocolate MC, has been discharged and is at home.

Source: Diario de Cuba

February 25, 2021

Long jumper Juan Miguel Echevarría maintained his undefeated record during the current indoor track and field season and with his success this Wednesday at the Madrid meeting secured first place in the winter circuit.

Source: Cubadebate

February 25, 2021

The song "Patria y Vida" composed and performed by Cuban rappers, has gone viral on social media, and has generated an angry official response in Havana and has also intensified the cultural battle over the situation in Cuba.

Source: Infobae

February 24, 2021

The goalkeeper for the Portuguese handball national team Alfredo Quintana, of Cuban origin, has been hospitalized following a cardiorespiratory arrest during a training session last Monday, announced by his club FC Porto.

Source: Mundo Deportivo

February 24, 2021

The Cuban Jasiel Rivero reaffirmed himself as the second best Latin American player in the ACB Basketball League in Spain, considered the highest level in Europe.

Source: Jit

February 23, 2021

Carlo Padial will be in charge of directing the adaptation of his own novel that will begin in Barcelona next March 8th Just as major national and international platforms did in the past, Spanish Filmin is now launching into its own television series production with the adaptation of the novel "Doctor Portuondo" by Carlo Padial, whose filming will begin next month in Barcelona.

Source: Deia

February 23, 2021

Delights with Honey is one of the titles from the Artechef publishing house nominated for the important Gourmand Prize, recognized as the most important international award in that literature.

Source: Radio Ciudad Habana

February 22, 2021

Yulieski Gurriel is already training, as is his custom, days before joining the Houston Astros for spring training.

Source: Diario de Cuba

February 22, 2021

In the afternoon hours of Sunday, February 21st, images were shared on the profile of Cuban reggaeton artist Yosvani A.

Source: CubitaNow

February 21, 2021

The renowned Cuban interpreter, composer, and audiovisual director X Alfonso premiered his new work Dale Conga last Friday, a piece that, as a message warns at the beginning of its playback, is not a music video, it is "something else.

Source: Cubasi

February 21, 2021

Cuban long jumper Juan Miguel Echevarría will participate in the track and field event that Madrid, Spain will host, scheduled to take place on the 24th.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN

February 20, 2021

February is a month that smells of music, of Cuban spirit, of natural talent, as it remembers the death of El Bárbaro del Ritmo, Benny Moré, the greatest Cuban musician of the 20th century, and the birth of Ibrahim Ferrer, another figure who filled Cubans with joy through his contagious and cheerful voice, despite the blows that struck his life.

Source: Cubahora

February 20, 2021

The Cuban-origin senator Ted Cruz apologized this Thursday after traveling to Mexico to spend his family vacation, something he later considered as "obviously a mistake" for doing so in the midst of the deadly winter storm that left hundreds of thousands without electricity in Texas.

Source: Asere

February 19, 2021

Andrea Doimeadiós never stops working.

Source: OnCubaNews

February 19, 2021

In collaboration with the Septeto Santiaguero, Juan Guillermo -known in the musical world as JG- premiered this Wednesday the video clip Dame un traguito, as a tribute to his father: the Commander of the Revolution Juan Almeida on the same day of his 94th birthday.

Source: Cubadebate

February 18, 2021

Cuban journalist Daisy Ballmajó, one of the presenters of the Spanish-language television network Telemundo, turned 52 years old on February 16th, a date she celebrated with her loved ones in the city of Miami (Florida) where she has been living for several years alongside Cuban sports journalist Bobby Salamanca Jr.

Source: Cibercuba

February 18, 2021

Holder of an extensive record of service in the Cuban press, photojournalist Raúl López Sánchez passed away on Saturday, February 13 in Havana at the age of 78, a victim of coronavirus.

Source: OnCubaNews

February 17, 2021

The Cuban singer Tony Ávila will present two new albums: Universos, with the record label Bis Music and the Dominican label Juan and Nelson Record; and A quién pueda interesar (provisional title), with the label Colibrí.

Source: Cubadebate

February 17, 2021

While it is true that Rashel Díaz is associated with the Telemundo network, despite her departure in August 2020, the Cuban also was part of Univision where she built her career as a presenter on the early morning news program.

Source: Hola

February 16, 2021

On Sunday, February 14, 2021, Dr.

Source: Infomed

February 16, 2021

The glory of Cuban baseball, Gregorio «Mano negra» Pérez, passed away on Monday, February 15 at the age of 79 years, called by the gods of the diamond, to continue admiring his cunning and daring, with which he dominated his opponents at will, during 15 national series.

Source: Granma

February 15, 2021

Young Adriana Cantillo achieved a historic performance at the Pan American Speed Skating Championship being held in Ibague, Colombia, where she won the bronze medal in the one hundred meter circuit route.

Source: Granma

February 15, 2021

Cuban baseball is in mourning because ballplayer Pedro José "Cheíto" Rodríguez passed away on Saturday in his native city of Cienfuegos, at age 65, as a result of kidney failure, reported the official publication Jit.

Source: 5 de septiembre

February 14, 2021

Two young Cuban acrobats surprised the jury in the auditions of the new edition of Got Talent España, with an incredible, innovative and risky act.

Source: Cibercuba

February 14, 2021

The Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba informed through its social media the unfortunate death of Ángel Custodio Padrón Cárdenas, better known as "Bebo", who served as vice president of said institution.

Source: Asere

February 13, 2021

At the Siboney Studios of Egrem, in Santiago de Cuba, "Desde el alma" is being recorded, a tribute album on the occasion of the 94th birthday of Commander of the Revolution Juan Almeida Bosque, creator of the emblematic cultural institution in July 1980.

Source: Cubadebate

February 13, 2021

Cuban journalist Pedro Pablo Figueredo Rodríguez passed away last Tuesday in La Habana at the age of 68 due to coronavirus, reported Radio Habana Cuba.

Source: Cubaperiodistas

February 12, 2021

Recently, the great Cuban actor Mario Balmaseda turned 80 years old, a living legend of Cuban theater, cinema, and television.

Source: Granma

February 12, 2021

It was not the best of afternoons for Hereda San Pablo Burgos, where Cuban Jasiel Rivero plays, quite the opposite of Lenovo Tenerife, which defeated the Burgos team 87-76, in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey basketball tournament of the Spanish ACB league.

Source: Granma