September 17, 2021
Cuban writer Leonardo Padura was nominated for the Médicis Prize in the foreign novel category in France for his latest book, Like Dust in the Wind, reported the jury of one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world.
Source: Cibercuba
September 16, 2021
Cuban singer Omara Portuondo announced that the release of the tribute album for the 25th anniversary of Buena Vista Social Club will be tomorrow, September 17th.
Source: Cubasi
September 16, 2021
Cuban actress and singer Nattacha Amador died in Aurora, in the state of Colorado, from complications associated with COVID-19, which she contracted on two occasions during a complicated medical treatment.
Source: Cibercuba
September 15, 2021
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
Source: Swing Completo
September 15, 2021
José Aurelio Paz, JOPA, as he used to sign, passed away on Tuesday, September 14, due to respiratory failure caused by COVID-19, lamented the UPEC.
Source: Cubadebate, Vanguardia
September 14, 2021
Vanvaneros! Who hasn't told a lie in their life? Enjoy this song that Los Van Van brings you together with Gilberto Santa Rosa.
Source: Cubadebate
September 14, 2021
The news that well-known journalist Lázaro Manuel Alonso contracted COVID-19 came to light after he himself announced the positive result of his PCR test several weeks after having received the complete vaccination regimen (3 doses) of the Abdala drug.
Source: Cubacute
September 13, 2021
Cuban basketball player Jasiel Rivero, who recently arrived at Valencia Basket Club in Spain, was injured during a training session and will miss the Supercopa Endesa of Spanish basketball.
Source: OncubaNews
September 13, 2021
In Villa Clara, the unfortunate news of the death from COVID 19 of Doctor of Sciences Ángel Quirós Espinosa was reported over the weekend, considered one of the most recognized scientists in Villa Clara.
Source: Cubita Now
September 12, 2021
For the second consecutive year, Cuban actress Ana de Armas stars in the imminent celebrity campaign by the Natural Diamond Council, presenting a jewelry collection created through Malyia McNaughton, a participant in the Diamond initiative for emerging designers.
Source: Asere
September 12, 2021
In the early hours of September 9, Colonel of the Reserve Eugenio Suárez Pérez died in Havana at the age of 81.
Source: Granma
September 11, 2021
In a sensational manner, American Grandmaster of Cuban origin Leinier Domínguez prevailed in the Champions Showdown, a tournament in the 960 Chess or Random mode that just concluded in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Source: Cibercuba
September 11, 2021
Doctors of Science Israel Borrajero and Roberto Castellano Pérez died during the course of this week from non-COVID causes.
Source: Infomed
September 10, 2021
The Cuban actor Ramoncito Veloz is hospitalized in Miami after becoming ill with Covid-19, according to an announcement made on social media by his niece, actress María Karla Rivero Veloz.
Source: CubitaNow, Asere
September 10, 2021
The founder of Prensa Latina and academic Alexis Codina passed away today at the age of 79, as confirmed by the dean of the Faculty of Accounting and Finance at the University of Havana, Rafael Montejo.
Source: Prensa Latina
September 9, 2021
At Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima, Cuban Raidel Martínez earned his sixteenth save of the season, allowing no hits or runs in a relief inning in the 4-1 victory of the Chunichi Dragons over the Hiroshima Carp.
Source: Cubadebate
September 9, 2021
From the balcony of his home, Cuban filmmaker Iván Acosta witnessed and recorded what happened to the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001 and images of the streets of New York in the days that followed, which he converted into the documentary "Behind My Eyes," which the New York Public Library presented on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
Source: EFE
September 8, 2021
Great anticipation has been generated by the premiere of a trailer for a short film that stars two notable Cuban actresses traveling in a "polaquito": Coralita Veloz and Tahimí Alvariño.
Source: Cubacomenta
September 8, 2021
Singer Ela Calvo passed away in Havana in the early morning of September 7 as a result of pneumonia stemming from illnesses common to her advanced age.
Source: Cubadebate
September 7, 2021
On October 1st, the album Silvio Rodríguez con Diákara will be presented on the main digital platforms.
Source: Zurrón del Aprendiz
September 7, 2021
Cuban sprinter Omara Durand was elected member of the Paralympic Athletes Committee, as announced by the entity during the closing ceremony of the event in Tokyo.
Source: Prensa Latina
September 6, 2021
The first ballerina and director of the National Ballet of Cuba (BNC), Viengsay Valdés, received last Saturday the Positano Dance Prize Léonide Massine, awarded in Italy.
Source: Cubadebate
September 6, 2021
The Cuban Arlenis Sierra (A.
Source: CubaSi
September 5, 2021
The best chess player born in Cuba since the legendary Capablanca, Leinier Domínguez, will soon participate in the Champions Showdown of chess 960 or random chess, in an event that will once again see retired former world champion Garry Kasparov compete.
Source: Cubadebate
September 5, 2021
Cuban writer Evelio Traba was distinguished with the Juan Alcaide International Poetry Award for his work Un traspatio de malos vecinos, the jury announced.
Source: Prensa Latina
September 4, 2021
The unbeatable Omara Durand stopped the clocks at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium by setting a world record for profound visual impairment in the 200-meter dash, to repeat her Rio de Janeiro title, win her third gold medal of this summer competition, and her eighth in the history of her participation in these competitions.
Source: Cubadebate
September 4, 2021
The Acosta Danza company mourned the death of teacher Rosa Elena Álvarez, a recognized figure in ballet education in Cuba and the founding director of the academy of the same name.
Source: Prensa Latina
September 3, 2021
Enrique Molina, one of the artists who, through his iconic characters in the Cuban scene, won not only the National Television Prize 2020, but what is most important for a creator, the applause of the public that admires and respects him, has died in the early morning hours of this Friday due to complications derived from COVID-19.
Source: Cubadebate
September 3, 2021
Like a bolt of lightning, Santiago native Omara Durand crossed the finish line hand in hand with her guide Yuniol Kindelán in the final of the 100 meters flat T12 category of these multi-sport games, to re-claim her crown from Rio de Janeiro in this distance, hang her second gold medal on her chest in this summer event, and the seventh in her tremendous Paralympic history.
Source: Cubadebate
September 1, 2021
The Cuban Institute of Music reported that Adalberto Álvarez's death occurred in the early morning of September first after several days of being treated at the Instituto Pedro Kourí for multiple organ dysfunction, as a result of pneumonia derived from Covid-19.
Source: Cubadebate
September 1, 2021
Considered one of Cuba's most virtuoso musicians, Alain Pérez shows his excitement and desire to be able to meet up with the public again on September 2nd in Barcelona, after more than a year and a half of pandemic, and to once again "reach people, to see their faces, to have them sing with me".
Source: EFE
August 31, 2021
The sprinter Omara Durand ran faster than anyone to proclaim herself champion of the 400 meters flat in the T12 category (profound visual impairment) and thus give Cuba its second gold medal of these sixteenth Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 and the number 41 in its history at these summer events.
Source: Cubadebate
August 31, 2021
Cuban singer-songwriter Waldo Mendoza revealed that he and his wife are recovering from coronavirus after a few days dealing with the disease and the fear it generates to suffer from it.
Source: Cibercuba
August 30, 2021
On a fruitful day, the Cuban delegation inaugurated its medal count at these sixteenth Paralympic Games in Tokyo 2020, in a complex scenario where our athletes had to give their maximum effort and shatter their own personal records to achieve it.
Source: Cubadebate
August 30, 2021
The National Ballet of Cuba regretted the death of Julio Castaño, who was a principal dancer and, later, set designer and costume designer for the company.
Source: Cubadebate
August 29, 2021
With deep sorrow, the Radio Pinareña family learned of the death of the dean of broadcasting in Pinar del Río, the 2008 National Radio Award winner, Jesús Benítez Rubio.
Source: Granma y Cubadebate
August 29, 2021
The Cuban Yaimé Pérez won the silver medal today in the discus throw, corresponding to the Diamond League held in Paris, where Croatian Sandra Perkovic won with a throw of 66.
Source: Cubadebate
August 28, 2021
Musicians from Cuba are preparing an album about Pancho Alonso, a phonogram recognized by its creators as the greatest tribute made to that notorious representative of bolero, guaracha, son and pilón in the country.
Source: CubaSi
August 28, 2021
The Cuban dental community deeply regrets the physical passing of the illustrious and beloved Dr.
Source: Infomed
August 27, 2021
The debut of Grandmaster Leinier Domínguez in the Sinquefield Cup, the strongest event of the Grand Chess Tour, was excellent.
Source: Columna Deportiva
August 27, 2021
In the early morning hours of Thursday, August 26, 2021, Dr.
Source: Infomed
August 26, 2021
The writer, journalist, screenwriter, and Cuban literary critic Leonardo Padura, who is in Huelva for his participation in the Cycle of cultural encounters between Spain and Cuba 'CubaCultura', organized by Harina de Otro Costal with the sponsorship of the Provincial Council, visited on Tuesday emblematic places in the province such as the Muelle de las Carabelas, the Monastery of La Rábida, the UNIA headquarters, and, already in Moguer, the Zenobia-Juan Ramón Jiménez House Museum and the Monastery of Santa Clara.
Source: Infobae
August 26, 2021
The death on August 19th in Santiago de Cuba of intellectual Marino Wilson Jay, at 75 years of age and a victim of COVID-19, mourns this city and constitutes a significant loss for local and national culture.
Source: Sierra Maestra
August 25, 2021
The Cuban Leuris Pupo has been officially invited to the President's Cup for Pistol and Rifle Shooting, scheduled for November 3-10 in Krakow, Poland.
Source: Cubadebate
August 25, 2021
Last August 18th, the beloved and admired Professor Dr.
Source: Infomed
August 24, 2021
Aime Calle Cabrera is the first Cuban woman aspiring to a seat in Canada's Federal Parliament.
Source: DimeCuba
August 24, 2021
The people of Holguín said goodbye on August 21st to soprano María Dolores Rodríguez Cabrera, leading figure and general director of the Teatro Lírico Rodrigo Prats in Holguín, who died as a result of COVID-19.
Source: Cubadebate
August 23, 2021
After confirming the delicate health condition of musician Adalberto Álvarez and actor Enrique Molina, many Cuban followers and artists have asked for the health of both.
Source: Cubatel
August 23, 2021
Actors Omar Franco and Irela Bravo, who play two popular characters in the humorous program Vivir del Cuento, are "visiting" Miami where they have met with friends, family, and admirers of both their careers and the popular program.
Source: Cubanoticias 360
August 22, 2021
This Saturday, August 21st, after several days hospitalized due to COVID-19, José Luis Estrada Betancourt, head of the Culture Section of the newspaper Juventud Rebelde, passed away.
Source: Juventud Rebelde, Cubadebate
