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
February 11, 2021
The Cuban long jumper Juan Miguel Echevarría established the best world mark of the year in the long jump with 8.
Source: ADN Cuba
February 11, 2021
The Cuban Institute of the Book and the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba deeply regret the death on February 10, in this capital, of the distinguished Cuban intellectual and diplomat Rolando López del Amo.
Source: Uneac.org.cu
February 10, 2021
Master Adalberto Álvarez, 2008 National Music Prize, will celebrate Cuban Son Day from the capital on May 8th, and urged all son musicians to join in the festivity from their localities.
Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN
February 10, 2021
On social media, colleagues, students, and patients have mourned the death of Francisco Fidel Llorente Llamo, a Cuban doctor who passed away last weekend as a consequence of coronavirus.
Source: Top Hoy.com
February 9, 2021
The Cuban group Buena Fe premiered the music video for Quien soy yo, one of the 14 songs that make up their latest album Carnal.
Source: Cubadebate
February 9, 2021
Cuban-origin reporter Pedro Gómez, from the ESPN television network, died suddenly on Sunday at the age of 58.
Source: Diario de Cuba
February 8, 2021
The Cuban Mireya Luis was elected member of the Board of Directors of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), during the opening session of its first virtual congress.
Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN
February 8, 2021
The Camagüey ballplayers Loidel Chapellí Jr.
Source: Cubadebate
February 7, 2021
The renowned Canadian actor Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer, winner of the Oscar award and known for his role as Captain Von Trapp in the musical "The Sound of Music", died last Friday at the age of 91.
Source: Asere
February 7, 2021
Bound beneath a ceiba tree, Ana Betancourt looks at her hands and barely recognizes the image of the refined lady who dazzled Camagüey years ago.
Source: Cubadebate
February 6, 2021
Young drummer Ruy Adrián López-Nussa will present his first CD-DVD "Dos Lenguajes" under the BisMusic record label, available from February 5th through the artist's digital platforms and the Cuban record company.
Source: Cubasi
February 6, 2021
José Canseco continues insisting on combat sports, after having gained relevance in the Major Leagues where he was known for his tremendous home runs.
Source: El Nuevo Herald
