News

August 8, 2020

The Cuban Javier Jústiz renewed his contract today with the Casademont Zaragoza club for three more seasons and maintains his place in Spain's top basketball competition.

Source: Bohemia

August 8, 2020

With the campaign #MuchoMachetePorDarTodavía, the fifty years of the first publication, in the Pionero magazine, of the emblematic Cuban character Elpidio Valdés will be celebrated on August 14.

Source: Radio Baraguá

August 7, 2020

The only current Cuban world record holder in athletics is the protagonist of the fifteenth week of the Deporte entuMovil contest.

Source: Trabajadores

August 7, 2020

The Cuban-Mexican actress, Malillany Marín, after 25 years of an artistic career primarily in Mexico, has been selected to act in a series for Netflix, playing the famous designer Carolina Herrera.

Source: DCubanos

August 6, 2020

The Cuban-American rapper and producer Armando Christian Pérez, better known as Pitbull, is cooking up a special tribute to El Dany together with popular DJ IamChino.

Source: Cibercuba

August 6, 2020

The boy Dubiel Pupo Espinosa was buried in his native city Felton, Mayarí, in a ceremony in which family members were accompanied by the entire town along with the players with whom he made up the last baseball team that represented this province in the National Championship in the 9-10 years category.

Source: Granma, Jit

August 5, 2020

The emeritus king Juan Carlos of Spain, who announced his intention to leave the country last Monday due to the numerous judicial scandals in which he has been involved for alleged corruption, would currently be in the Dominican Republic with the Fanjul brothers, of Cuban origin, according to Spanish press reports.

Source: La vanguardia

August 5, 2020

Journalist Lázaro Barredo Medina, who directed the newspaper Granma between November 2005 and October 2013, founder of the Mesa Redonda and regular contributor to Cubadebate, passed away due to a cardiovascular condition.

Source: Bohemia

August 4, 2020

The warm transparencies achieved by Carlos Enríquez, the artist who knew how to macerate the secret of tropical light and awakened, for his vital expression, the Cuban landscape, –moving away from the commercialized image of the royal palm–; his portraits, of very personal stamp; his sensitivity as an artist and man of his time (Zulueta, Las Villas, 1900-La Habana, 1957), poured into the search for the national, and accompanied by the anguish and difficulties grown in those times, which left their mark on him.

Source: Cubarte

August 4, 2020

Cuban baseball player Yoenis Céspedes decided not to continue the rest of the 2020 season with the New York Mets.

Source: Diario de Cuba

August 3, 2020

Roberto Fabelo has just received 399 thousand dollars obtained in a Christie's auction held this week, in which he managed to sell his painting 'Journey to the Fantastic Garden' at double the estimated price, making it a record for a work by this artist.

Source: Cubacute

August 3, 2020

The Cuban Marlon Yant Herrera apparently is destined for great endeavors and that was made evident today by the Italian press, with multiple praise for his innate talent for playing volleyball.

Source: Bohemia

August 2, 2020

Cuban casting director Libia Batista is the first professional of her specialty in Latin America and the Caribbean to have been selected to be part of the jury for the Oscar awards.

Source: OnCuba News

August 2, 2020

Artists from various artistic disciplines remember today one of the most respected creators of popular dance music on this continent, Cuban bassist and composer Juan Formell, who would have turned 78 years old.

Source: Prensa Latina

August 1, 2020

Cuban journalist Ismael Cala, known for his "Cala" program on the CNN network, decided to return to television after almost four years away due, in part, to the effects of the pandemic on his business ventures, reported the Efe news agency.

Source: Periódico Cubano

August 1, 2020

The billionaire and founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, told the United States Congress the life story of his Cuban father.

Source: Dime Cuba

July 31, 2020

The Historian of the City of Havana has died, Cuba mourns.

Source: Eusebio Leal.cu, Granma, Ecured

July 31, 2020

The film Mambo Man, by Cuban filmmaker Edesio Alejandro and British-Iranian Mo Fini, adds another award today by being selected as Best Feature Film of the season by the Best Global Shorts festival.

Source: TV Santiago

July 30, 2020

In an interview on the program "Cala," from the American network MegaTV, singer Aymée Nuviola revealed that she has contracted Covid-19.

Source: El Nuevo Día.com

July 30, 2020

Just days after the unexpected death of Cuban reggaeton artist Daniel Muñoz (El Dany), urban interpreter José Manuel Carvajal, better known as El Taiger, has wanted to honor the memory of the artist with the release of the last song they recorded together.

Source: Dime Cuba

July 29, 2020

The world record holder in high jump, Cuban Javier Sotomayor, expressed feeling happy and proud to maintain the world supremacy of 2.

Source: TyC Sports

July 29, 2020

Ramón Labañino participated in a virtual presentation here of his book Man of Silence, a prison diary.

Source: Prensa Latina

July 28, 2020

The renowned Cuban dancer, choreographer and director Carlos Acosta has been appointed a member of the Board of Governors of The Royal Ballet School, another award on his already long list of international recognitions and achievements.

Source: CubitaNow

July 28, 2020

The Cuban Institute of Music reported that in the early morning hours of this Tuesday, July 28, musician and professor Roberto Chorens Dotres passed away in Havana as a result of cardiac arrest.

Source: Radio Habana Cuba, Cubadebate

July 27, 2020

The Cuban Liván Moinelo kept today with his indecipherable pitches after his exit from the bullpen and contributed to the success of the SoftBank Hawks by 6-1 against the Nippon Ham Fighters, in the 2020 season of Japanese professional baseball.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias

July 27, 2020

The title of Illustrious Son of the city of Santiago de Cuba was awarded to Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), for his outstanding trajectory as a revolutionary, military strategist and statesman.

Source: Radio Baraguá

July 26, 2020

Sigfredo Ariel passed away this Sunday in Havana, a victim of cancer.

Source: CMHW

July 26, 2020

Cuban forward Marcel Hernández, who plays for the Cartaginés club, was selected as the best foreign player of the 2020 Clausura Tournament in the first division of Costa Rican football.

Source: Prensa Latina

July 25, 2020

Cuban troubadour Silvio Rodríguez will join several Argentine musicians and other Latin Americans on the upcoming 26th at a virtual festival organized by the Argentine-Cuban Fraternity Space (EFAC).

Source: Cubainformación

July 25, 2020

The Cuban doctor José Antonio Soto (Tony) passed away on Thursday, July 23 in Miami at the age of 56, a victim of COVID-19.

Source: Cibercuba

July 24, 2020

Her unmistakable voice, her eternal smile and the age that is the best-kept secret about perpetual youth are part of the characteristics that make the Cachita from Vivir del Cuento unique or the unforgettable voice behind characters like María Silvia and Eutelia, from Elpidio Valdés.

Source: Cubacute

July 24, 2020

Donald Trump's electoral campaign distributed a Spanish-language television advertisement on Wednesday, July 22 directed at Cubans in South Florida with references to exile, the food company Goya, and Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Source: El Nuevo Herald, OncubaNews

July 24, 2020

Cuban pianist Marcos Madrigal will soon return to European stages following the resumption of some cultural activities due to Covid-19, a pandemic that still affects the world.

Source: CubaSi

July 23, 2020

Aurora Basnuevo Hernández is always smiling; she carries joy like a banner.

Source: Cubadebate

July 20, 2020

The Royal Ballet School of London appointed dancer, choreographer and director Carlos Acosta as a new member of its Board of Governors.

Source: diariodecuba.com

July 23, 2020

Cuban Erick Hernández added this Sunday a new world record for ball control in football to inscribe it in the Guinness Book of Records and surpassed his previous mark, by maintaining touches of the sphere only with his head for more than an hour.

Source: Cubadebate

July 20, 2020

"I felt the same nerves as when I received the gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games.

Source: Cubadebate

July 18, 2020

This morning, July 18, the young musician Daniel Alejandro (Dany) Muñoz Borrego, member together with Roberto Hidalgo Puente of the duo Yomil y El Dany, passed away in Havana as a result of acute cardiovascular disease.

Source: Cubadebate

July 16, 2020

He dies in Brazil the trainer from Sagua Ernesto Luis Hernández Jova in Brazil due to coronavirus, news was spread on social networks by also athlete Jordana Saldanha.

Source: ADN Cuba, Sagua es Grande.com

July 16, 2020

The Cuban catcher Ariel Martínez hit his first home run in the Japanese Professional Baseball League, although he could not prevent the Chunichi Dragons from losing 3-5 to the DeNA Stars at the Nagoya Dome.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias

July 15, 2020

After a long stint as a free agent, Cuban Yasiel Puig signed with the Atlanta Braves.

Source: Séptima entrada, El Nuevo Herald

July 15, 2020

William Ruiz Morales and Gabriela Burdsall are a couple of Cuban artists living in New York who combine artistic creation with cultural activism.

Source: Diario de Cuba

July 14, 2020

Many of the professionals who are part of the Cuban doctors' brigade that have worked in Turin treating Italians affected by Covid-19 are Juventus fans, and others are not, but they feel passionate about football, and the stadiums, in times of pandemic, are closed.

Source: Radio Habana Cuba

July 14, 2020

The Cuban Joel Apezteguía celebrates and awaits the possibility of playing in the qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, after conquering the crown with the club Tre Fiori in the San Marino League.

Source: Radio Nuevitas

July 13, 2020

The Cuban singer Haydée Milanés continues to surprise her followers with more of her music.

Source: Periódico Cubano

July 13, 2020

The closer for the New York Yankees Aroldis Chapman became the third Major League player on the team to test positive for coronavirus, announced manager Aaron Boone on Saturday afternoon.

Source: Espn Deportes

July 12, 2020

The commemoration of the birth anniversary of National Poet Nicolás Guillén took place through virtual platforms.

Source: TeleSur

July 11, 2020

Several works by Cuban artist Nelson Ramírez are on display at a center in Shanghai, in eastern China, as part of an exhibition on contemporary photography.

Source: Tiempo 21

July 10, 2020

# An immense joy swept through a good part of the Island yesterday, and not only among those linked to the performing arts, upon proclaiming Zenén Calero and Rubén Darío Salazar as National Prize Winners for Theater 2020.

Source: Granma

July 10, 2020

The recognized Cuban musician David Blanco, one of the most followed artists on social networks in these times of pandemic, announced for tomorrow, Saturday, July 11, his first post-COVID recital, scheduled for nine o'clock at night at the Cine Teatro El Lajero, in the province of Mayabeque.

Source: CubaSi