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December 30, 2020

Reflection, by X Alfonso, won six awards this Tuesday at the 2020 Lucas Awards, crowned as the most awarded video in the 23rd edition of the most important television competition dedicated in Cuba to the promotion of musical audiovisual content produced in the country.

Source: Cubadebate

December 30, 2020

The Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba (LADC) company announced today that in early January 2021 it will participate in the Ballet Beyond Borders competition, an event based in the United States.

Source: Cubasi

December 29, 2020

The last gathering of the peña la Trova de Guardia in this 2020 had a special and poetic composition, a fertile and emotional dramaturgy.

Source: 5 de septiembre

December 29, 2020

The Cuban Jasiel Rivero achieved his highest rating in a Liga Endesa basketball game in Spain, with the 37 credits obtained today in his team Hereda San Pablo Burgos' success against Joventud Badalona, 95-78.

Source: Jit.cu

December 28, 2020

The Cuban singer, actor, presenter, and comedian Eddy Calderón, who became popular for his impersonations of Fidel Castro, Raphael, El Puma, and other famous people, passed away last weekend at a Miami hospital where he had been admitted for months.

Source: Cuballama

December 28, 2020

Fourteen children's songs composed by singer-songwriter Kike Corona is the gift that the Cuban Recording and Musical Editions Company is giving to the Cuban family for the end of the year.

Source: Juventud Rebelde

December 26, 2020

The Cuban-American producer Rudy Pérez has taken charge of creating a new version of José Feliciano's classic "Feliz Navidad", as a tribute to its author on the 50th anniversary of this composition.

Source: Diario de Cuba

December 26, 2020

The actress and professor Corina Mestre Vilaboy is among the patients reported in serious condition yesterday, December 25th, after testing positive for Covid-19.

Source: Asere

December 25, 2020

"I live in Montevideo, a charming city, very lively and that brings me many memories of Cuba because it has neighborhoods with architecture similar to several areas of Havana," says Orellana, father of two small children aged eight and two years old.

Source: 14 y medio

December 25, 2020

The Cuban Miguel Ángel López displays his talent as an auxiliary attacker and from the service area to stand out today in the Brazilian volleyball Superliga as one of the offensive references of the Sada Cruzeiro club.

Source: Cuba.cu

December 24, 2020

Reaching half a century of existence and celebrating it with an anthological exhibition in the Cuban Art building of the National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA) is a pleasant privilege for Kcho (Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, 1970), an artist who over three decades has created works endowed with great symbolic and human significance and rooted in the evolution of the nation.

Source: Cubahora

December 24, 2020

Yesterday, December 23rd, a Gala performance was held, dedicated to the Centenary of the birth of Master Alicia Alonso with the screening at the Acapulco cinema in the capital of the film Giselle, by Cuban filmmaker Enrique Pineda Barnet, National Film Prize winner.

Source: Cubarte

December 23, 2020

The International Orthopedic Scientific Complex Frank País and Cuban orthopedics celebrated yesterday the 86th birthday of DrC.

Source: FB Complejo Científico Ortopédico Internacional Frank País, Cubadebate

December 23, 2020

Cuban water polo player Raydel Martínez and his team Paris Lodron Salzburg Wasserball closed the season with the runner-up title in the Austrian Cup, to reaffirm themselves among the four best clubs in the country since 1999.

Source: Prensa Latina

December 22, 2020

The renowned Cuban playwright Gerardo Fernández García passed away in Havana in the early morning hours of December 20, victim of complications associated with cancer.

Source: Cibercuba

December 22, 2020

The musician Israel Berrier González, who was part of the famous group Muñequitos de Matanzas for more than five decades, died on December 18 due to a cardiovascular accident, according to an announcement from the Cuban Institute of Music (ICM).

Source: OnCubaNews

December 21, 2020

Two Cuban reggaeton artists, exponents of the urban genre, have joined forces in a new musical collaboration.

Source: Cibercuba

December 21, 2020

The former Cuban baseball player Nelson Campver, known for being the longest-lived in Cuba, passed away on Friday, December 18 in Havana as a result of respiratory failure, reported sports journalist Yasel Porto on his social networks.

Source: Diario de Cuba

December 20, 2020

The popular group Maykel Blanco y su Salsa Mayor premiered on its MB Record Oficial YouTube channel and social networks, the video clip Pa los Mayores y los Van Van.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN

December 20, 2020

The Villa Clara native Dayán Viciedo broke the perfect dominance of Japanese players in the race for the Gold Gloves of that country's professional circuit, as he was the only foreigner who managed to win the award as best defender.

Source: OnCubaNews

December 19, 2020

The plastic artist, cultural promoter and Cuban art critic Aldo Menéndez passed away this Friday in Miami at the age of 72, victim of a heart attack.

Source: Diario de Cuba

December 19, 2020

During sessions of the National Assembly of People's Power, Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, Hero of the Republic of Cuba, was elected as a member of the Council of State, after deputies carried out the vote.

Source: Cubadebate

December 18, 2020

"It strikes me as odd all of a sudden, there's like a constant readjustment of perception with conclusions.

Source: Habana Radio

December 18, 2020

Until the National Capitol, filmmaker Fernando Pérez also arrived to say goodbye to the eternal Historian.

Source: Habana Radio

December 17, 2020

To the Hall of Lost Steps of the National Capitol, the people of Cuba come today to pay deserved tribute to one of the most illustrious sons of old Havana: Dr.

Source: Granma

December 17, 2020

The event Teresita Fernández: 90 years with a happy heart, will be the centerpiece of the program that will take place in Matanzas for the ninetieth anniversary of that Cuban children's singer, organizers reported today.

Source: Prensa Latina

December 15, 2020

The artistic associate director of the English National Ballet (ENB), Loipa Araújo, will share a virtual class today from London with various dance companies in Cuba, on the occasion of the 2020 British Culture Week.

Source: Prensa Latina

December 15, 2020

When talking about Pinar del Río pitchers, it is always said that their historical settlement comes from the teams of the 70s and 80s of the last century.

Source: Cubadebate

December 14, 2020

Next December 18, Cuban singer-songwriter Descemer Bueno will premiere the official video for the remix "Internacionales" on his YouTube account along with the Cuban group, Qva Libre, as he announced on his social media.

Source: ADN Cuba

December 14, 2020

Lyric artists and the orchestra of the Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso will perform today, December 14, in the cathedral of this capital during a mass in memory of Cuba's prima ballerina assoluta.

Source: Prensa Latina

December 13, 2020

American press media, grouped under National Public Radio (NPR), selected the album Inside, by X Alfonso, among the fifty best albums of 2020, which was classified by critic Félix Contreras as a flawless example of contemporary music from Cuba.

Source: Prensa Latina

December 13, 2020

Cuban master Johannes García receives the 2020 National Dance Prize, awarded by the National Council of the Performing Arts, in recognition of his professional work.

Source: Prensa Latina

December 12, 2020

To the famous creator of mambo, the great Cuban musician Dámaso Pérez Prado, tribute was paid on Friday, in the city of Matanzas, where he was born exactly on December 11, 1917.

Source: Uneac.org.cu

December 12, 2020

Last December 10th, the sad news of the death of José Zamorano became known, one of the most relevant male figures in Cuban dance, who was a principal dancer of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba (BNC).

Source: Cubarte

December 11, 2020

In constant defiance of the limitations imposed by Covid-19, the Cuban group Cimafunk invites you today to dance from anywhere in the world with their most recent musical proposal: CunCunPrá.

Source: Bohemia

December 11, 2020

Very sad about Diana's death are her colleagues.

Source: Cubaperiodistas

December 10, 2020

Cuban George Gascón, 66 years old, is the first immigrant to hold the position of district attorney of Los Angeles County, the most populous in the United States.

Source: Periódico Cubano

December 10, 2020

Yasiel Puig continues making headlines, the Cuban ballplayer, devoted to community work, is one of the major protagonists in the fight against coronavirus in the United States, where he has shown his most humble and supportive side.

Source: OnCubaNews

December 9, 2020

Madonna's Cuban-origin daughter, Lourdes María León, was the image of the "Parade" collection by Juicy Couture, inspired by the 2000s, as an underwear model.

Source: ADN Cuba

December 9, 2020

The documentary Los hermanos, by renowned American filmmakers Marcia Jamel and Ken Schneider, will have a special presentation at this unique 42nd International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, on Sunday, December 13, at the La Rampa cinema.

Source: Granma

December 8, 2020

The life of Cuban Olympic champion Alberto Juantorena comes to the big screen with the screening of the documentary Running for the Revolution, as part of the official selection of the 42nd International Festival of New Latin American Cinema.

Source: Prensa Latina

December 8, 2020

Cuban baseball player Yasiel Puig will play starting next week in the Dominican Baseball League with the Toros del Este team, announced today by the team's general manager, Raymond Abreu.

Source: Prensa Latina

December 7, 2020

The documentary A media voz, by Cuban filmmakers Heidi Hassan and Patricia Pérez, which won the Silver Biznaga for Best Director in the Documentary section of the 23rd Málaga Film Festival, has received 9 nominations for next year's Goya Awards for: Best Film, Best Debut Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Sound, Best Special Effects, and Best Documentary Film.

Source: Asere, Escuela Internacional de Cine, Radio y Televisión

December 7, 2020

The Cuban broadcaster Ibrahim Aput passed away this Monday in Havana at the age of 91.

Source: Granma

December 6, 2020

This week the names of the new actors who will be part of the third season of the Netflix series "Narcos: Mexico" were revealed, among them is Alberto Guerra who will bring to life the enigmatic drug trafficker Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.

Source: DCubanos

December 6, 2020

Manuel Duchesne Cuzán (1932-2005) was a visionary in diverse directions.

Source: Granma

December 5, 2020

The best tribute to Juan Formell, on the day Van Van reaches its 51st anniversary, has undoubtedly been the press presentation of the album "Mi Songo".

Source: Cubadebate, Radio Rebelde

December 5, 2020

The first volume of Inside, the most recent recording project by renowned Cuban artist X Alfonso, was included in the list of the best albums of the year by the prestigious American media outlet National Public Radio (NPR).

Source: Granma

December 4, 2020

On the morning of this December 3rd, Medicine Day, Doctor Agustín Lage Dávila was invested with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa in Biological Sciences from the University of La Habana (UH), for his outstanding contribution to the scientific development of Cuba and his relevant contributions to Biochemistry and Immunology, to Medicine, to Public Health and to the development of Cuban Biotechnology.

Source: Cubaperiodistas

December 4, 2020

The 2020 National Humor Prize was awarded to the renowned artist Juana Bacallao (Neris Amelia Martínez Salazar) and to cartoonist, illustrator and painter Arístides Hernández (Ares), by unanimous decision of the jury.

Source: Granma