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November 7, 2020

Poet Virgilio López Lemus has been recognized with the Samuel Feijóo Prize for Poetry on the Environment 2020, awarded annually by the Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País, to recognize the life's work of a Cuban poet who has reflected environmental themes in his verses.

Source: Bohemia

November 7, 2020

During the battle round stage this Friday, Dayana Emma received praise from all the coaches and their advisors.

Source: Antena 3, Cibercuba

November 6, 2020

When the prestigious intellectual Miguel Barnet asserts that not just anyone is a glory of Cuba like Beatriz Márquez, he praises, through this just evocation, someone who has recreated for her people the lattice of a prodigious work as an interpreter.

Source: Granma

November 6, 2020

The best Cuban hitter in the Major Leagues, José Dariel Abreu, has just proven the predictions right and won the third Silver Bat of his career.

Source: Cibercuba

November 5, 2020

The Cuban poetess Dulce María Loynaz received one day like today in 1993 from the hands of the King of Spain, in the Paraninfo of the University of Alcalá de Henares, the Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra Prize, corresponding to the year 1992.

Source: Cubarte

November 5, 2020

A few days ago, composer Alfredo Diez Nieto was turning 102 years old, to the delight of Cuban music and culture.

Source: Granma

November 4, 2020

A few days after turning 90 years old, Cuban singer Omara Portuondo, National Music Prize winner, known worldwide as the Filin's Sweetheart and the Diva of the Buena Vista Social Club, will premiere today Thursday the 4th, on digital platforms, the single Silencio, a bolero by Puerto Rican Rafael Hernández, which she shares with the Boricua Andy Monatñez, and which will be part of her upcoming album, still in preparation.

Source: Granma

November 4, 2020

On Monday, November 2, Miguel Álvarez Sánchez died as a result of cancer.

Source: Cubacute

November 3, 2020

The Cuban humorist Antolín El Pichón has thanked social media for the numerous messages received after the sad news of his son Dayán García Menéndez's death was made public.

Source: Cibercuba

November 3, 2020

With a roster greatly affected by absences due to COVID-19, the club Hereda San Pablo Burgos, where Cuban Jasiel Rivero plays, had a complicated return to the ACB Basketball League in Spain, losing with a wide score of 78-99 against Urbas Fuenlabrada.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN

November 2, 2020

How can you dance Giselle, if Giselle is you?, asked the renowned English critic Arnold Haskell, upon seeing that willi-dancer who crossed the stage without touching it with her soft slippers… One day in June of 1967 he wrote to her: "It was something so full in body and spirit, an ecstasy of happiness, suffering and perfect love, that it cannot be described in words.

Source: Cubarte

November 2, 2020

Osvaldo Alonso, the most prominent Cuban footballer in the history of Major League Soccer (MLS), has been nominated as one of 134 candidates to make the list of the 25 best players in the professional circuit of the United States, which will soon celebrate its first quarter century since its founding.

Source: OnCubaNews

November 1, 2020

Cuban singer Alex Cuba will be one of the artists performing at the gala of the 21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards 2020.

Source: Diario de Cuba

November 1, 2020

David Calzado and his Charanga Habanera has managed to bring together in a new musical production "the charangueros of old," which brings to mind several of the most important moments in the history of the popular Cuban dance music orchestra.

Source: Cibercuba

October 31, 2020

Outstanding Cuban musician Leoni Torres recently announced on his social media profile that the single "Miloca", the first release from the CD Alma Cubana, is now available.

Source: Periodico Cubano

October 31, 2020

Arnaldo Rodríguez threw a no-hit, no-run game last Thursday against Pinar del Río, the 58th in the history of Cuban baseball championships.

Source: Juventud Rebelde

October 30, 2020

The Cuban-American writer and analyst Carlos Alberto Montaner intervened for the first time in an electoral campaign by offering a message in favor of former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

Source: OnCubaNews

October 30, 2020

The 2020 National Radio and Television Award was presented this Thursday in the capital, during an event held as part of the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of Cuban television.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN

October 29, 2020

Dedicated for more than 70 years to culture and to enrich Cuban music in the world, singer Omara Portuondo celebrates life today with an online concert alongside artists from several countries.

Source: Cuba.cu

October 29, 2020

Last June Silvio Rodríguez presented Para la espera, a work composed of thirteen songs, ten previously unreleased and three previously released.

Source: Página 12

October 28, 2020

The prominent filmmaker and film critic Enrique Colina Álvarez passed away on October 27 in Havana, after a long battle against cancer, at the age of 76 and with the recognition of Cuban filmmakers, and especially of the people who remember him mainly as the host for 30 years of the television program for film appreciation 24 por segundo.

Source: Bohemia

October 28, 2020

The Cubans Liván Moinelo and Yurisbel Gracial were crowned champions of the Pacific League with the SoftBank Hawks, after defeating the Lotte Marines 5-1 to mathematically secure first place in the Professional Japanese Baseball League standings.

Source: CMHW.cu

October 27, 2020

Reaching 90 years of age is a challenge for any human being; but doing so with innocence, a sense of humor, inexhaustible creative inspiration and physical and intellectual capacity to realize it, is a miracle.

Source: Cubarte

October 27, 2020

Cuban pianist Marcos Madrigal will premiere the album Carlos Guastavino, Piano Music on November first under the Dutch record label Piano Classics.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN

October 26, 2020

The Cuban Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, who currently serves as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Organic Chemistry at the University of Córdoba, Spain, was recognized by the Green Talents-International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development, created "to promote the international exchange of innovative ecological ideas from various fields of research".

Source: ADNCuba

October 26, 2020

The Cuban Randy Arozarena continues his record streak and with it increasingly enters baseball history with a dream postseason that, on the other hand, has the Dodgers on maximum alert.

Source: El Nuevo Herald

October 25, 2020

Carlos Acosta's ballet in Birmingham has adopted a renewed wardrobe suited to current times on the planet, these are tutus designed in the nineteenth century in times of smallpox and cholera The acclaimed Cuban dancer and choreographer Carlos Acosta returns to live stages with a ballet program ingeniously designed to comply with the restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Source: Cubatel

October 25, 2020

Touching message from Tahimí Alvariño to her mother Coralita Veloz after receiving the National Radio and Television Award The renowned Cuban actress Coralita Veloz, one of the most beloved in Cuba, has received the National Radio and Television Award, the highest honor granted on the Island for a lifetime of work in the sector.

Source: Cubacute

October 24, 2020

The 2020 edition of the Gilberto Caballero Almeida Scientific Journalism contest awarded its most important prize, the Lifetime Achievement Award, to the television program Antena, by Mara Roque, in recognition of the news coverage it has provided on the main national and international events related to science, technology and the environment, since 1993, held in Cuba, as well as to the journeys and dates of global scope related to them.

Source: Cuba.cu

October 24, 2020

Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba (LADC) ended seven months of inactivity with joy, dynamism, sensuality and coordination, outstanding elements in the program it presents at the Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso.

Source: Prensa Latina

October 23, 2020

# Translation Cuban publicist Ana Margarita Martínez, ex-wife of Juan Pablo Roque, filed a lawsuit against Netflix last Wednesday for alleged defamation in the film "Red Avispa" (Wasp Network).

Source: ADNCuba

October 21, 2020

The interview granted yesterday by president Donald Trump to controversial presenter Alex Otaola seems to bring consequences with it as the leader agreed to review a "red list" prepared by him that includes "Cuban artists who support castroism", who would have US visas and travel regularly to American territory.

Source: Cubacute

October 21, 2020

The Cuban sports family mourned on Sunday night the death of Tomás Herrera Martínez.

Source: Cubadebate

October 21, 2020

The last time I heard Omara Portuondo live was at the Jazz Plaza 2020, in January.

Source: Cubadebate

October 18, 2020

Alfredo Rodríguez crossed the border from Mexico into the United States when he was just 22 years old, in 2009.

Source: https://oncubanews.com/musica-2/quisiera-tocar-para-mi-pueblo/

October 18, 2020

Carlos Enrique Almirante already knows what happens in Las Vegas.

Source: El Nuevo Herald

October 18, 2020

Manuel Herrán, who turned Sedano's into the largest independently-owned Hispanic supermarket chain in the country, with stores from Orlando to Homestead, died on October 15 from complications of diabetes.

Source: https://www.americateve.com/miami/fallecio-el-hombre-que-convirtio-sedanos-supermarkets-la-cadena-hispana-mas-grande-eeuu-n1076592

October 16, 2020

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Source: http://www.acn.cu/deportes/71407-raidel-martinez-20-salvados-e-iguala-liderazgo-en-zona-central-del-beisbol-nipon

October 16, 2020

The Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) regrets the passing of the outstanding Cuban radio and television actress Marta del Río, a multifaceted figure of the performing arts with the highest honors in these media.

Source: Cubadebate

October 15, 2020

Very soon Proyecto Palomas, an Audiovisual Production House for Social Activism, will give the opportunity to enjoy its most recent release: Mi cuerpo es mi vida.

Source: CubaSi

October 15, 2020

Diana Montero, graduate of the Documentary Chair at the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños in the 2011-2014 generation, passed away in Miami The film school community bids a sorrowful farewell to one of its prestigious filmmakers.

Source: OnCuba News, Escuela Internacional de Cine

October 14, 2020

"Alicia's name is inscribed with honors in the universal history books of dance.

Source: Granma

October 14, 2020

The Cuban baseball players Erisbel Arruebarruena and Yoanni Yera will play with Los Algodoneros de Guasave, from the Mexican Pacific League, whose season begins this Thursday.

Source: CubaSi

October 13, 2020

The renowned Cuban actress Beatriz Valdés, the unforgettable "Bella del Alhambra" of Cuban cinema, after living and acting for years in Venezuela, reinvents herself in Hialeah as an acting teacher.

Source: Cubacute

October 13, 2020

Unusual for the merriment and warm atmosphere, it was in that December of 2017 that the National Prize for Plastic Arts was awarded to Eduardo Roca Salazar (Choco), an artist who, in addition to great talent, possesses an enormous charisma that comes, without a doubt, from the nobility of his heart.

Source: Cubasi

October 12, 2020

President Donald Trump thanked the group Los 3 de La Habana from his YouTube account for the song titled "Trump Song".

Source: Cuballama, CubaenMiami

October 12, 2020

Content creation on social media has accelerated the digital revolution and transformation in the midst of the pandemic, and the fact is that remote communications of various information and content through the internet have become omnipresent in the economic activity of companies and in the daily lives of users who, far from seeing social media as a pastime, today are betting on them to drive their businesses and entrepreneurial ventures.

Source: Camilaarteche.com

October 11, 2020

With a tribute to Omara Portuondo and Alicia Alonso, two artists who have left an indelible mark on the country's music and dance, the Cuban Culture Day began yesterday, October 10, on the 152nd anniversary of the start of Cuba's wars of independence.

Source: Granma

October 11, 2020

The star pitcher from Pinar del Río, Liván Moinelo, a member of the Japanese baseball team SoftBank Hawks, made a donation of sports equipment to the roster of the Vegueros de Pinar del Río.

Source: Cubadebate

October 10, 2020

A version of the song El mambí, by Luis Casas Romero, will circulate starting today as a tribute to the celebration of Cuban Culture Day, which will extend until October 20, the 152nd anniversary of the Bayamo Anthem, a symbol of the nation.

Source: Granma