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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

August 1, 2020

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

July 31, 2020

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

July 29, 2020

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

July 26, 2020

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

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

July 23, 2020

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

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.

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.

July 20, 2020

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

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.

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.

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.

July 15, 2020

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

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.

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.

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.

July 13, 2020

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

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.

July 12, 2020

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

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.

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.

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.

July 9, 2020

Cuba's Recording and Musical Editions Company (Egrem) confirmed that to celebrate Children's Day on July 19, it will release a children's album by Haila María Mompié.

July 9, 2020

On August 9, 2019, defending the Norwich City jersey and in a match against Liverpool, Onel Lázaro Hernández Mayea, a footballer born in the city of Morón, Cuba, became the first player from the island to play in the Premier League.

July 8, 2020

Yolepsis Echeverría Bonilla, better known in the Island's musical sphere as "Yolo Bonilla", passed away on July 6th in Italy.

July 8, 2020

For those wondering about the void left by a media figure like Luna Manzanares due to her absence from recent online concerts, this is because she will soon have the joy of becoming a mother.

July 7, 2020

Sung by Cuban and Italian musicians, For an Embrace, dedicated to Cuban, Italian, and other doctors around the world who have fought against the COVID-19 pandemic, was written and produced between Waldo and Pepe López.

July 7, 2020

After connecting three singles in four at-bats, scoring a run and starting Sunday's game for the Chunichi Dragons as the starting catcher, there is no doubt that the future of Cuban Ariel Martínez in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) looks very promising.

July 6, 2020

Nahuel Pennisi spoke with Radio Nacional de Argentina from the province of Tucumán and previewed the show "Gracias Silvio", which he will broadcast via streaming on July 10th, in which he will perform songs by Cuban poet Silvio Rodríguez.

July 6, 2020

Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world, reached a fortune of 171.

July 5, 2020

"For this new stage, we enthusiastically welcome Raciel del Toro, whose outstanding trajectory in the national and international audiovisual field will continue to nourish the most relevant projects and purposes of the Film Center and dialogue with an audiovisual scene that is increasingly diverse," said Sylvie Durán, Minister of Culture and Youth.

July 5, 2020

The second day of the Festival Ciudad del Mar de Cienfuegos commemorated the legacy of one of the paradigmatic figures of vocal interpretation on this continent, Cuban Benny Moré.