January 2, 2020
The first prima ballerina of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba (BNC) Viengsay Valdés was appointed General Director of that company by the Minister of Culture, Alpidio Alonso.
Source: Cubadebate
January 2, 2020
A harsh blow to the culture of Santa Clara and Villa Clara was the sudden death of the popular singer Lucía Labastida, who died at the age of 45 as a victim of an aneurysm, in the early morning of January 1st, 2020.
Source: Vanguardia
January 1, 2020
The video clip "Yo soy el punto cubano" directed by Alejandro Pérez and performed by David Blanco.
Source: CubaDebate
January 1, 2020
Iván Cañas, a renowned Cuban photographer, died on Sunday, December 29th due to "complications" from pneumonia after being admitted to the hospital just over a month ago.
Source: Asere
December 31, 2019
On December 30th, the most famous street character of the Cuban capital would have turned 120 years old: José López Lledín, the well-known Knight of Paris.
Source: Juventud Rebelde
December 31, 2019
Harry Villegas (1940-2019), known as Pombo, his war alias, and one of the three surviving Cubans from the guerrilla detachment led by Cuban-Argentine commander Ernesto Che Guevara that fought in Bolivia in the 1960s, died in the Cuban capital at age 79.
Source: Sputnik
December 30, 2019
Cuban singer-songwriter Raúl Torres celebrated 30 years of artistic life with the official release of the albums "Niñito Historia" and "Vendedor de Nubes" at the National Theater.
Source: CubaSi
December 30, 2019
The prominent commentator Juan Antonio Salamanca, who left an irreplaceable void in sports broadcasting, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Palmar de Junco, in the province of Matanzas.
Source: Granma
December 29, 2019
The website La Razón has put before its readers a list of the best albums distributed in Mexico in 2019.
Source: La Razón
December 29, 2019
Alejandro Mirabal sets new record in the category of "Most historic shipwreck locations visited".
Source: Récord Guinness
December 28, 2019
Cuban mountaineer Yandy Núñez conquers Mount Aconcagua, the highest elevation in America "I dedicate this summit to my son Yngvi, whom I will not be by his side on his second birthday, and to my wife," declared Yandy Núñez Martínez.
Source: Asere.com
December 28, 2019
Poetess Lina de Feria was awarded the 2019 National Literature Prize, an award given to writers who have enriched Cuban literature and culture in general, as public recognition of their body of work.
Source: Granma
December 26, 2019
Aroldis Chapman made his Major League debut exactly at the beginning of this decade, but it wasn't until 2012 that he became the closer for the Cincinnati Reds on a full-time basis.
Source: Swingcompleto.com
December 26, 2019
The album "Pasaporte", released in 2013 by multi-awarded Cuban trumpet player Alexander Abreu and his group Havana D'Primera, was recently included in the list by American newspaper Los Angeles Times of the 10 best Latin albums of the decade.
Source: Asere
December 25, 2019
The only survivor of the plane crash on May 18 of last year in Cuba, Mailén Díaz Almaguer, celebrated her 21st birthday on December 23.
Source: Cubadebate
December 25, 2019
Happy these days is maestro Joaquín Julio Betancourt Jackman, a camagüeyano violinist, orchestrator, composer and music producer.
Source: Granma
December 24, 2019
Alex Cuba, whose real name is Alexis Puentes, a native of Artemisa, performed on a stage on the Island after settling in Canada more than 20 years ago.
Source: Granma
December 24, 2019
The Cuban multimillionaire Roberto Polo has been recognized this week as the world's best collector of modern and contemporary art by Metropolitan Magazine New York.
Source: ADN Cuba
December 21, 2019
The President of the Republic proposed to the National Assembly of People's Power the appointment of Manuel Marrero Cruz, current Minister of Tourism, to the position of Prime Minister.
Source: Granma
December 21, 2019
Like the best athlete, accustomed to winning national and international awards, but in this case, in music, our Omara Portuondo, the Diva of Buena Vista Social Club, has just received the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts in Spain.
Source: Granma
December 20, 2019
Acosta Danza, a company directed by Principal Dancer Carlos Acosta, will perform in Chile in the first days of January 2020, as part of the International Festival Santiago a Mil.
Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias
December 20, 2019
Before the end of the year, the Book of the Month dedicated its space on December 17 to children's literature, with the presentation of the work Papaloteando, by writer Nersys Felipe, belonging to the El Duende collection, by Ediciones Loynaz.
Source: La Jiribilla
December 19, 2019
New artists join the lineup for the seventh edition of the Havana World Music Festival (HWM), which will be held on March 19, 20, and 21, 2020.
Source: Vistar Magazine
December 19, 2019
The well-known Cuban presenter Edmundo García has announced on his social media Facebook that he will be returning to the city of Miami to resume his program "La tarde se mueve", which will now be broadcast on Youtube.
Source: CubitaNow
December 18, 2019
The renowned Cuban musician X Alfonso invites this Thursday, December 19th to Inside X Alfonso, a question and answer session open to public exchange at Fábrica de Arte Cubano (FAC), the institution reported.
Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias
December 18, 2019
Alfredo Rodríguez's debut in Argentina alongside his countryman Pedrito Martínez and Cameroonian Richard Bona, which took place on December 9th at the Vorterix Theater in Buenos Aires, can be summed up like this: naturalness, courage, ease; all of it sounding great.
Source: OnCuba News
December 16, 2019
As part of the celebrations for Culture Workers' Day, Fátima Patterson, actress and National Theater Award winner in 2017, received the Key to the City today, at the provincial gala commemorating the date.
Source: Granma
December 16, 2019
The National Council of Visual Arts (CNAP) hosted the jury in charge of awarding the National Prize for Visual Arts, the highest award in the field of visual arts granted in our country.
Source: La Jiribilla
December 15, 2019
The music of the legendary Benny Moré returns today to the Teresa Carreño theater in Caracas, by the hand of Cuban maestro Joaquín Betancourt and the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Venezuela.
Source: CubaSi
December 15, 2019
Cinderella (Cinderella) a film in which Camila Cabello will make her debut as a film actress, according to a Hollywood media outlet recently reported, will also feature Nicholas Galitzine in the role of the Prince, also joining the cast are Idina Menzel as Evelyn, who will bring to life the evil stepmother and Billy Porter as the indulgent fairy godmother.
Source: Show News
December 14, 2019
The Cuban mountaineer Yandy Núñez Martínez is preparing to depart for Argentina to attempt to conquer the summit of Aconcagua, another imposing challenge following his spectacular climbs of Mount Elbrus (5,642 meters) and Pico de Orizaba (5,636), the highest peaks in Europe and Mexico, respectively.
Source: OnCuba News
December 14, 2019
Cuban singer Erick Iglesias Rodríguez, known artistically as "Cimafunk", will be part of the guest list for the "Isle of light" festival, which will take place next Saturday, March 14, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Source: Asere.com
December 13, 2019
The 2019 Arcadia List presented 100 books written exclusively by female authors in Spanish, including works by 3 Cuban women.
Source: Cibercuba
December 13, 2019
Arturo Montoto is one of the undisputed masters of Cuban visual arts at the moment; he works in his studio-home in Guanabacoa.
Source: OnCuba News
December 12, 2019
At the age of 65, boxer in the light flyweight category Jorge Hernández, who is a glory of Cuban boxing, died in the early morning hours of Thursday, December 11, 2019.
Source: CubaSi
December 12, 2019
The wrestler Ismael Borrero and the discus thrower Yaimé Pérez were chosen as the best Cuban athletes of 2019.
Source: CubaDebate
December 12, 2019
Cuban filmmaker Marilyn Solaya hits the mark again.
Source: Granma
December 12, 2019
Jesús Chucho Valdés, Israel Cachao López and Haydée Milanés are the three Cuban artists that make up the list of the best 50 Latin albums of the decade, compiled by Billboard magazine, according to several digital media outlets reporting today.
Source: Radio Cadena Habana
December 12, 2019
The scholar and historian Eduardo Torres Cuevas was appointed as Director of the Office of the Martiano Program in place of intellectual Abel Prieto Jiménez, who will assume leadership of Casa de las Américas.
Source: Cubarte
December 10, 2019
The actress Ana de Armas, of Cuban and Spanish nationality, assured on Monday that she "has no words" to describe what she feels about her nomination for the Golden Globes as best actress in a comedy or musical.
Source: Cubadebate
December 10, 2019
Cuban intellectual Abel Prieto was appointed president of Casa de las Américas, highlighted today by the publication La Ventana.
Source: Cubasi
December 9, 2019
"Danzon is Cubanness," affirmed David Virelles, a praised jazz pianist and composer, who brought the wealth of the most famous danzones to the piano at the Classically Cuban Concert.
Source: El Nuevo Herald
December 9, 2019
The renowned Cuban instrumentalist, professor, and musicologist Lino Neira Betancourt was buried in the Colón necropolis in Havana, after passing away this past weekend in the capital due to complications from the cardiovascular disease he suffered from.
Source: Granma, Radio Rebelde, Instituto Superior de Arte
December 5, 2019
She had the exact prudence to know how to move in step with the times.
Source: CubaDebate
December 5, 2019
Pontifical Lateran University delivered on November 22nd, the Laurea Honoris Causa in Legal Sciences-History of Law to Doctor Eusebio Leal Spengler, a title very dear to the deceased Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino for his friend.
Source: Vatican News
December 5, 2019
Personality is a confusing term.
Source: Cubadebate
December 4, 2019
With the inauguration of the Crearte event in Las Tunas, and the preparations for a gathering of danzón dancers and the traditional honor dance, the XV edition of the Barbarito Diez Popular Music Festival is taking place in the Tunero municipality of Manatí, which culminates today with celebrations for the 110th birthday of the Prince of Danzón.
Source: periodico 26.cu
December 4, 2019
In the midst of the National Day Against Violence Toward Women and Girls, the director of the National Center for Sex Education asserts that the problem of gender-based violence is very ancient: "It is a problem of centuries, it is a problem of misogyny.
Source: Cuba.cu
December 2, 2019
The triumph of classic Mijaín López over Oscar Pino (130 kg), with a scoreboard of 8-0, contributed on Saturday to the victory of the ASV Nendingen club over Germania Weigarten (18-14 points, 6-4 matches) in the German professional wrestling league.
Source: Jit.cu
December 2, 2019
The Olympic runner-up and award winner in other competitions was 78 years old and had fought against the disease that caused her death, reported the National Commission for Athletes' Care.
Source: Jit.cu
