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November 13, 2019

On the afternoon of November 12, 2019, Professor of Merit and Full Member of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba, DrC.

Source: Infomed, EnCaribe

November 12, 2019

A spectacle of more than 16 thousand fireworks, under the direction of a Canadian company, will close on November 16 the gala for the 500th anniversary of the founding of this capital, confirmed today by composer Frank Fernández.

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November 12, 2019

The renowned singer Mayra Caridad Valdés passed away last Saturday, November 9th at the age of 63.

Source: Granma

November 10, 2019

Spain has a hard time taking itself seriously.

Source: El pais.com

November 10, 2019

Cuban singer Haila María Mompié has lost the concert she intended to perform at a nightclub in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 15th due to pressure exerted by some members of the Cuban exile community in the United States and public opinion from the Cuban community.

Source: ADN Cuba

November 8, 2019

The director of the National Institute for Research on Tropical Root and Tuber Crops (Inivit), in Santo Domingo, Dr.

Source: Vanguardia.cu

November 8, 2019

On the night of Thursday, November 7, 2019, Professor Emeritus Juan Manuel Diego Cobelo passed away, born in Cienfuegos on April 30, 1929.

Source: Infomed

November 7, 2019

Sports Omara Durand among the 10 most outstanding women at the World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai The World Para Athletics Championship will be held in Dubai from November 7 to 15 Asere Noticias By Asere Noticias Published November 6, 2019 Share Tweet Comments Omara Durand among the 10 most outstanding women at the World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai Omara Durand among the 10 most outstanding women at the World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai.

Source: Asere.com

November 6, 2019

The Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca poses, this Monday in Madrid, during an interview with the EFE Agency on the occasion of the publication of his ninth album Yesun.

Source: CubaSi

November 5, 2019

The renowned Cuban violinist Evelio Tieles was recently honored in Faenza, a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region, with a concert organized in his honor as part of the program for the twenty-fifth edition of Italian Independent Music, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of that European nation.

Source: Cubarte

November 5, 2019

This year the renowned performer Yaima Sáez has taken a varied repertoire of Cuban music to Spain for the first time.

Source: La Jiribilla

November 4, 2019

With part of the unknown, forgotten, and rescued work of Master Ernesto Lecuona and librettist Gustavo Sánchez Galarraga, the second installment of the Anthology of Cuban Zarzuela was produced at the Centro Hispanoamericano de Cultura with a packed house.

Source: CMBF Radio.cu

November 4, 2019

The renowned Cuban television actor Bárbaro Marín, known for his characters in the police series Día y Noche, said he feels happy to resume his career in Cuba after ten long years of absence.

Source: Asere.com

November 3, 2019

A Cuban Marquess in Coral Gables would be a good title for a biography of María Elena de Cárdenas y González, but how can you sum up a century of life in just a few words.

Source: El Nuevo Herald

November 3, 2019

Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba (LADC) company shared the stage in this capital with artists from the Fundación Conservatorio Flamenco Casa Patas from Madrid, Spain.

Source: Cuba.cu

November 2, 2019

Cuban singer Isaac Delgado and his group opened this Friday the first day of the Habana Más Festival, which began the popular celebrations for the capital in its five centuries of founding.

Source: CubaSi

November 2, 2019

Pablo Fernández Gallo and his group La Élite, under the Bis Music record label, have just released the album Brindando, which includes among other songs, the one that gives the album its name; Licencia timbera, which he performs with Antony Puig; La complicidad, with Nina Ferrera; Pa' que suenes, with Haila and Mayito Rivera; Rumberos latinoamericanos, with Elito Revé y su Charangón and Hasta el último callejón, which is nominated in the Most Popular Video of the Year category at the 2019 Lucas edition, among others.

Source: Granma

November 1, 2019

The international gathering of troubadours will be held from December 4th to 7th Silvio Rodríguez and Pablo Milanés will perform together at the Festival de la Trova de Yucatán The International Festival of Trova in Yucatán (FITY) returns after its successful first edition in 2018 and this time will take place from December 4th to 7th with the presentation of possibly the most emblematic exponents of Cuban trova: Silvio Rodríguez and Pablo Milanés.

Source: Asere.com

November 1, 2019

Spain grants the historian of the city of Havana, Eusebio Leal, the Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III, the highest of the civil orders of this European country.

Source: Cuba.cu

October 31, 2019

This constitutes a significant loss for the people of Camagüey and all of Cuba with the death this Monday, in the country's capital, of local intellectual Elda Cento Gómez, a teacher above any other title.

Source: Adelante, OnCubaNews

October 31, 2019

Question marks and exclamation marks, superlative phrases, emotion, joy combined in the responses of the 2019 National Music Prize winners: Ildefonso Acosta Escobar and Joaquín Betancourt.

Source: CubaSi

October 29, 2019

Omara Portuondo and Roberto Fonseca to perform at 28 Festival Temporada Alta Cuban singer Omara Portuondo, known as the bride of feeling, will headline a concert this Monday alongside her compatriot, pianist Roberto Fonseca during the 28 Festival Temporada Alta.

Source: Radio Enciclopedia Popular

October 29, 2019

When only two international competitions remain to close out 2019: the Grand Slam in Osaka and the World Masters in Qingdao, Cuban judoka Idalis Ortiz (+78 kg) appears as the athlete with the most points among all categories (women's and men's) in the world and Olympic ranking governed by the International Federation of this sport.

Source: Cubadebate

October 28, 2019

The composer, guitarist, and Cuban orchestra conductor Leo Brouwer expressed feeling moved by the tributes and the authentic and sincere affection received in Costa Rica, where, in a unique concert, he conducted the CR Orchestra performing his music.

Source: CubaSi

October 28, 2019

Gerrit Cole's gem of a performance, home runs by Yordan Álvarez, Carlos Correa and George Springer, guided the Houston Astros to a 7-1 victory over the Nationals to complete a three-game sweep in Washington, in the fifth game of the World Series, on Sunday before 43,910 fans.

Source: Cubanet.org

October 27, 2019

For his/her excellent merits as actors and actresses of our audiovisual media, they received on October 24th the National Television Prize Miriam Mier Vidal, Odalys Fuentes de Arma, Luis Rielo Morejón, Mario Balmaseda Maurisco, Frank González Díaz and Félix Pérez Ortiz.

Source: Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión

October 27, 2019

The keynote lecture 'The Functions of Science in the Cuban Economic and Social Model: Insights from Biotechnology' constituted the opening of the XI Workshop on Science, Technology and Innovation (CITAtenas-2019).

Source: Prensa Latina

October 25, 2019

The Cuban plastic artist Nelson Domínguez stars today in Holguín in the first tribute made from his artistic expression to the legendary dancer Alicia Alonso, who recently passed away.

Source: Ecured

October 25, 2019

Founded in 1912, the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine is the oldest school of public health in the United States.

Source: Higiene y Epidemiología. Infomed

October 24, 2019

the-people-are-me-manuel-lopez-de-oliva The National Museum of Fine Arts was the venue to commemorate the 36 years of the René Portocarrero Screen Printing Workshop and present the screen print The People Are Me, by artist Manuel López Oliva.

Source: Cubarte

October 24, 2019

Yurisbel Gracial was chosen this Tuesday as the Most Valuable Player of the 2019 Japan Baseball Series, after winning the title with the Softbank Hawks, for the third consecutive year.

Source: Prensa Latina

October 23, 2019

With the film Esteban, young Jonal Cosculluela achieved a dream, after having worked as a sound technician, editor and other specialties in television.

Source: Cubadebate

October 23, 2019

Two soloists, a duo, and a quartet of guitarists from Costa Rica paid tribute in Cartago, Costa Rica, to the renowned Cuban composer, performer, and orchestra director Leo Brouwer on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

Source: Cubasi

October 22, 2019

Cuba is present at the Maxence Larrieu International Flute Competition in France through the artist Niurka González, who is part of the competition's jury.

Source: Prensa Latina

October 22, 2019

The National Symphony Orchestra announces its next presentation with a classic concert for next Sunday, October 27, 2019 at 11:00 am in the Covarrubias Hall of the National Theater of Cuba that includes, in its program, as its main attraction, the return to the Cuban stage of the renowned pianist and pedagogue Víctor Rodríguez with the Schumann piano concerto which constitutes possibly the masterwork in his author's catalog.

Source: Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional

October 21, 2019

Cuban singer-songwriter Liuba María Hevia premiered the music video "Dueños De Mi Fe" alongside Peruvian singer Miryam Quiñones, available on digital platforms.

Source: CubaSi

October 21, 2019

Game 6 of the American League Championship Series featured key home runs by the Houston Astros in the first and ninth innings as they eliminated the Yankees, with the game ending in a final score of 5 runs to 4, to the delight of a packed Minute Maid Park.

Source: Swingcompleto.com

October 20, 2019

The hearse moved slowly through the narrow corridors of Colón Cemetery.

Source: Cubadebate

October 20, 2019

Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez and Spanish artist Lin Cortés are among the first artists confirmed today for the Habana World Music Festival (HWM), an event scheduled for March 19-21, 2020 in Havana.

Source: CubaSi

October 19, 2019

Major League Baseball has announced the nominees for the Reliever of the Year award and one of those selected is Cuban flame-thrower Aroldis Chapman, who had another great season wearing the Yankees uniform and continues to enhance his legacy.

Source: Swingcompleto.com

October 19, 2019

Much joy has filled the hearts of Guantanameros with the Latin Grammy nomination of one of their sons: the prestigious bassist Yelsy Heredia.

Source: Cubasi

October 18, 2019

Alicia Alonso, who during 88 years as a dancer, choreographer and pedagogue contributed with her brilliant art to place the prestige of her Homeland in the highest place in the four corners of the world, passed away at CIMEQ Hospital in Havana, at 11 in the morning this Thursday, October 17, 2019, two months and three days before turning 99 years old.

Source: Cubadebate

October 18, 2019

The cover of «Yolanda», by Pablo Milanés, is the one that has managed to raise this number of views on the mentioned platform.

Source: Asere.com

October 17, 2019

The Centro de Estudios Martianos will present on October 18 in La Habana, volume 29 of the critical edition of the Complete Works of José Martí.

Source: Granma

October 17, 2019

Fidelio Torres, one of the most outstanding Cuban actors of all time, unfortunately passed away in the morning of Tuesday, October 15.

Source: OnCuba News

October 16, 2019

The Cuban writer Leonardo Padura participates this weekend in the Festival Polars du Sud de Toulouse as godfather of the annual gathering around the noir novel, which this year focuses its attention on Latin American creations.

Source: OnCuba News

October 16, 2019

Evelio Capote Castillo, Hero of Labor of the Republic of Cuba, died this Tuesday in Ciego de Ávila, at the age of 87, as a result of an acute myocardial infarction, after 11 days hospitalized at the provincial hospital Antonio Luaces Iraola.

Source: Trabajadores

October 15, 2019

Camila Cabello will bring Cinderella to life in new remake of classic animated film.

Source: Asere.com

October 15, 2019

On the occasion of Hispanic Heritage Month, the specialized site Digital Trends in Spanish prepared a list of the most influential Hispanic people in the technology industry, which included Cuban Ralph de la Vega, who played a key role in bringing the iPhone to market.

Source: Diario de Cuba

October 14, 2019

For followers of Silvio Rodríguez in Antofagasta this news will interest them… a lot.

Source: Timeline.cl