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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.

Source: El Nuevo Herald, OncubaNews

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.

Source: CubaSi

July 23, 2020

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

Source: Cubadebate

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.

Source: diariodecuba.com

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.

Source: Cubadebate

July 20, 2020

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

Source: Cubadebate

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.

Source: Cubadebate

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.

Source: ADN Cuba, Sagua es Grande.com

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.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias

July 15, 2020

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

Source: Séptima entrada, El Nuevo Herald

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.

Source: Diario de Cuba

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.

Source: Radio Habana Cuba

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.

Source: Radio Nuevitas

July 13, 2020

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

Source: Periódico Cubano

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.

Source: Espn Deportes

July 12, 2020

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

Source: TeleSur

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.

Source: Tiempo 21

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.

Source: Granma

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.

Source: CubaSi

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.

Source: Prensa Latina

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.

Source: Medio Tiempo

July 8, 2020

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

Source: Asere.com

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.

Source: Granma

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.

Source: Juventud Rebelde

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.

Source: Jit.cu

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.

Source: Rio Negro.com

July 6, 2020

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

Source: Diario de Cuba

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.

Source: OnCuba News

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.

Source: Prensa Latina

July 4, 2020

The first cosmonaut from Cuba and Latin America, Arnaldo Tamayo, participated in a forum organized by the pro tempore presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) on the peaceful use of space.

Source: Prensa Latina

July 4, 2020

Upon his departure, his smile could not have faded.

Source: Granma

July 3, 2020

The phonogram Classics of Fabré, which constitutes a tribute by the Young Classics of Son to maestro Cándido Fabré, through new versions of his most emblematic songs, opened the eighth installment of the Tempo Cubano program.

Source: Al Día

July 3, 2020

Carlos Otero explains to his followers that he promised that he "would keep them informed about the return of the live show," so he decided to write a small statement to update everyone on the subject.

Source: Cibercuba

July 2, 2020

The Film Academy of the United States includes Cuban casting director Libia Batista Mora, actress Ana de Armas, and musician Arturo Sandoval.

Source: Revista Garbos

July 2, 2020

The Cuban Chess Federation reported last Tuesday about the change of membership of Lázaro Bruzón, who as of July 1 will be able to compete under the flag of the United States, after the player himself requested said change on March 20.

Source: OnCuba News

July 1, 2020

Culture and the plastic arts of Villa Clara are in mourning at the death of the prominent master painter Juan Orlando Torres Martínez (Caibarién, February 2, 1925–Santa Clara, June 20, 2020), which occurred on the night of Saturday, June 20.

Source: Vanguardia

July 1, 2020

Not always do television viewers have the opportunity to enjoy the same day two completely different characters played by the same actor, and have both be good.

Source: Cubadebate

June 29, 2020

Michael Fernando Sierra Miranda, known musically as El Micha, fulfilled one of the great dreams of his life by recording with Los Van Van.

Source: Periódico Cubano

June 29, 2020

The politician and economist Armando Ribas, the only Cuban who was a member of the Argentine Congress, passed away on June 28 in Buenos Aires at the age of 87, reported the Union of the Democratic Center (UCeDe), the party for which he served as deputy between July 19 and December 9, 1989.

Source: Infobae, Oncubanews

June 28, 2020

Although Marcos Madrigal was not one of the boys who grew up running through the neighborhoods of Havana, nor did he find shelter for his first sorrows in the nights of the Malecón, he is unmistakably a true Cuban.

Source: Tunturuntu.org

June 28, 2020

The life of Elián González Brotons could have had several stories.

Source: Juventud Rebelde

June 27, 2020

Among the songs that became iconic in Cuba and in most Latin American countries in the mid-twentieth century—and which are still maintained in the repertoire of many artists—are those titled "En nosotros", performed by numerous Cuban vocalists—among whom Tito Gómez stood out with Enrique Jorrrín's orchestra in the 1970s—and from other places, such as the Chilean Lucho Gatica; as well as "Recordaré tu boca", of which the brilliant version by Omara Portuondo is remembered, accompanied on piano by Chucho Valdés; and "Me encontrarás", immortalized in the respective voices of Moraima Secada and Rosita Fornés.

Source: Cubarte

June 27, 2020

Eliades Ochoa, "ambassador of Cuban music to the world" and former guitarist and singer of the Buena Vista Social Club group, is celebrating 74 years of life.

Source: CubaSi

June 26, 2020

The Ministry of Culture of Cuba (Mincult) has organized a tribute program on the occasion of the centennial of the birth of writer Eliseo Diego, to be celebrated on July 2.

Source: Prensa Latina

June 25, 2020

The world is full of Cubans who, after leaving the Island, have managed to advance thanks to their perseverance and effort.

Source: Dime Cuba

June 23, 2020

The left-handed pitcher Liván Moinelo worked a flawless inning yesterday to continue his dominance over the bullpen with the SoftBank Hawks, in the recently started 2020 campaign in the Japanese Professional Baseball League (NPB).

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias

June 21, 2020

The album Voy (en vivo) by composer and singer Eme Alfonso, recorded in December 2018 during the launch of the homonymous album at a concert at the Teatro Mella, has just arrived today in DVD format on digital platforms.

Source: OnCuba News

June 21, 2020

The Cuban basketball player Jasiel Rivero was one of the protagonists in the historic triumph of San Pablo Burgos 87-83 over champion Real Madrid, in the final phase of the Liga Endesa, the main basketball league in Spain.

Source: Cubasi

June 20, 2020

The Cuban Grandmaster Lázaro Bruzón authoritatively settled his second commitment in the Iberoamerican Online Chess Championship and confirmed himself among the favorites to win the tournament.

Source: Cibercuba