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
December 1, 2019
The Cuban-Spanish aristocrat María Elena de Cárdenas, who turned 100 last June 5th, appeared this Friday very happy about a Spanish Supreme Court ruling that recognizes her rights over the marquisate of Campo Florido, previously held by Alicia Alcocer Koplowitz.
Source: ADN Cuba
December 1, 2019
The Cuban player for the Houston Astros, Yordan Álvarez, the newly crowned winner of the American League Rookie of the Year award, is visiting Cuba to reunite with his family.
Source: Cubanet.org
November 30, 2019
Cuban diva Annia Linares celebrates 49 years of artistic career and to celebrate it will give a concert today, November 30th at the Teatro Manuel Artime.
Source: Asere.com
November 30, 2019
The Acosta Danza company, directed by leading Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta, concluded its tour of the United Kingdom with an abundance of praise from specialized press and the public.
Source: CubaSi
November 29, 2019
Professor Gustavo Rollé Fernández, father of Cuban wrestling and member of the Hall of Fame of this sport, died in Havana at the age of 78, victim of a sudden decline in his health.
Source: Radio Rebelde, Granma
November 29, 2019
The renowned performer Ivette Cepeda will be granted the Special Prize La Bella Cubana in Matanzas, which recognizes women of notable values in the field of music.
Source: Cuba.cu
November 28, 2019
A few hours ago, Descemer Bueno announced through his Facebook page that he has just been recognized with a multiplatinum record for his song "Bailando," in which he collaborates with Enrique Iglesias and Gente de Zona.
Source: Vistar Magazine
November 28, 2019
The Compay Segundo Group created today what is rarely seen in a Hanoi theater: the entire audience singing along to the songs and a good part of them on stage moving their bones however they pleased.
Source: Cuba.cu
November 27, 2019
The cartoonist Manuel Lamar Cuervo, creator of the Cuban animated character Matojo, passed away in Miami at the age of 89 from natural causes.
Source: Blog el Vuelo del Gato, Abel Prieto
November 27, 2019
Arlenis Sierra (number 16 in the World ranking-977 units), concluded a dream season as a benchmark for the Astana Women´s Team, as well as defending the colors of Cuba.
Source: Cuba.cu
November 26, 2019
The Latin American Film Festival of La Plata, Fesaalp, continued last night with the presentation at the Select cinema of the Pasaje Dardo Rocha of the screening of "El Quijote del Caribe", a documentary feature film directed by Raquel Ruiz, which recreates some of the most significant moments in the life of Cuban poet and intellectual Roberto Fernández Retamar.
Source: El Dia.com
November 26, 2019
The Cuban Erick Hernández set a world record this Saturday in ball juggling, keeping the Tel Star 18 ball in the air for 1:05.
Source: Granma
November 25, 2019
The Cuban clothing brand Clandestina, the first fashion house opened independently on the Island, held a fashion show last Friday night with its latest creations in the "Ramón Font" Multipurpose Hall in Havana, in which several stars of national sports served as models.
Source: Havana Times
November 25, 2019
Cuba said goodbye to the Osaka Grand Slam with a silver medal courtesy of Idalys Ortiz (+78 kg), leader of the world and Olympic rankings with 8940 and 6330 points, respectively.
Source: Granma
November 23, 2019
Hours before presenting their most recent record production Carnal in concert at the Havana Teatro Karl Marx, the Cuban group Buena Fe premiered the music video for Patakí de libertad, one of the 14 songs that make up the album.
Source: CubaDebate
November 23, 2019
In order to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the birth of "My father was a gentleman, an exemplary man from head to toe, as a father, musician and revolutionary.
Source: Granma
November 22, 2019
"Coming back to Cuba fascinates me.
Source: Granma
