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January 17, 2023

The long and anguishing battle of the family of Grandmaster Guillermo García (1953-1990) to recover a prize amount withheld from the eminent Cuban chess player in the United States for 34 years finally culminated this week with the triumph of his sole heir.

January 14, 2023

Francisco "Pancho" Céspedes, the Cuban musician from Santa Clara, announced to the Mexican press that a new album will be released mid-year featuring a collaboration with troubadour Pablo Milanés, who recently passed away.

January 14, 2023

Cuban coach Alfonso Urquiola, who previously managed the Pinar del Río baseball team in the National Series, has taken charge of a new team in Panamanian baseball, according to information from sports reporter Ernesto Amaya Esquivel.

January 13, 2023

The troubadour Fernando Bécquer, who had been sanctioned last October to a restriction of liberty without imprisonment, as a result of multiple sexual abuse allegations against him, must now serve his sentence in prison, according to information provided by the Provincial Court of Havana.

January 13, 2023

Italian architect Vittorio Garatti, the last surviving member of the formidable trio of creators of the magnificent buildings of the National Schools of Art of Cubanacán, died this Thursday in Milan at the age of 96.

January 12, 2023

Mijaín López is, without a doubt, the greatest Cuban athlete of all time.

January 12, 2023

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January 11, 2023

The Cuban duo Buena Fe, composed of Israel Rojas and Yoel Martínez, already has their new album ready, which under the title of Morada will be released next February 7th.

January 11, 2023

Pedro Antonio Valdés Sosa from Cuba works at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) headquartered in Chengdu.

January 10, 2023

Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta will celebrate his 50th birthday at the Royal Opera House in London (ROH), one of the most prestigious stages in the world.

January 10, 2023

The Cuban Women's Federation repudiates the publications that Fernando Bécquer recently made on his social media for considering them disrespectful, highly violent against Cuban women.

January 8, 2023

The latest publication by Cuban writer Abilio Estévez, How I Met the Tree Planter, brings together a series of stories that, although written outside of Cuba, recall the Island as a "lost paradise," defined as such by the writer himself.

January 8, 2023

Cuban singer Waldo Mendoza revealed that he had suffered a traffic accident while returning from a tour of the provinces of Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo.

January 7, 2023

The video clip for the song No Hacen Falta Alas, by virtuoso Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez, will premiere today.

January 7, 2023

The Real Academia Española (RAE) announced a commemorative edition dedicated to Cuba's National Hero and one of the most important Latin American writers in nineteenth-century Spanish-language literature: José Martí.

January 7, 2023

Cuban actress Ana de Armas will be one of the presenters at the Golden Globe Awards ceremony to be held next January 10, according to an announcement made this Tuesday by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which awards these honors.

January 7, 2023

The popular Cuban duo Gente de Zona started the new year in style, with a concert in Dubai, one of the trendiest destinations currently.

January 5, 2023

The multinational American club Twenty24 renewed the contract of Cuban Olympic cyclist Marlies Mejías for the 2023 season, following a year full of successes.

January 5, 2023

The renowned master of the plastic arts Ángel Laborde Wilson, known as the painter of seashells and singular exponent of creative spiralism, died in this city at the age of 80.

January 4, 2023

Cuban singer Celia Cruz is on the list of the 20 greatest singers of all time, according to a list published by Rolling Stone magazine featuring 200 singers from around the world.

January 4, 2023

Jasiel Rivero has resurfaced like a phoenix.

January 3, 2023

Cuban boxer Yuriorkis Gamboa was detained on the island following a fatal accident that resulted in the death of a person on December 31st, according to the Boxeo Cubano website.

January 3, 2023

The distinguished Cuban physician Roque Roque Frías, a specialist in gynecology-obstetrics, passed away this Monday in Havana.

January 3, 2023

Renowned Cuban artists participated on the night of December 31st in the traditional New Year's Eve concert in Miami.

January 2, 2023

The prominent Cuban artist Lázaro Valdés Espinosa passed away today in Havana at the age of 83, reported the Instituto Cubano de la Música (ICM).

January 1, 2023

The Cuban Institute of Film Art and Industry (ICAIC) announced the digitalization in 2023 of 87 documentaries by Santiago Álvarez, as well as the 64 titles by Juan Padrón filmed in 35 millimeters (mm).

January 1, 2023

Rubén Cortada will play the character of Fernando Aguirre in the series El señor de los cielos.

December 31, 2022

Cuban actress Ana de Armas appears today on the 2022 list of American magazine Variety, which each year selects the 500 most influential leaders in the audiovisual world.

December 31, 2022

Félix Beltrán Concepción, Cuban design artist and one of the most important Ibero-American designers, died on Wednesday in Mexico, reported the Mexican Association of Typography, of which he was a founding member.

December 30, 2022

The cyclist from Manzanillo will begin this second stage with the prestigious Spanish club in the Almería race Cuban cyclist Arlenis Sierra renewed her contract with Spanish club Movistar, one of the most prestigious in the cycling landscape in Europe, and will compete for a second year with a team in which she continues to be essential.

December 30, 2022

At the Dulce María Loynaz Cultural Center, the jury in charge of awarding the 2022 National Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities announced that the award was conferred unanimously to researcher Francisca López Civeira, better known as Paquita.

December 29, 2022

On the morning of this Thursday, December 29th, at the Dulce María Loynaz Cultural Center, the jury in charge of awarding the 2022 National Prize for Literature announced that the most important award in Cuban letters was unanimously conferred upon Holguín-born writer Delfín Prats.

December 29, 2022

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December 27, 2022

My Friend Alicia is the title of the exhibition by Cuban painter Nelson Domínguez that can be appreciated today at the Universal Art Gallery in the city of Güines, 54 kilometers south of this capital.

December 27, 2022

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December 26, 2022

Gloria Estefan's grandson will soon become a teenager, so the famous grandmother will no longer have—for now—a baby to spoil.

December 26, 2022

The dean of the Faculty of Communication at the University of Havana described the field of communication as a symphony and Cuba, in all the splendor of its social particularities, as the band that performs that musical composition with its tempos and tones.

December 24, 2022

The 2022 National Music Award was presented to renowned guitarist and composer Jesús Ortega at the Cuban Institute of Music (ICM) in this capital, for his extensive career at the national and international levels.

December 24, 2022

Willy Chirino's new album, Sigo pa'lante, is available starting this Friday on all digital platforms.

December 22, 2022

"Cuba is making a great effort to put together a good team and I think we can fight until the end," he commented on the upcoming March international event.

December 22, 2022

The Musical Recordings and Editions Company (Egrem) today presented the new album La cumbanchera by the renowned Cuban singer Osdalgia at the Casa de la Música Habana.

December 22, 2022

The Cuban-born priest, José Santiago Matheu Tirse, died this Monday in Miami after being admitted to North Shore Medical Center a few days ago.

December 22, 2022

With Cuban popular music there are hundreds of debts, assures maestro Joaquín Betancourt, but you alone cannot settle them all.

December 21, 2022

Cuban actor Rodrigo Gil won this Saturday the Adolfo Llauradó acting award for emerging artists for his character Raidel in the soap opera Los Hijos de Pandora.

December 21, 2022

Cuban journalist Daisy Ballmajó will stop being the anchor of the flagship newscast on Telemundo 51 after eight years in the position.

December 20, 2022

The music video Silencio, by Cuban filmmaker Joseph Ros and performed by Luna Manzanares and Omara Portuondo, won the Lucas Award for Video of the Year, corresponding to 2022.

December 20, 2022

Baracoese Elisbet Gámez concluded at the World Short Course Swimming Championship (25 meters) in Melbourne, Australia, with another record for Cuba in the 200 meters freestyle.

December 18, 2022

The renowned Argentine singer-songwriter released a collection of new songs with outstanding guests and accompanied by a band of exceptional musicians.

December 18, 2022

Cuban actress and playwright Christy Sánchez, known for playing the role of Teresa on the popular Latin television program in the United States Sábado Gigante, died in Miami from a heart condition at the age of 74.

December 17, 2022

Cimafunk was highlighted by the renowned Rolling Stone magazine as "the Cuban artist known for having one of the most exciting live shows of 2022".