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September 30, 2021

Cuban specialist in infectious diseases María Guadalupe Guzmán received the Unesco Women and Science award in its 2022 edition for her research on dengue, the multilateral organization reported this Thursday.

Source: Cubaminrex

September 29, 2021

When María del Mar Bonet sang Amor in a plaza in the Barcelona neighborhood of Nous Barris last Sunday, the author of the music, at the piano, must have once again evoked in a very special way the poet, his father Cintio Vitier, to whom all of Cuba paid honors the day before for the centennial of his birth.

Source: Granma

September 29, 2021

Cuban singer Omara Portuondo announced her nomination for Best Tropical Song at the 2021 Grammy Latinos for the song Bolero a la Vida, which she performs alongside Gaby Moreno.

Source: Cubasi

September 28, 2021

The National Council of the Performing Arts reported through its Facebook page that the renowned Cuban actor Manuel Porto passed away today, September 28, as a result of COVID.

Source: Cubarte

September 28, 2021

A pleasant surprise for the authors has been the nomination of the song 'Patria y Vida' for the 2021 Latin Grammy.

Source: Cubitanow

September 27, 2021

Asley is the first case of a Cuban Olympic medalist who, without having to defect, renounces representing Cuba to do so for another nation's team.

Source: Infobae

September 27, 2021

Colonel Eladio Julián Fernández Cívico, director of the state business group GEOCUBA, died on Saturday, September 25 in Havana as a result of Covid-19, according to a statement from the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR).

Source: Diario de Cuba

September 26, 2021

It is well known to everyone that Yulieski Gurriel, better known as "La Piña" is in full battle for the batting title, but far from the spotlight of media attention, Yulieski is co-leader of the Major Leagues in an important department that is often overlooked, sacrifice flies.

Source: Swing Completo

September 26, 2021

On the night of September 23, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Full Professor and Consultant of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Master of Latin American Gynecology and Obstetrics, Dr.

Source: Facebook

September 25, 2021

Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez will donate to the solidarity organization Medicuba-España the profits from his upcoming two concerts in Madrid, as well as the fee for the XIX Leteo Prize, which will be presented to him on the 27th in the city of León.

Source: Cubainformación

September 25, 2021

On Saturday, September 25th, we will commemorate the centennial of the birth that occurred in Key West of this distinguished writer and scholar of Cuban culture.

Source: La Jiribilla

September 24, 2021

Young Cuban pitcher Luis Dannys Morales abandoned the Island team that will participate in the third U-23 World Baseball Championship, which is taking place in Ciudad Obregón, in the Mexican state of Sonora.

Source: 14 y medio

September 24, 2021

Orlando Martínez Romero, Cuba's first Olympic boxing champion at Munich 1972 who filled an entire decade and captivated boxing fans on the island with his ring skills, passed away at the age of 75.

Source: Cubadebate

September 23, 2021

On Friday, September 24, Cuban singer Ivette Cepeda will premiere the first single from her new album on all digital platforms.

Source: Cubadebate

September 23, 2021

García Cuevas, former rector and Doctor Honoris Causa in Technical Sciences at the Central University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas (UCLV), Dr.

Source: Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas

September 22, 2021

Young musician Brayan Álvarez, son of the legendary sonero Adalberto Álvarez, announced that he will continue his father's artistic legacy, who passed away on September 1st from complications of COVID-19.

Source: ADN Cuba

September 22, 2021

Cuban violinist and singer Yilian Cañizares, who has resided in Switzerland for more than 20 years, received the award "Radiant Musician of the World," as part of the 2021 Swiss Music Awards.

Source: Diario de Cuba

September 21, 2021

Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez will be in charge of closing the Centennial Party, which will commemorate the one hundred years since the founding of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE).

Source: OnCubaNews

September 21, 2021

Leonardo Padura, 2015 Princess of Asturias Award for Literature winner and the most widely published Cuban writer today, deposited this Monday in the Caja de las Letras of the Instituto Cervantes the first version of his work 'The Novel of My Life', as well as the first pages of 'Like Dust in the Wind'.

Source: Heraldo

September 20, 2021

Cuban cartoons have had a good streak of awards this week that is coming to an end.

Source: Juventud Rebelde

September 20, 2021

Cuban artist Rafael Consuegra passed away in a Miami hospital on September 17, a day after turning 80 years old.

Source: Diario de Cuba

September 19, 2021

The new edition of MasterChef Celebrity 6 presents Yotuel Romero, who is one of the most unexpected signings of this edition, since it is the first time he appears in a television reality show, despite having been linked to the Spanish artistic scene for more than two decades.

Source: La Vanguardia

September 19, 2021

THE CUBAN Olympic pair of Yarisleidis Cirilo and Katherin Nuevo won a silver medal today in the C2-200 meters to continue making history at the Copenhagen, Denmark Speed Canoeing World Championship, which concludes this Sunday.

Source: CubaSi

September 18, 2021

Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés will be traveling through five cities in the United States as part of the concert tour he has planned to carry out in that country.

Source: Cubacute

September 18, 2021

A great friend of Excelencias del Motor has passed away, Quico Dobarganes, the driving force behind karting, classic cars and motorsports dreams in Cuba.

Source: Excelencias del Motor

September 17, 2021

During Hispanic Heritage Month, which is celebrated in the United States from September 15 to October 15, among many tributes, recognition has come for the Greatest Guarachera, Celia Cruz of Cuba and the world.

Source: CubitaNow

September 17, 2021

Cuban writer Leonardo Padura was nominated for the Médicis Prize in the foreign novel category in France for his latest book, Like Dust in the Wind, announced the jury of one of the world's most prestigious literary awards.

Source: Cibercuba

September 16, 2021

Cuban singer Omara Portuondo announced that the release of the tribute album for the 25th anniversary of Buena Vista Social Club will be tomorrow, September 17.

Source: Cubasi

September 16, 2021

Cuban actress and singer Nattacha Amador died in Aurora, in the state of Colorado, from complications associated with COVID, which she contracted on two occasions during a complicated medical treatment.

Source: Cibercuba

September 15, 2021

Lourdes Gurriel Jr.

Source: Swing Completo

September 15, 2021

José Aurelio Paz, JOPA, as he usually signed, passed away on Tuesday, September 14, due to respiratory failure caused by COVID-19, lamented the UPEC.

Source: Cubadebate, Vanguardia

September 14, 2021

Vanvaneros! Who hasn't told a lie in their life? Enjoy this song that Los Van Van bring you together with Gilberto Santa Rosa.

Source: Cubadebate

September 14, 2021

The news that well-known journalist Lázaro Manuel Alonso contracted COVID-19 came to light after he himself announced the positive result of his PCR test after several weeks of having received the complete vaccination schedule (3 doses) of the Abdala drug.

Source: Cubacute

September 13, 2021

Cuban basketball player Jasiel Rivero, recently arrived at Valencia Basket Club in Spain, was injured during a training session and will miss the Endesa Supercup of Spanish basketball.

Source: OncubaNews

September 13, 2021

Over the weekend in Villa Clara, the unfortunate news was reported of the death from COVID 19 of Doctor of Sciences Ángel Quirós Espinosa, considered one of the most renowned scientists in Villa Clara.

Source: Cubita Now

September 12, 2021

For the second consecutive year, Cuban actress Ana de Armas stars in the upcoming celebrity campaign of the Natural Diamond Council, presenting a jewelry collection created through Malyia McNaughton, the participant in the Diamond initiative for emerging designers.

Source: Asere

September 12, 2021

In the early morning hours of September 9, Colonel of the Reserve Eugenio Suárez Pérez passed away in Havana at the age of 81.

Source: Granma

September 11, 2021

In a sensational manner, American Grandmaster of Cuban origin Leinier Domínguez prevailed in the Champions Showdown, a tournament in the Chess960 or Random Chess modality that just concluded in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Source: Cibercuba

September 11, 2021

Doctors of Science Israel Borrajero and Roberto Castellano Pérez passed away during the course of this week from non-covid causes.

Source: Infomed

September 10, 2021

Cuban actor Ramoncito Veloz is hospitalized in Miami after becoming ill with Covid-19, according to an announcement made on social media by his niece, actress María Karla Rivero Veloz.

Source: CubitaNow, Asere

September 10, 2021

Alexis Codina, founder of Prensa Latina and academic, passed away today at the age of 79, according to confirmation by the dean of the Faculty of Accounting and Finance at the University of La Habana, Rafael Montejo.

Source: Prensa Latina

September 9, 2021

At Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima, Cuban Raidel Martínez collected his sixteenth save of the season, allowing no hits or runs in a relief inning in the 4-1 victory of the Chunichi Dragons over the Hiroshima Carp.

Source: Cubadebate

September 9, 2021

From the balcony of his home, Cuban filmmaker Iván Acosta witnessed and recorded what happened to the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001, and filmed images of the streets of New York in the days that followed, which he converted into the documentary "Behind My Eyes," which the New York Public Library presented on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

Source: EFE

September 8, 2021

Great expectation has been generated by the premiere of a trailer for a short film featuring two notable Cuban actresses traveling in a "polaquito": Coralita Veloz and Tahimí Alvariño.

Source: Cubacomenta

September 8, 2021

Singer Ela Calvo passed away in Havana in the early morning of September 7th as a result of pneumonia stemming from illnesses common to her advanced age.

Source: Cubadebate

September 7, 2021

On October 1st, the album Silvio Rodríguez con Diákara will be presented on the main digital platforms.

Source: Zurrón del Aprendiz

September 7, 2021

Cuban sprinter Omara Durand was elected member of the Paralympic Athletes Committee, according to an announcement by the entity during the closing ceremony of the event in Tokyo.

Source: Prensa Latina

September 6, 2021

The prima ballerina and director of the National Ballet of Cuba (BNC), Viengsay Valdés, received last Saturday the Léonide Massine Positano Prize for Dance, awarded in Italy.

Source: Cubadebate

September 6, 2021

Cuban Arlenis Sierra (A.

Source: CubaSi

September 5, 2021

The greatest chess player born in Cuba since the legendary Capablanca, Leinier Domínguez, will soon participate in the Champions Showdown of chess 960 or random chess variant, in an event that will once again see the retired former world champion Garry Kasparov compete.

Source: Cubadebate