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August 10, 2021

On the same day of the conclusion of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the death from cancer of one of the most outstanding relief pitchers to pass through Cuba's National Series was officially announced.

Source: Swing Completo

August 9, 2021

The popular Cuban actress, Susana Pérez, underwent a partial knee replacement at a hospital in Miami, which is why she admitted to being "a little away from social media.

Source: ADN Cuba

August 9, 2021

Dimas Rolando will remain in the memory of everyone for his kindness, his courtesy and his good conversation.

Source: Cubaescena

August 8, 2021

This week, filming of 'The Cry of the Butterflies', an important Spanish-Argentine production, has begun in Colombia in serialized fiction format that will be available exclusively on Star+ ("Star Plus"), Disney's new subscription streaming service in Latin America.

Source: Moviementarios, Periódico Cubano

August 8, 2021

In an extremely difficult fight, Cuban boxer Andy Cruz defeated his rival on the Japanese canvas, Keyshawn Davis, from the United States.

Source: Cubadebate

August 7, 2021

The Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT) today awarded the 2021 National Radio Prize to three prestigious producers of the country: Miozotis Fabelo Pinares, Luis Ismael Rensoli Sánchez and Franklin Reinoso Rivas.

Source: Radio Cubana

August 7, 2021

José Loreto Horruitiner, a most distinguished figure in the plastic arts in Cuba, passed away on the afternoon of August 4, 2021 in Santiago de Cuba at the age of 87, and with his death disappears the last of the five jewels of the plastic arts in this city.

Source: Sierra maestra.cu

August 6, 2021

Cuban writer Leonardo Padura, winner of the Princess of Asturias Award for Literature (2015), believes that his novels are "among the most radical documents that could have been written" about a convulsed Cuba today whose problems "must be resolved among Cubans".

Source: El Diario

August 6, 2021

On August 3rd, the centenary of the birth of musician José Antonio Rojas was commemorated, and for this occasion, various cultural institutions joined forces in order to honor this legend of Cuban culture through a day of celebrations.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN

August 5, 2021

Pedro Pablo Pichardo, born in Cuba but representing Portugal since 2019, achieved the greatest success of his sports career by becoming Olympic champion in the triple jump this Thursday in Tokyo.

Source: France24

August 5, 2021

The Cuban film The Last Supper (1976), by filmmaker Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, will be shown in the Classics Out of Competition section of the 78th International Venice Film Festival, which will take place from September 1st to 11, 2021, highlighted by critic Luciano Castillo.

Source: Granma

August 4, 2021

The Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz, is remembered throughout the world.

Source: Cubatel

August 4, 2021

When Roniel Iglesias finished the fight for the gold medal, he knelt down and caressed the Olympic rings drawn on the canvas.

Source: Cubadebate

August 3, 2021

Young Cuban pianists Daniela Rivero and Eladio Hernández obtained first place in the Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition 2021 -in the chamber music category, group C for ages 18 and over-, in the most recent edition held digitally in the city of New York, United States.

Source: Radio Enciclopedia

August 3, 2021

A Cuban, a Venezuelan, and a Galician walk into a bar in Guadalajara.

Source: 20 minutos

August 2, 2021

Mijaín López is the greatest wrestler in history! Four Olympic golds is something never seen before in men's Greco-Roman wrestling.

Source: Cubadebate

August 2, 2021

When Juan Miguel Echevarría felt that his femoral biceps injury was preventing him from jumping for the sixth time, he knelt right on the takeoff board and struck the ground with his fists.

Source: Cubadebate

August 1, 2021

When Mijaín López left the mat toward the mixed zone, he did so with a phrase on his lips: "as long as I'm here, he doesn't win.

Source: Cubadebate

August 1, 2021

COVID-19 has just taken from us at the age of 81 Ángel González González.

Source: Juventud Rebelde

July 31, 2021

Since the first images of Ana de Armas characterized as Marilyn Monroe appeared, fans have been anxiously awaiting the film's release.

Source: Cubatel

July 31, 2021

On the afternoon of Saturday, July 24, 2021, Professor María de los Ángeles Chávez passed away, Professor Emerita of the University of Havana and Member of Merit of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba.

Source: Universidad de La Habana, Radio Rebelde, Cibercuba

July 30, 2021

On the tatami of the sacred temple of world judo, the Nippon Budokan, Idalys Ortiz gave Cuba its second medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, after falling to local Akira Sone for the title in the super heavyweight division (over 78 kg).

Source: La Demajagua

July 30, 2021

Cuban hammer thrower Alegna Osorio Mayarí, bronze medalist at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires 2018, died on Wednesday, July 28th after three months hospitalized following a serious accident in the training areas of the Panamerican Village in Havana East.

Source: Top.hoy

July 29, 2021

Cuban poet Víctor Rodríguez Núñez wins the 29th Manuel Alcántara Poetry Prize of Málaga The Cuban journalist, professor, poet and translator residing in the United States has triumphed in the twenty-ninth edition with the Manuel Alcántara Poetry Prize, for the poem 'Seven Prepositions of Place', according to the jury's decision of this award, presided over by Álvaro García, and composed also by José Infante, Rafael Muñoz Zayas, Rosa Romojaro and María José Jiménez Tomé.

Source: Radio Habana Cuba

July 29, 2021

Cuban Isbel Herrera del Sol, international chess arbiter, died as a result of COVID-19.

Source: OncubaNews

July 28, 2021

After transitioning from disappointment to hope, hanging onto his Macedonian vanquisher, Cuban taekwondoka Rafael Alba achieved Cuba's first medal at the Tokio Olympics by conquering the bronze medal in the division of over 80 kilograms.

Source: Periódico 26

July 28, 2021

The journalist and researcher from Cienfuegos, Andrés García Suárez, who had just turned 89 years old, passed away this Sunday, July 26, at the Specialized Outpatient Center Héroes de Playa Girón, in the Pearl of the South, from illnesses associated with Covid-19.

Source: Granma

July 27, 2021

In the match most anticipated by Cuban volleyball fans, the teams from Poland and Italy faced each other during the second day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic tournament.

Source: Swing Completo

July 27, 2021

The Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR) of Cuba reported yesterday Monday the death of Reserve General Manuel Eduardo Lastres Pacheco.

Source: Radio Reloj, Radio CIudad del Mar, 5 de septiembre

July 26, 2021

Master Adolfo Roval, a prominent figure in ballet and recipient of the National Dance Prize 2019, passed away in Havana at the age of 91.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN

July 26, 2021

The eldest son of Cuban baseball player Víctor Mesa has not yet managed to justify the bonus for which he signed as a professional with the Miami Marlins, but something he has made clear from day one is that batting has been lacking but defense is second to none.

Source: Swing Completo

July 25, 2021

The histories of jazz, piano, and Cuban music have intersected on numerous occasions, writing memorable pages in twentieth-century popular music.

Source: El Pais

July 25, 2021

There is so much love for Carlos Acosta that a mixed program becomes something more than the sum of its parts, while the brilliant virtual beauty of Rambert is full of interest.

Source: The Guardian

July 24, 2021

Cuban musicians Daymé Arocena and Pável Urkiza premiered the song «Todo por ti», which sings about recent events that have occurred in Cuba.

Source: Cubanoticias360

July 24, 2021

The week that is ending has been a time of mourning for Cuban intellectual women with the deaths of two notable women: Nuria Nuiry and Elsa Claro.

Source: Cubaperiodistas, Bohemia

July 23, 2021

Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez, founder of the "new Cuban trova," requested on Wednesday an amnesty for all "non-violent" detainees who participated in the protest demonstrations on July 11 on the island and opened an unexpected dialogue with dissident intellectuals to generate a space for debate.

Source: Tn.com.ar

July 23, 2021

The Rutas y Andares project in Cuba reveals passages of the work left by the renowned historian of Havana, Eusebio Leal, who led the process of heritage recovery in the city.

Source: Cubadebate

July 22, 2021

Cuban rapper Silvito El Libre premiered his new musical track "Pesadilla" on YouTube this Tuesday.

Source: Periodico Cubano

July 22, 2021

On Monday, July 19, journalist Sigfredo Barros passed away.

Source: Cubadebate

July 21, 2021

Watching Julio César la Cruz fight causes an incredible sort of hypnosis.

Source: Cubadebate

July 21, 2021

Lights and Sprites is a documentary about the children's theater company "La Colmenita" from Cuba, which was founded during the darkest years of the country's special period.

Source: Medios Lentos.com

July 20, 2021

Uzbek Jakhongir Vakhidov eliminated the outstanding Cuban-American Leinier Domínguez from the Chess World Cup, who paid dearly for his year and a half of inactivity in official tournaments.

Source: Cibercuba

July 20, 2021

The distinguished Cuban physician Graciliano Díaz Bartolo, who was a member of several medical brigades that provided assistance abroad, died in Santiago de Cuba as a victim of COVID-19.

Source: Cubanoticias360

July 19, 2021

The popular Cuban actress María Isabel Díaz Lago thanked on her social networks the numerous donations of medications that have been collected in Spain, where she has resided for many years, which will be sent to Cuba, a country facing a serious health crisis, aggravated by coronavirus.

Source: Cibercuba

July 19, 2021

Knowing she is the second youngest athlete of Cuba's Olympic delegation in Tokyo 2020 is, rather than a drawback, an invaluable asset today for table tennis player Daniela Fonseca.

Source: Prensa Latina

July 18, 2021

Cuban multi-champion paralympic athlete Omara Durand will lead the delegation of 16 athletes who will represent the Island at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, which will be held from August 24 to September 5 in the Japanese capital.

Source: OnCubaNews

July 18, 2021

The outstanding Granma pitcher Lázaro Blanco, who broke with the Cuban Baseball Federation after staying in the United States at the end of the pre-Olympic tournament held in Florida, will resume his sports career on the rise by joining the Estrellas de Oriente, a Dominican Republic team.

Source: Swing Completo

July 17, 2021

It seems quite possible that everything that has happened in Cuba since last Sunday, July 11th, may have been encouraged by a greater or lesser number of people opposed to the system, some of them even paid, with intentions to destabilize the country and provoke a situation of chaos and insecurity.

Source: La Joven Cuba

July 17, 2021

An evening to remember Juan Padrón, with a full auditorium and words courted by humor, so that the mark of the notable Cuban illustrator would be adorned with good vibes.

Source: Prensa Latina

July 16, 2021

The documentary titled Running for the Revolution, dedicated to the life of Cuban Olympic two-time champion Alberto Juantorena, will be viewable almost worldwide starting in August, according to an announcement made by World Athletics (WA) on its digital portal.

Source: Cubadebate