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December 25, 2021

At Casa de la Música Habana with the press and guests, and in his last presentation of the year, Will Campa revealed the details of a phonogram that has been playing on different media for several months, and which seems essential to conclude this difficult stage in a positive way in the style of Wil Campa and his "Zapato Nuevo".

Source: CubaSi

December 24, 2021

Chronicles of the Pandemic is the title of the new CD by humorist and singer-songwriter Alejandro García, better known as Virulo.

Source: La Jiribilla

December 24, 2021

The Australian Baseball League (ABL) is one of the least known among Cubans among the professional circuits in countries with baseball tradition.

Source: Swing Completo

December 23, 2021

They say he measured more than six feet tall, with brown and languid eyes, clean and pale skin.

Source: Cubadebate

December 23, 2021

Cuban Jasiel Rivero and his club Valencia Basket, from Spain, will take to the court today in search of their fifth victory in the Eurocup basketball tournament, a competition that in terms of quality is only second to the Euroleague on the Old Continent.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN

December 22, 2021

The stellar Cuban wrestler Mijaín López, four-time Olympic champion, won today the award for Best Male Athlete in the 57th edition of the traditional Prensa Latina Sports Poll.

Source: Prensa Latina

December 22, 2021

Carlos Ángel Valdés is the young Cuban singer who managed to position himself as a finalist on La Voz España.

Source: Tus noticias Cuba, El Nuevo Herald

December 21, 2021

Tú may perhaps be the shortest title I've seen for a soap opera, however, the production process was as long and complex as perhaps no other has been, since it happened during these hard years of pandemic.

Source: CubaSi

December 21, 2021

For the second year, the Iberoamerican Day of Dance celebrates the imperishable legacy of the teacher, choreographer and prima ballerina assoluta of Cuba, Alicia Alonso, who would be celebrating her 101st birthday today.

Source: Radio Jaruco

December 20, 2021

Actress, singer, presenter and journalist Mariana Ramírez-Corría, who developed an important career in Cuban television, died in Havana this Saturday at the age of 85.

Source: OnCubaNews

December 20, 2021

"Síntesis is my universe and Ele is its center.

Source: Granma

December 19, 2021

Cuban trumpeter José Miguel Crego, "el Greco", one of the most prominent instrumentalists in Cuban music, died in the early morning hours of this Saturday, December 18, as a result of respiratory failure, reported the Cuban Institute of Music (ICM).

Source: OnCubaNews

December 19, 2021

Cuban painter Douglas Pérez inaugurated an exhibition last Thursday, December 16th, as part of the second curatorial experience of the 14th edition of the Havana Biennial, with a work that draws on 1950s graphics to pay tribute to the Havana neighborhood Vedado and its evolution into the future.

Source: Prensa Latina

December 18, 2021

One of the most prominent symbols of Cuban music, Vicente Feliú, passed away this Friday, December 17, while he was beginning to sing at the Museum of Music in Havana, where it was to be his first complete concert after the pandemic.

Source: El Plural

December 18, 2021

Since 1995 the Hermanos Saiz Association (AHS) has awarded prizes and scholarships to recognize the most outstanding exponents of young Cuban art in various artistic manifestations.

Source: TV Cubana

December 17, 2021

Gilberto 'Zurdo' Ramírez (42-0, 28 KO) was a super middleweight champion, but when the division became too small for him, he didn't hesitate to move up to light heavyweight.

Source: As

December 17, 2021

The great Cuban actor and 2012 National Theater Prize recipient passed away in La Habana on December 16, 2021.

Source: Cubadebate

December 16, 2021

Mijaín López, Omara Durand and Idalys Ortiz lead the best exponents of Cuban sports in the year that is concluding, according to the report released this Wednesday as a result of the traditional vote organized by Inder and the specialized press.

Source: Jit

December 16, 2021

Cuban Miguel Ángel López was named the Most Valuable Player of the International Volleyball Federation's Volleyball Club World Championship, which concluded last Saturday with his team Sada Cruzeiro, from Brazil, winning 3-0 over defending champion Lube Civitanova of Italy.

Source: Cubasi

December 15, 2021

The guild of intellectuals and poets in Cuba mourns the physical passing of poet and writer Georgina Herrera, one of the most genuine voices in twentieth-century lyric poetry, who died this Monday at the age of 85.

Source: Cubadebate

December 15, 2021

Tropicana, the famous Cuban cabaret known throughout the world as "A Paradise Under the Stars," with more than 80 years of history, treasures a diversity of personal stories, creative achievements, and successes.

Source: OnCubaNews

December 14, 2021

Multimillionaire John Ruiz, a Cuban-American graduate of the University of Miami, wishes to build a new soccer stadium near the school's campus in the city of Coral Gables.

Source: Johnruiz.com

December 14, 2021

Cuban Adonis García will play again in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP), but with a new team.

Source: Con las Bases Llenas

December 13, 2021

The legendary Cuban singer Omara Portuondo added another success to her extensive musical career with the World Pioneer 2021 award, granted by the prestigious British magazine Songlines.

Source: Cubadebate

December 13, 2021

Carlos Ángel Valdés is in the final of the competition "La Voz de España.

Source: Antena 3, Periódico Cubano

December 12, 2021

Cuban baseball player Santiago Torres, one of the island's top young prospects, signed a contract this week with the Federales de Chiriquí, a team in Panama's professional baseball league directed by Pinar del Río manager Alfonso Urquiola.

Source: ADN Cuba

December 12, 2021

Cuban television premieres, starting next December 27th, You, a new telenovela directed by Lester Hamlet, which counted on the work of the duo Amílcar Salatti-Yoel Infante, as well as Eduardo Vázquez and an original story that comes from the hand of Albertico Luberta.

Source: Granma

December 11, 2021

The lyric singer and teacher María Remolá, known as "The Cuban Nightingale", passed away on Thursday, December 9, 2021 at the age of 91 in a nursing home in the Dominican Republic, where she spent the last years of her life, reported the digital newspaper Nota Clave.

Source: Nota Clave

December 11, 2021

Cuban players Jasiel Rivero and Yoanki Mensía returned to action with their clubs in foreign basketball leagues, which have a full schedule in the final month of 2021.

Source: Granma

December 10, 2021

The documentary Tiempazo, by filmmaker Aurelio Prieto Alemán, premiered on December 7 at the José Martí Memorial Auditorium, in the capital's Plaza de la Revolución.

Source: CubaSi

December 10, 2021

Cuban singer-songwriter Luis Franco closed with great success his tour of the Dominican Republic called From Havana to Santo Domingo, with an acclaimed concert held at the central Chao Café Teatro in this capital.

Source: Prensa Latina

December 9, 2021

Young Cuban outfielder Dariam Gutiérrez, who left the Island in 2020, will begin his professional career with the Philadelphia Phillies after signing a contract with the Major League organization this Monday in the Dominican Republic, according to sports journalist Francys Romero in his blog.

Source: Momento Deportivo

December 9, 2021

Cuban radio broadcaster, actor, and radio director Jorge Luis Sopo Lorenzana died in the afternoon of December 7th, according to ACTUAR, Agency for Performing Arts, which did not specify the cause of death.

Source: Cibercuba

December 8, 2021

On the morning of December 7, 2021, Felisa Jar González passed away at the age of 97, a renowned Cuban actress in Television, Radio, Theater, and Cuban Cinema.

Source: Cubadebate

December 8, 2021

Cuban baseball added another chapter to its rich history, with the election of Tony Oliva and Orestes Miñoso to the Hall of Fame of the Major Leagues of the United States in Cooperstown.

Source: Radio Habana Cuba

December 7, 2021

"I felt like my world was collapsing," says Ayumi Leiva, Cuban judoka who recently received political asylum in Spain.

Source: As.com, Levante-emv.com

December 7, 2021

The Cuban sports movement mourned the death of outstanding former athlete Urbano González, who ceased to exist today to perpetuate his name among the most illustrious baseball players in his country.

Source: Juventud Rebelde

December 6, 2021

The film El Mayor premiered on the opening day of the Latin American Film Festival.

Source: CubaSi

December 6, 2021

On December 2, Cuban actor and producer of telenovelas and radionovelas Arquímedes Rivero died in Miami, known as the czar of soap operas in Venezuela.

Source: La verdad de Monagas

December 5, 2021

The renowned Cuban orchestra Los Van Van, directed by Samuel Formell, premiered the promotional music video for the single Se Muere de Sed la Tía on digital platforms, marking the occasion of their 52nd anniversary of founding.

Source: CubaSi

December 5, 2021

Next week the film Being the Ricardos premieres in the United States, a biographical drama starring Nicole Kidman and Javier Barden, which tells the story of the Cuban who revolutionized American television in the 1950s.

Source: Cibercuba

December 4, 2021

It has been confirmed that Teresa Rodríguez will cease to be co-host of "Aquí y Ahora" on Univision.

Source: La Opinión

December 4, 2021

Cuban baseball player Alfredo Despaigne signed to continue for one more year in the Japanese league.

Source: CubitaNow

December 3, 2021

Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, winner of two Grammy Awards and two Latin Grammy Awards, opened yesterday, December 2, at the Auditorio Alfredo Kraus in the Canary Islands the prestigious Festival El Mundo en un Piano.

Source: ADN Cuba

December 3, 2021

Remediano Dayán Viciedo did it again, achieving the Golden Glove award for the second consecutive year as the best defensive first baseman in the Central League with the Chunichi Dragons, as the crowning achievement of another great season for the Cuban slugger.

Source: Swing Completo

December 2, 2021

The Cuban film Abisal (2021), the most recent work by Alejandro Alonso (Velas, El hijo del sueño, Home, Metatrón, Duelo, El proyecto, Terranova), won the Golden Dove award for best documentary short film at the 64th edition of the DOK Leipzig Festival, which took place last October in the eastern German city.

Source: Revista de Cine Cubano

December 2, 2021

Cuban pianist and composer Roberto Fonseca presented his new work "Yesun" last Sunday, November 28th at the Teatro Principal de Mahón as part of the fifth edition of the Alternailla jazz festival.

Source: El Diario

December 1, 2021

Cuban singer Alfredito Rodríguez, who celebrated his 70th birthday last Monday, thanked the congratulations he received for his 70th birthday from both followers and the press.

Source: Cibercuba

December 1, 2021

Survivor of the Battle of the Ebro (August 1937) as a combatant in the Spanish Civil War, the native of Avila Manolo Ortega Romero turns one hundred years old this November 28th, and I write turns, not would turn, because he is a reference point for broadcasting in Cuba who remains alive for those of us who saw him and enjoyed him, and in those whom he was a teacher.

Source: ICRT

November 30, 2021

The intellectual Graziella Pogolotti received on November 26th the status of Honorary Citizen of Giaveno, a city in the Italian region of Piedmont.

Source: Granma