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April 28, 2021

The popular Cuban singer and songwriter David Blanco celebrates this Tuesday the 20th anniversary of his band with the world premiere of the single that gives its name to his new album, Modern Feudalism.

Source: Cubadebate

April 28, 2021

With profound sorrow, the leadership of Cuba's National Institute of Sports informs of the death this Tuesday of Ernesto Reynoso Piñeiro, who served as National Baseball Commissioner since September 10, 2019.

Source: Cubadebate

April 27, 2021

The family, artistic and spiritual union of Ilmar and Aldo López-Gavilán flourishes in the album Brothers, a strong candidate for the Cubadisco Awards 2020-21 in the instrumental music category.

Source: Suenacubano

April 27, 2021

The Cuban Baseball Federation announced today Armando Ferrer as director of the team that will participate in the Americas Pre-Olympic tournament, based in the United States, publishes the digital portal Jit.

Source: Prensa Latina

April 26, 2021

Cuban singer Idania Valdés presented her second record production on April 23rd.

Source: Cubadebate

April 26, 2021

Cuban Yurisbel Gracial hit his fourth home run of the tournament on Sunday but his performance was insufficient to prevent the defeat of SoftBank Hawks 5-8 against Lotte Marinos in professional baseball in Japan.

Source: Prensa Latina

April 25, 2021

Cuban artist CuCu Diamantes premiered this Thursday, April 22, the music video for her song Lie to me (Miénteme), a collaborative project with the renowned Cuban rum brand Havana Club.

Source: Cubadebate

April 25, 2021

In his new novel "Falsa Guerra", Carlos Manuel Álvarez, Don Quijote Journalism Prize 2021 winner, addresses the exile of Cubans over the last three decades, people like him, who "don't even bring the notion that they have gone into exile", according to what he says in an interview with Efe.

Source: Infobae

April 24, 2021

Cuban singer and actor Ebblis Mai Valdivia Díaz, better known in the Island's music scene as "El Boni" continues winning over more followers with his talent and charisma.

Source: Periódico Cubano

April 24, 2021

Doctor of Law Manuel Lagunilla, historian of the city of Trinidad, the third villa founded in Cuba, died at the age of 82 due to complications from Covid-19.

Source: Prensa Latina

April 23, 2021

Cuban presenter Cristina Saralegui and her popular program "El Show de Cristina" will be one of the offerings of the thematic channel on the free "streaming" platform offered by PrendeTV.

Source: El Nuevo Herald, Prende TV

April 23, 2021

Cuban outfielder Yasiel Puig was announced this Wednesday as a reinforcement for the Veracruz Eagles for the 2021 season of the Mexican Baseball League (LMB) which will begin on May 20th.

Source: EFE

April 22, 2021

An album titled Joyas inéditas where unpublished sheet music appears with no phonographic record, is being prepared today by the Cuban orchestra Miguel Failde, nominated for the Latin Grammys 2020 in Best Traditional Tropical Album for 'Failde con Tumbao' from the Egrem label.

Source: Prensa Latina

April 22, 2021

Yotuel will appear in the upcoming MasterChef Celebrity in its sixth edition.

Source: RTVE

April 21, 2021

Mountaineer Yandy Núñez arrived this week at the base camp of Mount Everest, to fulfill his promise to climb to the highest elevation on the planet and place there the flag of all Cubans.

Source: Periodico Cubano, Asere

April 21, 2021

At the proposal of the President of the Republic Miguel Díaz Canel, the Council of State adopted the agreement to Promote Jorge Luis Perdomo Di-Lella to vice prime minister, who had been serving as Minister of Communications since July 2018.

Source: Cubadebate

April 20, 2021

On April 13th, 100 years passed since the birth of Cuban pianist Frank Emilio Flynn.

Source: El Pais

April 20, 2021

Cuban Alfredo Despaigne went 4-for-3, with a double, two singles, one run scored and another driven in, to break out of the offensive slump that had been plaguing him and be key today in the 6-4 victory of the SoftBank Hawks over the Rakuten Eagles, in the Japanese baseball league.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN

April 19, 2021

In the morning session of the 8th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz presented the members of the Political Bureau, the Secretaries, and the members of the Central Committee of the PCC.

Source: Cubadebate

April 19, 2021

The death on April 17 of José Antonio de la Osa Cao (San Antonio de los Baños, 1939), a prominent journalist for the newspaper Granma, represents a significant loss for Cuban journalism.

Source: Granma

April 18, 2021

Cuban Daniela Fonseca still cannot believe her double qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in a sport she loves, table tennis, which brings her closer to that childhood dream.

Source: Radio Nuevitas

April 18, 2021

Aldo Rodríguez Baquero, Al2 or El Aldeano, premiered his song Sueños last Friday, an intimate composition that speaks of illusions, fears, sacrifices, achievements, and his great dream: the freedom of Cuba.

Source: Cibercuba

April 17, 2021

Cuban singer Haila María Mompié continues promoting her most recent album A Song to the Smile, under the Egrem label and featuring 10 musical pieces dedicated to children.

Source: Prensa Latina

April 17, 2021

The Cayo Hueso neighborhood in Havana is in mourning as Salvador González Escalona, a distinguished visual artist turned cultural promoter and manager of the Callejón de Hamel Community Socio-Cultural Project, located in the Cayo Hueso neighborhood, Centro Habana municipality of the Capital, has passed away.

Source: Cubadebate, Canal Caribe

April 16, 2021

Cimafunk continues to give us singles from his most recent EP Cun Cun Prá and this Thursday he premiered the clip for "Parar el tiempo".

Source: Cibercuba

April 16, 2021

After ten days of intense virtual work, not without disagreements and enriched by the particular visions of its seven members, the jury of the XXII International Biennial of Graphic Humor issued its ruling and determined to unanimously award the Eduardo Abela Grand Prize to the collection presented by Michel Moro Gómez.

Source: Cubaperiodistas

April 15, 2021

An Official Note informs that at the proposal of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party, General of the Army Raúl Castro Ruz, and of the President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the Council of State approved the release due to renewal of the position of Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces -FAR- of General of Army Corps Leopoldo Cintra Frías, Hero of the Republic of Cuba, who possesses an extensive and brilliant record of service to the Homeland.

Source: Radio Reloj

April 15, 2021

With humor and poetry, the country can be saved from coronavirus or at least an attempt can be made to get people to take the necessary measures to preserve their health during this difficult stage.

Source: Bohemia

April 15, 2021

Yurisbel Gracial went 3-for-4 and the Softbank Falcons climbed to first place in the Pacific League after defeating the Orix Buffaloes 4-3 in front of more than 9,000 spectators at the Pay Pay Dome stadium in Fukuoka.

Source: Cubadebate

April 14, 2021

The bats wielded by Cuban ballplayers performing in the Japanese professional baseball league had a fruitful day, collecting five hits in 13 at-bats.

Source: Cubasi

April 14, 2021

Cuban actor Alejandro Cuervo opened his own business in Havana and thus entered the world of entrepreneurship on the Island.

Source: Cubatel

April 13, 2021

This Monday, renowned journalist Carlos Iglesias passed away in Havana, a colleague who worked in different media outlets in the country and was recognized for his commendable work in the Cuban Television information system.

Source: Cubaperiodistas

April 13, 2021

Unable to finish the game, Cuban Jasiel Rivero increased several personal averages during day 30 of the Endesa League basketball tournament in Spain.

Source: Radio Habana Cuba

April 12, 2021

Authored by Israel Rojas, lead voice of the duo Buena Fe, both titles exalt the work of health professionals who, both on and off the Island, fight the pandemic, and of scientists, engaged in the pursuit of national vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Source: Cuba.cu

April 12, 2021

It was not because of his family connection to the creator of danzón Las Alturas de Simpson that the flautist from Matanzas, Ethiel Faílde, came to love this rhythm.

Source: Granma

April 11, 2021

Selected from among more than 400 novels submitted in response to the call, the list of 12 finalists for the IV Mario Vargas Llosa Biennial Novel Prize was announced, endowed with a sum of 100 thousand US dollars and whose winner will be revealed during the Biennial to take place in the city of Guadalajara, Mexico, from September 23 to 26.

Source: Milenio

April 11, 2021

To the ascending spiral of Cuban pianistic repertoire, which has its roots in the tradition of Saumell, Ruiz Espadero, Cervantes and Lecuona, a new but hardly surprising turn has just been added with the release of Yalil Guerra's work, performed by Marcos Madrigal.

Source: Granma

April 10, 2021

Ruy Adrián López-Nussa wins first prize in Madrid in the competition for jazz composers "Tete Montoliu" convened by the SGAE.

Source: Cubadebate

April 10, 2021

A Habanero to the core, to the point that exactly ten years since his physical departure have not managed to tarnish the almost mystical connection between the work of Héctor Quintero (1942-2011), the most successful of Cuban playwrights, and that pulsating capital he conceived for his characters.

Source: Tribuna de La Habana

April 9, 2021

The renowned Cuban actor in radio, television, theater, and film Frank González, National Television Prize winner in 2019, passed away in the early morning hours today in this capital, at the age of 73.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN

April 9, 2021

Cuban swimmer Luis Vega set a national record in the 200-meter butterfly stroke with a time of 1:58.

Source: Granma

April 8, 2021

On Wednesday, April 7, at age 67, José Manuel Pérez Andino, president of the Asociación Cultural Yoruba de Cuba, died from cardiorespiratory complications.

Source: Granma

April 8, 2021

The Instituto Latino de la Música (ILM) will premiere in November of this year Alicia's Fantasy, a work composed for violin and orchestra by Daniel Martin Subiaut, president of the aforementioned institution and the Premio Batuta Organization.

Source: CubaSi

April 7, 2021

With leadership in four offensive categories, Cuban Jasiel Rivero receives honors in the European Basketball Champions League as a mainstay in the performance of the champion, Hereda San Pablo Burgos.

Source: Cuba.cu

April 7, 2021

Following the release of the single "Más rollo que película" from the upcoming album Será Que Se Acabó, Alexander Abreu and Havana D'Primera present the music video for this song to their fans.

Source: Cubadebate

April 6, 2021

Yarlo Ruiz is a Cuban actor based in Colombia who currently is part of the cast of Café con Aroma de Mujer, a production that will also star Cuban William Levy.

Source: Asere

April 6, 2021

Although Alejo Carpentier always claimed to have been born on Maloja Street in Old Havana, researchers from the Cuban foundation that bears his name discovered the certificate that declares Switzerland as his birthplace.

Source: Cubadebate

April 5, 2021

Cuban baseball player José "Pito" Abreu, Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the past season, hit his first Grand Slam of the Major League Baseball season in a game between his team, the Chicago White Sox, against the Los Angeles Angels.

Source: Asere

April 5, 2021

Cuban actress Livia Brito has been a trending topic in recent weeks, after recordings began for the Televisa telenovela, "La Desalmada".

Source: ADN Cuba

April 4, 2021

Cuban actor Jorge Perugorría said in an interview with Spanish newspaper ABC that "it is proven that the prosperity of the Cuban people depends on whether the United States lifts the blockade" on the Island.

Source: Diario de Cuba