News

April 4, 2021

His name is familiar to us.

Source: Cubatel

April 3, 2021

Tomás Romay passed away 172 years ago this March 30, but we Cubans keep him very much in mind in these times of pandemic.

Source: Granma

April 3, 2021

THE CUBAN Robertlandy Simón shows no mercy every time he takes the court and with another effective performance maintained his leadership in Lube Civitanova's sweep victory over Trentino to tie 1-1 the Superliga Italiana volleyball semifinal playoff.

Source: Jit

April 2, 2021

The playwright and writer Eugenio Hernández, author of essential works in Cuba's theatrical scene, received today the 2020 National Literature Prize awarded by the Cuban Institute of the Book.

Source: Prensa Latina

April 2, 2021

The 107th anniversary of the birth of writer, painter and folklorist Samuel Feijóo was commemorated today in this city in the center of the country, coinciding with Cuban Book Day.

Source: Prensa Latina

April 1, 2021

Cuban Jasiel Rivero will be in the Final 8 of the Basketball Champions League of Europe with the Spanish club Hereda San Pablo Burgos, champions of the previous season.

Source: Cubasi

April 1, 2021

Cuban music has suffered another significant loss in recent days: pianist and teacher Karelia Escalante.

Source: Granma

March 31, 2021

Singer-songwriter Raúl Paz presented this Tuesday his most recent album El Puente, an intimate and minimalist endeavor, but enriched by the stories that include the characters from the upcoming Cuban television series in broadcast, Vuelve a mirar.

Source: CubaSi

March 31, 2021

Performers from various nations and musical styles are working today on a version of the song Pasaba por aquí, by Spanish musician Luis Eduardo Aute, on the occasion of the first anniversary of his death.

Source: Prensa Latina

March 30, 2021

The Cuban Institute of Music explained in a statement that: pianists Marcos Madrigal, from Cuba, and Alessandro Stella, from Italy, are recording in Paris a unique album with a repertoire unknown to the world, under the French record label Artalinna.

Source: CubaSi

March 30, 2021

Cuban artist Daymé Arocena and her husband Pablo Dewin Reyes are currently preparing the experimental documentary short film, Sunlight Around the Corner: The Golden Sparrow, which "will be available very soon in festivals, cinemas and galleries," she assures on her Facebook profile.

Source: Suena Cubano

March 29, 2021

With his home run in the Softbank Hawks' comeback against the Chiba Lotte Marines, Alfredo Despaigne took the lead among Cuban home run hitters in the Land of the Rising Sun and continues to increase his history and legend in Cuban Baseball of all time.

Source: Swing Completo

March 29, 2021

Considered musical testimony of Cuba, the songs of the emblematic Cuban performer Ñico Saquito return today to the sound staff of the island with the production of a new album.

Source: Prensa Latina

March 28, 2021

Jorge Perugorría has not stopped working during these times when work is sorely missed.

Source: Vistar Magazine

March 28, 2021

"Breaking the silence seen from a distance reconnects me with you today, thanking very much all the comments and posts from everyone and the wonderful opportunity that Rolando Chiong and Legna Pérez offered me to step into the skin of this character from the profound tragedy of his life story and his courage to face it and seek dignified ways out, a true privilege.

Source: Cubadebate

March 27, 2021

«My little mare, of course, / I take her to all the fairs / because my little mare is serious, / respectful like me.

Source: Granma

March 27, 2021

He looks like a Quixote by image and spirit.

Source: CubaSi

March 25, 2021

Just before reaching her ninth decade of life and constant dedication to Cuban culture, the essayist, art critic, cultural promoter and distinguished intellectual Graziella Pogolotti received on March 24th, from the hands of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the José Martí Order, in recognition of her tremendous contributions to our country's culture.

Source: Cubarte

March 25, 2021

Tahimí Alvariño seems to be greatly enjoying friendship and work in a production that comes from the hand of one of the most famous Cuban singers of the moment.

Source: Cuballama

March 24, 2021

It seems like science fiction to think that one day we could vaccinate or get tattoos without needles, but engineer David Fernández and his team in the Netherlands are making strides in that direction, and that is why the engineer of Cuban origin has obtained the Príncipe Friso Engineering Prize from the European Union.

Source: Entre la Critica.com

March 24, 2021

Mónica Cristina Tapia Tamayo, a student at the Fernando Alonso National School of Ballet (ENB), achieved third place in the Senior Category awarded by the jury of the Dance Open America online competition from the United States.

Source: CubaSi

March 24, 2021

Cuban singer Israel Rojas, member of the duo Buena Fé, published on his Facebook social network account the lyrics of a song that celebrates the efforts of specialists from the largest of the Antilles to achieve vaccines against COVID-19 pneumonia.

Source: Cubadebate

March 21, 2021

The trials and tribulations of a Cuban American family during the preparations for their daughter's wedding and the father's resistance to the young woman marrying the love of her life season the plot of Father of the Bride, a remake of the famous comedy that has been brought to the screen on two occasions and that Warner Bros.

Source: El Nuevo Herald

March 21, 2021

Cuba achieved four gold medals, one silver and one bronze on the first day of the Tunisia para-athletics Grand Prix, which awards points to the ranking for qualification to the Tokyo Paralympic Games.

Source: Granma

March 20, 2021

The Cuban government prohibited the return to the country of a national journalist who recently completed her university studies in Costa Rica and who was stranded this Thursday (18.

Source: Deutsche Welle

March 20, 2021

Everything turned out to be just a scare, although Cuban cyclist Arlenis Sierra says they were «very difficult moments» when last Thursday, March 11, she was involved in a traffic accident while training on the outskirts of the city of Treviso, Italy.

Source: Granma

March 20, 2021

Robertlandy Simón once again led his Lube Civitanova team to a second victory against Modena, achieved in four sets (23-25, 25-21, 25-20, 25-22) to advance to the semifinal of the Italian Volleyball Superleague.

Source: Cubadebate

March 20, 2021

The Cultural Society "José Martí" will present the Patria Newspaper Award to Dr.

Source: Cubadebate

March 20, 2021

Cuban Yoshelyn Ramiro Ruiz will be part of the Panam Sports Training Commission, as confirmed by a letter signed by the president of that organization, Chilean Neven Ilic.

Source: Granma

March 20, 2021

Along the Bulevar del Alto Tajo, in the eastern part of Guadalajara, walks a 53-year-old Cuban man without a single gray hair.

Source: El Confidelcial

March 17, 2021

Comedian and theater director Alexis Valdés and singer Willy Chirino premiered last Monday "Yo soy cubano", a song that celebrates the Cuban diaspora.

Source: America TV

March 17, 2021

Cuban Jasiel Rivero contributed 10 points today in his club Hereda San Pablo Burgos's victory with a score of 101-79 against CB Canarias, in the second phase of the Basketball Champions League, one of the highest-level tournaments in Europe.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN

March 16, 2021

Cuban discus thrower Yaimé Pérez continues to show great form ahead of Tokyo 2020, and on this occasion threw the implement to 67.

Source: Granma

March 16, 2021

Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba (LADC) celebrates the achievement of several awards in the Ballet Beyond Borders competition, held in the United States.

Source: Prensa Latina

March 15, 2021

Cuban cycling star, Arlenis Sierra, suffered an accident while training in Italy, which caused her several bruises on her body and face, but she has no fractures and is already recovering at home.

Source: Cubasi

March 15, 2021

On March 13th, Doctor of Sciences, Professor Desiderio Pozo Lauzán, Honorary Member of the Cuban Society of Pediatrics and the Provincial Chapter of Havana, passed away in Havana.

Source: Infomed

March 14, 2021

The popular Cuban actress Beatriz Valdés was hospitalized last Friday in Miami due to Covid-19.

Source: ADN Cuba, Asere

March 14, 2021

Once again Casa Editora Abril is in mourning, as the COVID-19 pandemic has just taken the life of our dear colleague Lucía Sanz Araujo, despite her fighting like a warrior.

Source: Cubadebate

March 13, 2021

The renowned Cuban actor Mario Balmaseda (Havana, 1941) was recognized today with the National Film Award 2021, for his versatility and exceptional career, which have also earned him the National Awards for Theater (2006) and Television (2019).

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN

March 13, 2021

The motto embraced by Cuban opposition "Homeland and Life" has occupied since this Tuesday an entire facade of the Miami Graffiti Museum (USA), after urban artist Jel Martínez completed the mural with spray paint.

Source: El Diario.es

March 11, 2021

The Instituto Latino de la Música (ILM) premiered on social media, in celebration of International Women's Day, the animated short film Tito Reacts to Alicia Alonso, a profound look that serves as a tribute to the Prima Ballerina Assoluta from the series of the well-known Mexican character.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN

March 11, 2021

Madeline Pumariega has been since January the first female president of Miami Dade College (MDC), the largest university in the United States, which graduates annually 83% of students of Hispanic origin and 12% of African Americans.

Source: Telemundo 51

March 10, 2021

The Goya Awards gala held last Saturday at the theater in Málaga—without public attendance due to coronavirus—remembered Cuban filmmaker Juan Carlos Tabío in the 'In memoriam' section, dedicated to professionals who have passed away since the previous edition.

Source: Cibercuba

March 10, 2021

Cuban midfielder Marcel Hernández scored three goals last Saturday in Alajuelense's 5-1 victory over Pérez Zeledón in the 2021 Clausura Tournament of Costa Rica's first division football.

Source: Prensa Latina

March 9, 2021

Veteran Cuban midfielder Osvaldo Alonso will stay one more season with Minnesota United in what will be his thirteenth season in the United States Professional Soccer League (MLS).

Source: Swiss info

March 9, 2021

One of the lead vocalists of the Karachi orchestra, the popular singer Dagoberto Planos Despaigne, passed away last week in Santiago de Cuba at the age of 64, a victim of complications from liver cirrhosis.

Source: Sierra Maestra

March 8, 2021

The multifaceted Cuban musician Alain Pérez, based on the Island, will be one of the protagonists of the fourth edition of Global Cuba Fest, which already began on March 6 in the American city of Miami.

Source: OnCubaNews

March 8, 2021

In a post made on Facebook, Willie Chirino mentioned that soon, on March 15, the song "I am Cuban" will premiere on social networks, presented that day in remembrance of "THE PROTEST OF BARAGUÁ on March 15, 1878".

Source: Cubacute

March 7, 2021

Cuban Milena Venegas qualified for Tokyo-2020 after finishing fourth in the A final, in the lightweight division, held yesterday afternoon, at the rowing pre-Olympic championship, which took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Source: Granma

March 7, 2021

Havana-born writer Barbarella González Acevedo, known as Barbarella D'Acevedo, won the XIX Paco Mollá Poetry Competition in Spanish with the work Érebo.

Source: OnCubaNews