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October 10, 2021

On October 7, 2021, the unfortunate news was announced of the death of the prominent basketball player and coach Franklin Standard Johnson.

Source: Granma, Play off Magazine

October 9, 2021

He made the right-handed pitcher throw it away and stole the plate on the left-hander.

Source: Diario de Cuba

October 9, 2021

A seminar paying tribute to the centenary of the renowned master of Cuban modern dance, Ramiro Guerra, closes this October 8th, after sessions held online.

Source: Granma

October 8, 2021

During Hispanic Heritage Month celebrated in the United States, Cuban Camila Cabello has become the first Latina woman to receive a diamond record for a single.

Source: Diario de Cuba

October 8, 2021

The most recent hit by Alexander Abreu and Havana D'Primera bears the name of an important deity of Afro-Cuban religion, "Azowano", better known as Babalú Ayé or Saint Lazarus.

Source: Cibercuba

October 7, 2021

Singer-songwriter Liuba María Hevia announced her new projects in collaboration with the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (Icaic).

Source: OnCubaNews

October 7, 2021

Grand Masters Lázaro Bruzón and Leinier Domínguez drew their respective opening games in the 2021 edition of the United States Chess Championship, which kicked off with a dozen players gathered at the already traditional venue of San Luis A debutant in these competitions and removed from master level play for years, Bruzón (ELO rating of 2645) was never at a disadvantage against the colossal Fabiano Caruana, a player with a rating of 2800, and his performance had the added merit of achieving it with the black pieces.

Source: Cibercuba

October 6, 2021

Her results make her the best cyclist of all time in Cuba in both genders.

Source: Diario de Cuba

October 6, 2021

"Epicentro", a new album that brings together for the first time a dozen Cuban urban music artists, including the famous duo Gente de Zona, seeks to take the genre "to a more international sound" by mixing afrobeat with reggaeton and tropical pop, according to its producer, Cuban Dale Pututi.

Source: Los Angeles TImes

October 5, 2021

Yulieski Gurriel is making history in MLB.

Source: Cubatel

October 5, 2021

Journalist Juan Antonio Borrego Díaz died from complications associated with COVID-19.

Source: Cubadebate

October 4, 2021

Marta Rojas, Cuban writer and journalist, passed away yesterday Sunday, October 3rd as a result of a heart attack.

Source: Cubadebate

October 4, 2021

Amid cries of "Long Live Cuba," demands on the United States to end the blockade, and a tribute to Spanish singer-songwriter Luis Eduardo Aute, Cuban troubadour Silvio Rodríguez performed yesterday before a massive audience at the Wizink Center in Madrid.

Source: OnCubaNews

October 3, 2021

The renowned Cuban doctors Ricardo González Menéndez and Héctor Terry Molinet died from complications resulting from contracting coronavirus in Cuba.

Source: Cibercuba, Infomed

October 3, 2021

In the context of the recently celebrated 110th anniversary of the birth of the great Ignacio Villa, Bola de Nieve, a tribute CD is being produced in Cuba, directed by young saxophonist Michel Herrera, under the label of the Empresa de Grabaciones y Ediciones Musicales (EGREM).

Source: Cubadebate

October 2, 2021

Cuban singer Erick Iglesias Rodríguez, known artistically as Cimafunk, announced on his social networks the dates of his upcoming "El Alimento" tour through various cities in the United States and Europe.

Source: Asere

October 2, 2021

Cuban comedian and presenter Alexis Valdés shared a photograph alongside American actors Woody Harrelson and Judy Greer, with whom he is working on a series produced by HBO.

Source: Periodico Cubano

October 1, 2021

CNN en Español announces that Cuban writer and poet Wendy Guerra is joining the network as a contributor and analyst, as well as creator of alternative content for digital and linear platforms.

Source: CNN en español

October 1, 2021

The Institute of Tropical Medicine "Pedro Kourí" reports the passing, on September 29, 2021, of the esteemed professor Dr.

Source: Infomed

September 30, 2021

Cuban vocalist Eme Alfonso starred in the Tiny Desk Home musical initiative, which celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, with a series of concerts from home and connects renowned artists from Latin America.

Source: Radio Habana Cuba

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