March 6, 2021
Cuban athlete Juan Miguel Echevarría will be one of the athletes to watch at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Source: Cubadebate
March 6, 2021
Gianny García took an impressive step forward in his second professional presentation.
Source: El Nuevo Herald
March 5, 2021
Cuban doctor Bárbaro Gutiérrez Cabrera was elected vice president of the Medical and Anti-Doping Committee of the International Boxing Association (AIBA), according to an announcement made to Jit by Alberto Puig, president of the Cuban Boxing Federation.
Source: Jit
March 5, 2021
Cuban Jasiel Rivero received honors within the Basketball Champions League of Europe, after being selected among the five best players of the first playoff round.
Source: Prensa Latina
March 4, 2021
Cuban journalist Náyare Menoyo received this Wednesday the King of Spain Journalism Prize in the Television category, believing that the award is "a prize for the audacity" of interviewing someone like her compatriot Leonardo Padura.
Source: EFE
March 4, 2021
In the early morning of March 2, 2021, at Miguel Enríquez Hospital, DrC.
Source: Infomed
March 3, 2021
The Cuban Rum Masters Movement decided to promote its youngest member, César Augusto Martí Marcelo, to First Master; and they shared the reasons through the official Facebook account of Cuba Ron S.
Source: Excelencias
March 3, 2021
The Santiago Álvarez in Memoriam International Documentary Festival, which is held annually in Santiago de Cuba, will reach its XIX edition next March in virtual format, due to the health measures established to prevent the spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19.
Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN
March 2, 2021
Choral director and music producer, Beatriz Corona, received on Monday the Ibermúsicas Prize for Choral Composition, thus becoming the first woman to merit this honor.
Source: Granma
March 2, 2021
Estée Lauder announced that it has hired Ana de Armas, an actress nominated for a Golden Globe award and honored on the TIME100 Next 2021 list, as the new ambassador for its global brand.
Source: PR News Wire
March 1, 2021
Norge Vera, son of stellar Cuban pitcher Norge Luis Vera, signed a million-dollar contract with the Chicago White Sox in Major League Baseball (MLB) and joins in this way the long list of Cubans that make up the White Sox team.
Source: Asere
March 1, 2021
Just two months before turning 82 years old, on the night of February 27 of this year 2021, the physical passing of an outstanding physician, public health expert, and excellent administrator became known—a man who always put first the people who received health services from the institution he directed, also offering care to their families, and, in second place, to the workers who had to guarantee the best quality of that care for people, families, and the community.
Source: Infomed
February 28, 2021
Since December 11th, the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana has a new space dedicated to cinema.
Source: Trabajadores
February 28, 2021
On the afternoon of February 26th, renowned Cuban actress and radio broadcaster Martha Velasco passed away in Havana at the age of 95.
Source: Artes escénicas
February 27, 2021
The Porto club confirmed the death of Cuban handball player Alfredo Quintana and sport in Portugal is in mourning, as reflected by press outlets such as Tribuna Expreso, Ionline and JM Madeira.
Source: Prensa Latina
February 27, 2021
Rosa Miriam Elizalde Zorrilla —journalist and researcher, First Vice President of the Union of Journalists of Cuba, assistant professor at the University of Havana and the International Institute of Journalism "José Martí", among many other tasks that occupy almost all the hours of every day of her life—, has been awarded the National Journalism Prize José Martí (2021) for lifetime achievement, the highest individual recognition that the organization grants to professionals of recognized prestige and contribution to Cuban journalism.
Source: Cubadebate
February 26, 2021
Cuban Miguel Ángel López reaffirmed himself as the best server of the Brazilian Superliga, contributing three points by direct ace, 15 in total, to Sada Cruzeiro's success by 3-0 over Montes Claros America Volei, thus maintaining the top of the South American tournament, with 18 victories and one defeat.
Source: Granma
February 26, 2021
Cuban reggaeton singer, Yosvanis Arismín Sierra Hernández, known as Chocolate MC, was discharged and is at home.
Source: Diario de Cuba
February 25, 2021
Long jumper Juan Miguel Echevarría maintained his undefeated record during the current indoor track and field season and with his success this Wednesday at the Madrid meeting secured first place in the winter circuit.
Source: Cubadebate
February 25, 2021
The song "Patria y Vida" composed and performed by Cuban rappers, has gone viral on social media, and has generated an angry official response in Havana and has also intensified the cultural battle over the situation in Cuba.
Source: Infobae
February 24, 2021
The goalkeeper for the Portuguese national handball team Alfredo Quintana, of Cuban origin, has been hospitalized following a cardiorespiratory arrest during a training session last Monday, announced his club FC Porto.
Source: Mundo Deportivo
February 24, 2021
Cuban Jasiel Rivero reaffirmed himself as the second-best Latin American player in the ACB League of basketball in Spain, considered the highest level in Europe.
Source: Jit
February 23, 2021
Carlo Padial will be in charge of directing the adaptation of his own novel which will begin in Barcelona next March 8 As major national and international platforms have done before, the Spanish Filmin is now launching into its own production of television series with the adaptation of the novel "Doctor Portuondo" by Carlo Padial, whose filming will begin next month in Barcelona.
Source: Deia
February 23, 2021
Delicias con miel is one of the titles from the Artechef publishing house nominated for the prestigious Gourmand Award, recognized as the most important international honor in that genre of literature.
Source: Radio Ciudad Habana
February 22, 2021
Yulieski Gurriel is already training, as is his custom, days before joining spring training with the Houston Astros.
Source: Diario de Cuba
February 22, 2021
In the afternoon hours of Sunday, February 21st, images were shared on the profile of Cuban reggaeton artist Yosvani A.
Source: CubitaNow
February 21, 2021
The renowned Cuban interpreter, composer and audiovisual filmmaker X Alfonso premiered his new work Dale Conga last Friday, a piece that, according to a message at the beginning of its playback, is not a music video, it is "something else".
Source: Cubasi
February 21, 2021
Cuban long jumper Juan Miguel Echevarría will participate in the athletics event that Madrid, Spain will host, scheduled to take place on the 24th.
Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN
February 20, 2021
February is a month that smells of music, of Cuban spirit, of natural talent, for it remembers the death of El Bárbaro del Ritmo, Benny Moré, the greatest Cuban musician of the twentieth century, and the birth of Ibrahim Ferrer, another figure who filled Cubans with joy through his contagious and cheerful voice, despite the hardships that struck his life.
Source: Cubahora
February 20, 2021
Cuban-origin Senator Ted Cruz apologized this Thursday after traveling to Mexico to spend a family vacation, something he later considered as "obviously a mistake" for doing so in the midst of the deadly winter storm that left hundreds of thousands without electricity in Texas.
Source: Asere
February 19, 2021
Andrea Doimeadiós never stops working.
Source: OnCubaNews
February 19, 2021
In collaboration with the Septeto Santiaguero, Juan Guillermo -known in the musical world as JG- premiered this Wednesday the video clip Dame un traguito, in tribute to his father: Revolution Commander Juan Almeida on the same day of his 94th birthday.
Source: Cubadebate
February 18, 2021
Cuban journalist Daisy Ballmajó, one of the presenters of the Spanish-language television network Telemundo, turned 52 on February 16th, a date she celebrated with her loved ones in the city of Miami (Florida) where she has lived for several years alongside Cuban sports journalist Bobby Salamanca Jr.
Source: Cibercuba
February 18, 2021
With an extensive record of service in the Cuban press, photojournalist Raúl López Sánchez died on Saturday, February 13 in Havana at the age of 78, a victim of coronavirus.
Source: OnCubaNews
February 17, 2021
Cuban singer Tony Ávila will present two new albums: Universos, with the record label Bis Music and the Dominican label Juan and Nelson Record; and A quién pueda interesar (provisional title), with the label Colibrí.
Source: Cubadebate
February 17, 2021
While it is true that Rashel Díaz is associated with the Telemundo network, despite her departure in August 2020, the Cuban woman was also part of Univision where she built her career as a presenter on the early morning newscast.
Source: Hola
February 16, 2021
On Sunday, February 14, 2021, Dr.
Source: Infomed
February 16, 2021
The glory of Cuban baseball, Gregorio "Black Hand" Pérez, passed away on Monday, February 15th at the age of 79, called by the gods of the diamond, to continue admiring his cunning and daring, with which he dominated his opponents at will, during 15 national series.
Source: Granma
February 15, 2021
Young Adriana Cantillo achieved a historic performance at the Pan American Speed Skating Championship being held in Ibague, Colombia, where she won the bronze medal in the one hundred meter circuit route.
Source: Granma
February 15, 2021
Cuban baseball is in mourning because ballplayer Pedro José "Cheíto" Rodríguez passed away on Saturday in his native city of Cienfuegos, at age 65, as a result of kidney failure, reported the official publication Jit.
Source: 5 de septiembre
February 14, 2021
Two young Cuban acrobats surprised the judges at the auditions for the new edition of Got Talent Spain with an incredible, innovative, and daring performance.
Source: Cibercuba
February 14, 2021
The Cultural Association Yoruba of Cuba informed through its social networks the unfortunate death of Ángel Custodio Padrón Cárdenas, better known as "Bebo", who served as vice president of said institution.
Source: Asere
February 13, 2021
At the Siboney Studios of Egrem, in Santiago de Cuba, the album From the Soul is being recorded, a tribute album on the occasion of the 94th birthday of Commander of the Revolution Juan Almeida Bosque, creator of the emblematic cultural institution in July 1980.
Source: Cubadebate
February 13, 2021
Cuban journalist Pedro Pablo Figueredo Rodríguez passed away last Tuesday in Havana at the age of 68 due to coronavirus, reported Radio Habana Cuba.
Source: Cubaperiodistas
February 12, 2021
Recently, the great Cuban actor Mario Balmaseda celebrated his 80th birthday, a living legend of Cuban theater, cinema, and television.
Source: Granma
February 12, 2021
It was not the best of afternoons for Hereda San Pablo Burgos, where Cuban Jasiel Rivero plays, quite the opposite of Lenovo Tenerife, which defeated the Burgos team 87-76 in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey basketball tournament of the Spanish ACB league.
Source: Granma
February 11, 2021
Cuban long jumper Juan Miguel Echevarría established the best world mark of the year in the long jump with 8.
Source: ADN Cuba
February 11, 2021
The Cuban Institute of the Book and the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba deeply regret the death on February 10, in this capital, of the outstanding Cuban intellectual and diplomat Rolando López del Amo.
Source: Uneac.org.cu
February 10, 2021
Master Adalberto Álvarez, National Music Prize winner 2008, will celebrate Cuban Son Day from the capital on May 8th, and urged all son musicians to join in the festivities from their respective localities.
Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN
February 10, 2021
On social media, colleagues, students, and patients have mourned the death of Francisco Fidel Llorente Llamo, a Cuban doctor who died this past weekend as a result of coronavirus.
Source: Top Hoy.com
