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November 22, 2020

Randy Junco, a young Cuban from Matanzas, captivated the judges of La Voz Russia, which guaranteed Randy Junior Junco Torres, just 20 years old, to continue in the competition.

Source: Cibercuba

November 22, 2020

Cuban playwright Eugenio Hernández Espinosa was awarded last Friday, November 20th, with the 2020 National Literature Prize for being the author of significant theatrical works in recent decades, including the classic María Antonia.

Source: Cubadebate

November 21, 2020

The octogenarian Orquesta Aragón was awarded in the 21st edition of the Latin Grammys with its album Ícono, a production by the Puntilla Music record label, in the Best Traditional Tropical Album category, and almost all lovers of Cuban music have recalled the phrase that distinguishes this great artistic group: "Ponle el cuño, es la Aragón".

Source: TV Santiago

November 21, 2020

Yurisbel Gracial connected this Saturday with two singles in four at-bats and scored on a pair of occasions to contribute to the victory of the SoftBank Hawks over the Yomiuri Giants (5x1), in the first game of the Japan Series, held at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka.

Source: Beisbol japones.com

November 20, 2020

Cuban actor William Levy returns to television to star in the remake of one of the most successful telenovelas of the 90s, we are referring to Café con aroma de mujer, a Colombian production that has been taken to several countries and now returns with the Telemundo network.

Source: Heraldo de México

November 20, 2020

Spanish San Pablo Burgos power forward Jasiel Rivero heads the Cuban basketball team for the second AmericaCup qualifying window in Punta Cana, where they will face host Dominican Republic and Canada.

Source: Radio Habana Cuba

November 19, 2020

The news of the death of the outstanding Cuban actress Broselianda Hernández on November 18 has shocked all Cubans.

Source: Cubarte

November 19, 2020

Cuban rumbero Pedro Celestino Fariñas Meneses, better known as the "Prince of Diana," passed away on November 17 in Havana at the age of 77.

Source: Periódico Cubano

November 18, 2020

Cienfuegos native José Dariel Abreu received the award for Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the American League for his formidable offensive season.

Source: Cubadebate

November 18, 2020

The Artistic Agency of Performing Arts ACTUAR, on its Facebook page, deeply regrets and mourns the death of actress and musical comedian Yrene Ibis Relova Chacón, affectionately known as Bebita.

Source: Actuar Facebook

November 17, 2020

Cuban actress, model and singer Yessica Borroto was selected to join the cast of actors who will participate in the third season of the popular Netflix series, "Narcos", where one of the new faces will also be Cuban actor Alberto Guerra and singer Bad Bunny.

Source: ADNCuba

November 17, 2020

Through social media, the unfortunate news has been spread of the death of young Cuban footballer Dairon Blanco on November 16th in a traffic accident.

Source: Mundo Deportivo, ADN Cuba

November 16, 2020

"Havana is the city of José Martí.

Source: Cubadebate

November 16, 2020

Yasiel Puig is a baseball player who had the attributes to become a baseball superstar and whose light is dimming because of his poor judgment, as expressed by Marino Martínez in a special report in the Nuevo Herald.

Source: El Nuevo Herald

November 16, 2020

Journalist Julia Osendi in a publication made on Cibercuba echoes the irreverent treatment that professor Rodrigo Álvarez Cambras receives, who since his retirement 4 years ago, remains forgotten by those who should have respect and admiration for him.

Source: Cibercuba

November 14, 2020

Good music, that which emanates from the heart to generate and transmit feelings or emotions that encourage human improvement, was one of the passions of Eusebio Leal Spengler.

Source: Habana Radio

November 14, 2020

Next November 27, Andy Vázquez will celebrate his first year of living in Miami.

Source: El Nuevo Herald

November 13, 2020

After months of confinement, there is no better gift for the beautiful city of Havana, on its 501st birthday, than a concert by the excellent Omara Portuondo.

Source: Arte por Excelencias

November 13, 2020

Star pitcher for the New York Yankees, Aroldis Chapman, sued his former financial manager, alleging that millions of dollars were diverted from his savings to finance the manager's luxury purchases and outings with an exotic dancer.

Source: ADNCuba

November 12, 2020

Cuban fencer Taymi Chappé Valladares, who was a world champion of Cuba and Spain, died on Tuesday, November 10 at age 52 from a heart attack.

Source: Cibercuba

November 12, 2020

For the work carried out in research on Giardia infection in humans, the medical ranking of world experts EXPERTSCAPE placed Cuban doctor Ángel Arturo Escobedo Carbonell in the first position in the world in Giardiasis.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN

November 11, 2020

Without a doubt, this year 2020 has been very strange for everyone.

Source: Asere.com

November 11, 2020

Cuban basketball player Jasiel Rivero, winner of the Champions League with Hereda San Pablo Burgos, answered some questions from journalists: –How did the Burgos fans receive the team after their Champions League victory? –It was an incredible experience, I never thought that in such a short time I would have a result like that.

Source: Granma

November 10, 2020

In the Mother Teresa of Calcutta Garden, of the Minor Basilica of the Convent of San Francisco de Asís, a work team from the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana is working on the preparation of the site where the ashes of our beloved City Historian, Eusebio Leal Spengler, will be permanently laid to rest.

Source: Cubadebate

November 10, 2020

The Cuban documentary "Leonardo Padura, a Squalid and Moving Story," by journalist Náyare Menoyo, was presented yesterday on the third day of the Trieste Latin American Film Festival, Italy, alongside other films from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico.

Source: Prensa Latina

November 9, 2020

In a tight and attractive match, Cuban Raydel Martínez and París Lodron Salzburg Wasserball prevailed, in a penalty shootout, against defending champion WBC Tirol in the semifinal of Austria's Bundesliga Herren.

Source: Prensa Latina

November 9, 2020

The prestigious Cuban percussionist Cándido Camero Guerra, one of the great legends of Latin jazz, passed away at age 99 this Saturday, November 7, at his residence in the Bronx, New York.

Source: ADNCuba

November 8, 2020

Dancers from Ballet Lizt Alfonso joined in on the popular social media challenge "Jerusalema Challenge".

Source: Periodico Cubano

November 8, 2020

Renowned Cuban actor Max Álvarez, with a significant career in television, radio, film and theater, died on November 7, 2020 from cardiac complications while being treated at the Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital in the capital.

Source: CubaSi

November 7, 2020

Poet Virgilio López Lemus has been honored with the 2020 Samuel Feijóo Prize for Poetry on the Environment, awarded annually by the Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País, to recognize the lifetime work of a Cuban poet who has reflected environmental themes in his verses.

Source: Bohemia

November 7, 2020

During the battle rounds this Friday, Dayana Emma received praise from all the coaches and their advisors.

Source: Antena 3, Cibercuba

November 6, 2020

When the prestigious intellectual Miguel Barnet asserts that not just anyone is a glory of Cuba like Beatriz Márquez, he praises, through this fair tribute, someone who has recreated for her people the intricate web of a prodigious work as a performer.

Source: Granma

November 6, 2020

The best Cuban batter in the Major Leagues, José Dariel Abreu, has just lived up to expectations and won the third Silver Bat of his career.

Source: Cibercuba

November 5, 2020

Cuban poet Dulce María Loynaz received on this day in 1993 from the hands of the King of Spain, in the Paraninfo of the University of Alcalá de Henares, the Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra Prize, corresponding to the year 1992.

Source: Cubarte

November 5, 2020

A few days ago, composer Alfredo Diez Nieto turned 102 years old, to the delight of Cuban music and culture.

Source: Granma

November 4, 2020

Just days after turning 90 years old, Cuban singer Omara Portuondo, National Music Prize winner, known worldwide as the Filin's Sweetheart and the Diva of Buena Vista Social Club, will premiere today Thursday the 4th, on digital platforms, the single Silencio, a bolero by Puerto Rican Rafael Hernández, which she shares with Puerto Rican Andy Montañez, and which will be part of her next album, still in preparation.

Source: Granma

November 4, 2020

On Monday, November 2, Miguel Álvarez Sánchez died as a result of cancer.

Source: Cubacute

November 3, 2020

Cuban humorist Antolín El Pichón has thanked social media for the multiple messages received after the sad news of the death of his son Dayán García Menéndez was made public.

Source: Cibercuba

November 3, 2020

With a roster severely affected by absences due to COVID-19, the Hereda San Pablo Burgos club, where Cuban Jasiel Rivero plays, had a complicated return in Spain's ACB Basketball League, losing by a large margin of 78-99 to Urbas Fuenlabrada.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN

November 2, 2020

How can you dance Giselle, if Giselle is you?, asked the prominent English critic Arnold Haskell, upon seeing that willi-dancer who crossed the stage without touching it with her soft slippers… On a day in June of 1967 he wrote to her: "It was something so full in body and spirit, an ecstasy of happiness, suffering and perfect love, that it cannot be described with words.

Source: Cubarte

November 2, 2020

Osvaldo Alonso, the most prominent Cuban footballer in Major League Soccer (MLS) history, has been nominated as one of 134 candidates to make the list of the 25 best players in the professional circuit of the United States, which will soon celebrate its first quarter-century since being founded.

Source: OnCubaNews

November 1, 2020

Cuban singer Alex Cuba will be one of the artists performing at the gala of the 21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards 2020.

Source: Diario de Cuba

November 1, 2020

David Calzado and his Charanga Habanera has managed to bring together in a new musical production "the charangueros of always", which brings back memories of several of the most important moments in the history of the popular Cuban orchestra of popular danceable music.

Source: Cibercuba

October 31, 2020

Prominent Cuban musician Leoni Torres recently announced on his social media profile that the single "Miloca" is now available, the first release from the CD Alma Cubana.

Source: Periodico Cubano

October 31, 2020

Arnaldo Rodríguez threw a no-hit no-run game last Thursday against Pinar del Río, the 58th in the history of Cuban baseball championships.

Source: Juventud Rebelde

October 30, 2020

Cuban-American writer and analyst Carlos Alberto Montaner intervened for the first time in an electoral campaign by offering a message in favor of former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

Source: OnCubaNews

October 30, 2020

The 2020 National Radio and Television Award was presented this Thursday in this capital, during an event held as part of the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of Cuban television.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN

October 29, 2020

Dedicated for more than 70 years to culture and to enhance Cuban music in the world, singer Omara Portuondo celebrates life today with an online concert alongside artists from several countries.

Source: Cuba.cu

October 29, 2020

Last June Silvio Rodríguez presented Para la espera, a work composed of thirteen songs, ten unreleased and three previously released.

Source: Página 12

October 28, 2020

The renowned filmmaker and film critic Enrique Colina Álvarez passed away on October 27 in Havana, after a long battle with cancer, at the age of 76 and with the recognition of Cuban filmmakers, and especially of the people who remember him mainly as host for 30 years of the cinematographic appreciation television program 24 por segundo.

Source: Bohemia