News

August 8, 2020

With the campaign #MuchoMachetePorDarTodavía, the fifty years since the first publication of the emblematic Cuban character Elpidio Valdés in Pionero magazine will be celebrated on August 14.

Source: Radio Baraguá

August 7, 2020

The only current Cuban world record holder in athletics is the protagonist of the fifteenth week of the Deporte entuMovil contest.

Source: Trabajadores

August 7, 2020

Cuban-Mexican actress Malillany Marín, after 25 years of artistic career mainly in Mexico, has been selected to act in a series for Netflix, playing the famous designer Carolina Herrera.

Source: DCubanos

August 6, 2020

Cuban-American rapper and producer Armando Christian Pérez, better known as Pitbull, is cooking up a special tribute to El Dany together with popular DJ IamChino.

Source: Cibercuba

August 6, 2020

The boy Dubiel Pupo Espinosa was buried in his native city Felton, Mayarí, in a ceremony in which his family members were accompanied by the entire town along with the players with whom he made up the last baseball team that represented this province in the National Championship of the 9-10 year-old category.

Source: Granma, Jit

August 5, 2020

Spain's emeritus king Juan Carlos, who announced his intention to leave the country last Monday due to the numerous judicial scandals involving him for alleged corruption, is currently in the Dominican Republic with the Fanjul brothers, of Cuban origin, according to Spanish press reports.

Source: La vanguardia

August 5, 2020

Journalist Lázaro Barredo Medina, who directed the newspaper Granma between November 2005 and October 2013, founder of the Mesa Redonda and regular contributor to Cubadebate, died from a cardiovascular condition.

Source: Bohemia

August 4, 2020

The warm transparencies achieved by Carlos Enríquez, the artist who knew how to macerate the secret of tropical light and awakened, for his vital expression, the Cuban landscape, —distancing himself from the commercialized image of the royal palm—; his portraits, of very personal character; his sensitivity as an artist and as a man of his time (Zulueta, Las Villas, 1900-Havana, 1957), poured into the search for the national, and accompanied by the anguishes and difficulties that grew in those times, which left their mark on him.

Source: Cubarte

August 4, 2020

Cuban baseball player Yoenis Céspedes decided not to continue the rest of the 2020 season with the New York Mets.

Source: Diario de Cuba

August 3, 2020

Roberto Fabelo has just received 399 thousand dollars achieved at a Christie's auction held this week, in which he managed to sell his painting 'Viaje al jardín fantástico' for double the estimated amount, becoming a record for a work by this artist.

Source: Cubacute

August 3, 2020

Cuban Marlon Yant Herrera apparently is destined for great achievements, as shown today by the Italian press, with multiple praises for his innate talent for playing volleyball.

Source: Bohemia

August 2, 2020

Cuban casting director Libia Batista is the first professional in her specialty in Latin America and the Caribbean to have been selected to be part of the jury for the Oscar Awards.

Source: OnCuba News

August 2, 2020

Artists from various disciplines remember today one of the most respected creators of popular dance music on this continent, Cuban bassist and composer Juan Formell, who would have turned 78 years old.

Source: Prensa Latina

August 1, 2020

Cuban journalist Ismael Cala, known for his program "Cala" for the CNN network, decided to return to the small screen after almost four years of absence due, in part, to the effects of the pandemic on his ventures, reported news agency Efe.

Source: Periódico Cubano

August 1, 2020

The billionaire and founder of the Amazon company, Jeff Bezos, told the United States Congress the life story of his Cuban father.

Source: Dime Cuba

July 31, 2020

The Historian of the City of Havana has died, Cuba mourns.

Source: Eusebio Leal.cu, Granma, Ecured

July 31, 2020

The film Mambo Man, by Cuban director Edesio Alejandro and British-Iranian Mo Fini, today adds a new award by being selected as the Best Feature Film of the season by the Best Global Shorts festival.

Source: TV Santiago

July 30, 2020

In an interview on the "Cala" program on the American network MegaTV, singer Aymée Nuviola revealed that she has contracted COVID-19.

Source: El Nuevo Día.com

July 30, 2020

Just days after the unexpected death of Cuban reggaeton artist Daniel Muñoz (El Dany), urban interpreter José Manuel Carvajal, better known as El Taiger, has wanted to honor the memory of the artist with the premiere of the last song they recorded together.

Source: Dime Cuba

July 29, 2020

The world record holder in high jump, Cuban Javier Sotomayor, expressed feeling happy and proud to maintain the world supremacy of 2.

Source: TyC Sports

July 29, 2020

Ramón Labañino participated in a virtual presentation here of his book Man of Silence, diary of a prison.

Source: Prensa Latina

July 28, 2020

The renowned Cuban dancer, choreographer, and director Carlos Acosta has been named a member of the Board of Governors of The Royal Ballet School, another award in his already long list of international recognitions and achievements.

Source: CubitaNow

July 28, 2020

The Cuban Institute of Music reported that in the early morning hours of Tuesday, July 28, the musician and professor Roberto Chorens Dotres died in Havana as a result of a heart attack.

Source: Radio Habana Cuba, Cubadebate

July 27, 2020

Cuban Liván Moinelo kept his pitches indecipherable today after coming out of the bullpen and contributed to the success of the SoftBank Hawks with a 6-1 victory over the Nippon Ham Fighters, in the 2020 season of Japanese professional baseball.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias

July 27, 2020

The title of Distinguished Son of the city of Santiago de Cuba was awarded to General of the Army Raúl Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), for his outstanding trajectory as a revolutionary, military strategist and statesman.

Source: Radio Baraguá

July 26, 2020

Sigfredo Ariel passed away this Sunday in Havana, a victim of cancer.

Source: CMHW

July 26, 2020

Cuban striker Marcel Hernández, who plays with the Cartaginés club, was selected as the best foreign player of the 2020 Clausura Tournament in the first division of Costa Rican football.

Source: Prensa Latina

July 25, 2020

Cuban troubadour Silvio Rodríguez will join several Argentine musicians and other Latin Americans on the upcoming 26th in a virtual festival organized by the Argentine-Cuban Fraternity Space (EFAC).

Source: Cubainformación

July 25, 2020

Cuban doctor José Antonio Soto (Tony) passed away on Thursday, July 23 in Miami at age 56, a victim of COVID-19.

Source: Cibercuba

July 24, 2020

Her unmistakable voice, her eternal smile, and the age that is the best-kept secret about perpetual youth are part of the characteristics that make unique the Cachita from Vivir del Cuento or the unforgettable voice behind characters like María Silvia and Eutelia, from Elpidio Valdés.

Source: Cubacute

July 24, 2020

Donald Trump's electoral campaign released on Wednesday, July 22, a television advertisement in Spanish directed at Cubans in South Florida with references to exile, the food company Goya, and Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Source: El Nuevo Herald, OncubaNews

July 24, 2020

Cuban pianist Marcos Madrigal will soon return to European stages following the resumption of some cultural activities due to Covid-19, a pandemic that still affects the world.

Source: CubaSi

July 24, 2020

Aurora Basnuevo Hernández is always cheerful; she carries joy like a banner.

Source: Cubadebate

July 21, 2020

The Royal Ballet School in London appointed dancer, choreographer and director Carlos Acosta as a new member of its Board of Governors.

Source: diariodecuba.com

July 24, 2020

Cuban Erick Hernández achieved this Sunday a new world record for soccer ball control to be registered in the Guinness book of records and surpassed his previous mark, maintaining touches of the sphere only with his head for more than one hour.

Source: Cubadebate

July 20, 2020

"I felt the same nerves as when I received the gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games.

Source: Cubadebate

July 19, 2020

This morning, July 18, Daniel Alejandro (Dany) Muñoz Borrego, a young musician and member of the duo Yomil y El Dany alongside Roberto Hidalgo Puente, died in Havana as a result of acute cardiovascular disease.

Source: Cubadebate

July 16, 2020

The trainer from Sagua, Ernesto Luis Hernández Jova, dies in Brazil due to coronavirus, news that was shared on social networks by athlete Jordana Saldanha.

Source: ADN Cuba, Sagua es Grande.com

July 16, 2020

Cuban catcher Ariel Martínez hit his first home run in the Japanese Professional Baseball League, although he could not prevent the defeat of the Chunichi Dragons by 3-5 against the DeNA Stars at Nagoya Dome.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias

July 15, 2020

After a long stint as a free agent, Cuban Yasiel Puig signed with the Atlanta Braves.

Source: Séptima entrada, El Nuevo Herald

July 15, 2020

William Ruiz Morales and Gabriela Burdsall are a couple of Cuban artists residing in New York who combine artistic creation with cultural activism.

Source: Diario de Cuba

July 14, 2020

Many of the professionals who are part of the Cuban doctors' brigade that have worked in Turin caring for Italians affected by Covid-19 are fans of Juventus, and others are not, but they feel a passion for football, and the stadiums, in times of pandemic, are closed.

Source: Radio Habana Cuba

July 14, 2020

Cuban Joel Apezteguía celebrates the possibility of playing in the qualifying round of the European Football Champions League, after winning the crown with the club Tre Fiori in the San Marino League.

Source: Radio Nuevitas

July 13, 2020

Cuban singer Haydée Milanés continues to surprise her followers with more of her music.

Source: Periódico Cubano

July 13, 2020

New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman became the third Major League player on the team to test positive for coronavirus, announced manager Aaron Boone on Saturday afternoon.

Source: Espn Deportes

July 12, 2020

The commemoration of the birthday of National Poet Nicolás Guillén was held through virtual platforms.

Source: TeleSur

July 11, 2020

Several works by Cuban artist Nelson Ramírez are on display at a center in Shanghai, in eastern China, in the context of an exhibition on contemporary photography.

Source: Tiempo 21

July 10, 2020

Immense joy spread yesterday throughout much of the Island, and not only among those linked to the performing arts, with the proclamation of Zenén Calero and Rubén Darío Salazar as National Theater Prize winners for 2020.

Source: Granma

July 10, 2020

The renowned Cuban musician David Blanco, one of the most followed artists on social networks during these pandemic times, announced for tomorrow, Saturday, July 11, his first post-COVID recital, scheduled for nine o'clock at night at the Cine Teatro El Lajero, in the province of Mayabeque.

Source: CubaSi

July 9, 2020

Cuba's Empresa de Grabaciones y Ediciones Musicales (Egrem) confirmed that to celebrate Children's Day on July 19, it will release a children's album by Haila María Mompié.

Source: Prensa Latina