December 30, 2020
The company Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba (LADC) announced today that in early January 2021 it will participate in the Ballet Beyond Borders competition, an event based in the United States.
Source: Cubasi
December 29, 2020
The last meeting of the peña la Trova de Guardia in 2020 had a special and poetic composition, a fertile and emotional dramaturgy.
Source: 5 de septiembre
December 29, 2020
Cuban Jasiel Rivero achieved his highest rating in a Liga Endesa basketball game in Spain, with 37 credits earned today in his team Hereda San Pablo Burgos' victory over Joventud Badalona, 95-78.
Source: Jit.cu
December 28, 2020
Cuban singer, actor, television host, and comedian Eddy Calderón, who became popular for his impressions of Fidel Castro, Raphael, El Puma, and other famous figures, died last weekend at a Miami hospital where he had been admitted for months.
Source: Cuballama
December 28, 2020
Fourteen children's songs composed by singer-songwriter Kike Corona is the gift that Cuba's Music Recordings and Publishing Company is giving to the Cuban family for the end of the year.
Source: Juventud Rebelde
December 26, 2020
Cuban-American producer Rudy Pérez has undertaken a new version of José Feliciano's classic "Feliz Navidad," as a tribute to its author on the 50th anniversary of this composition.
Source: Diario de Cuba
December 26, 2020
Actress and professor Corina Mestre Vilaboy is among the patients reported in serious condition on December 25 after testing positive for Covid-19.
Source: Asere
December 25, 2020
"I live in Montevideo, a charming city, very lively and that brings me many memories of Cuba because it has neighborhoods with architecture similar to several areas of Havana," says Orellana, father of two small children aged eight and two years old.
Source: 14 y medio
December 25, 2020
Cuban Miguel Ángel López displays his talent as an auxiliary attacker and from the serving zone to stand out today in Brazil's volleyball Superliga as one of the offensive referents of the Sada Cruzeiro club.
Source: Cuba.cu
December 24, 2020
Reaching half a century of existence and celebrating it with an anthological exhibition in the Cuban Art building of the National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA) is a pleasant privilege for Kcho (Nueva Gerona, Isle of Youth, 1970), an artist who over three decades has created works endowed with great symbolic and human charge and rooted in the nation's trajectory.
Source: Cubahora
December 24, 2020
Yesterday, December 23rd, a Gala function was held, dedicated to the Centennial of the birth of Master Alicia Alonso with the screening at the Acapulco cinema in the capital of the film Giselle, by Cuban filmmaker Enrique Pineda Barnet, National Film Prize winner.
Source: Cubarte
December 23, 2020
The International Orthopedic Scientific Complex Frank País and Cuban orthopedics celebrated yesterday the 86th birthday of DrC.
Source: FB Complejo Científico Ortopédico Internacional Frank País, Cubadebate
December 23, 2020
Cuban water polo player Raydel Martínez and his team Paris Lodron Salzburg Wasserball closed out the season with the runner-up title in the Austrian Cup, reaffirming themselves among the four best clubs in the country since 1999.
Source: Prensa Latina
December 22, 2020
The renowned Cuban playwright Gerardo Fernández García passed away in Havana in the early morning hours of December 20, victim of complications associated with cancer.
Source: Cibercuba
December 22, 2020
Musician Israel Berrier González, who was part of the renowned group Muñequitos de Matanzas for more than five decades, passed away on December 18 due to a cardiovascular accident, announced the Cuban Institute of Music (ICM).
Source: OnCubaNews
December 21, 2020
Two Cuban reggaeton artists and exponents of the urban genre have joined forces in a new musical collaboration.
Source: Cibercuba
December 21, 2020
Cuban former baseball player Nelson Campver, known for being the longest-lived in Cuba, died on Friday, December 18 in Havana as a result of respiratory failure, reported sports journalist Yasel Porto on his social media.
Source: Diario de Cuba
December 20, 2020
The popular group Maykel Blanco y su Salsa Mayor premiered on its youtube channel MB Record Oficial and social networks the music video Pa los Mayores y los Van Van.
Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias, ACN
December 20, 2020
The Villa Clara native Dayán Viciedo broke the perfect dominance of Japanese players in the race for the Golden Gloves of that country's professional circuit, as he was the only foreigner who managed to win the award as best defender.
Source: OnCubaNews
December 19, 2020
Cuban artist, cultural promoter, and art critic Aldo Menéndez died this Friday in Miami at age 72, victim of a heart attack.
Source: Diario de Cuba
December 19, 2020
During the sessions of the National Assembly of People's Power, Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, Hero of the Republic of Cuba, was elected as a member of the State Council, after deputies carried out the vote.
Source: Cubadebate
December 18, 2020
"It suddenly seems strange to me, there's like a constant readjustment of perception with conclusions.
Source: Habana Radio
December 18, 2020
Filmmaker Fernando Pérez also came to the National Capitol to say goodbye to the eternal Historian.
Source: Habana Radio
December 17, 2020
Today, the people of Cuba come to the Hall of Lost Steps of the National Capitol to pay well-deserved tribute to one of the most illustrious sons of old Havana: Doctor Eusebio Leal Spengler, who passed away on August 31st.
Source: Granma
December 17, 2020
The event Teresita Fernández: 90 years with a happy heart will center the program that will take place in Matanzas for the ninetieth anniversary of that children's singer from Cuba, organizers reported today.
Source: Prensa Latina
December 15, 2020
The associate artistic director of the English National Ballet (ENB), Loipa Araújo, will share today from London a virtual class with various dance groups from Cuba, on the occasion of British Culture Week 2020.
Source: Prensa Latina
December 15, 2020
When speaking about pitchers from Vueltabajo, it is always said that their historical establishment comes from teams from the 70s and 80s of the last century.
Source: Cubadebate
December 14, 2020
On December 18th, Cuban singer-songwriter Descemer Bueno will premiere the official video for the remix "Internacionales" on his YouTube account along with the Cuban group, Qva Libre, as he announced on his social media.
Source: ADN Cuba
December 14, 2020
Lyric artists and the orchestra of the Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso will perform today, December 14, at the cathedral of this capital during a mass in memory of Cuba's prima ballerina assoluta.
Source: Prensa Latina
December 13, 2020
American media outlets, grouped together in National Public Radio (NPR), selected the album Inside, by X Alfonso, among the fifty best albums of 2020, which was described by critic Félix Contreras as an impeccable sample of contemporary Cuban music.
Source: Prensa Latina
December 13, 2020
Cuban maestro Johannes García receives the 2020 National Dance Prize, awarded by the National Council of Performing Arts, in recognition of his professional work.
Source: Prensa Latina
December 12, 2020
Homage was paid Friday to the celebrated creator of mambo, the great Cuban musician Dámaso Pérez Prado, in the city of Matanzas, where he was born exactly on December 11, 1917.
Source: Uneac.org.cu
December 12, 2020
On December 10th, the sad news of the death of José Zamorano was learned, one of the most relevant male figures of Cuban dance, who was a principal dancer of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba (BNC).
Source: Cubarte
December 11, 2020
In constant defiance of the limitations imposed by Covid-19, the Cuban group Cimafunk invites you today to dance from anywhere in the world with their most recent musical proposal: CunCunPrá.
Source: Bohemia
December 11, 2020
Her colleagues are very sad about Diana's death.
Source: Cubaperiodistas
December 10, 2020
Cuban George Gascón, 66 years old, is the first immigrant to hold the position of district attorney of Los Angeles County, the most populous in the United States.
Source: Periódico Cubano
December 10, 2020
Yasiel Puig continues making headlines, the Cuban ballplayer, dedicated to community work, is one of the main protagonists in the fight against coronavirus in the United States, where he has shown his most humble and compassionate side.
Source: OnCubaNews
December 9, 2020
Madonna's Cuban-born daughter, Lourdes María León, became the face of the "Parade" collection by Juicy Couture, inspired by the 2000s, as an underwear model.
Source: ADN Cuba
December 9, 2020
The documentary Los hermanos, by renowned American filmmakers Marcia Jamel and Ken Schneider, will have a special presentation at this sui generis 42nd International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, on Sunday, December 13th, at the La Rampa cinema.
Source: Granma
December 8, 2020
The life of Cuban two-time Olympic champion Alberto Juantorena comes to the big screen with the screening of the documentary Running for the Revolution, as part of the official selection of the 42nd International Festival of New Latin American Cinema.
Source: Prensa Latina
December 8, 2020
Cuban baseball player Yasiel Puig will play starting next week in the Dominican Baseball League with the Toros del Este team, announced today by the team's general manager, Raymond Abreu.
Source: Prensa Latina
December 7, 2020
The documentary A media voz, by Cuban filmmakers Heidi Hassan and Patricia Pérez, which won the Silver Biznaga for Best Director in the Documentary section of the 23rd edition of the Málaga Film Festival has received 9 nominations for next year's Goya Awards for: Best Film, Best First-Time Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Sound, Best Special Effects and Best Documentary Film.
Source: Asere, Escuela Internacional de Cine, Radio y Televisión
December 7, 2020
Cuban radio broadcaster Ibrahim Aput died this Monday in Havana at the age of 91.
Source: Granma
December 7, 2020
This week the names of the new actors who will be part of the third season of the Netflix series "Narcos: Mexico" were revealed, among them is Alberto Guerra who will bring to life the enigmatic drug trafficker Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.
Source: DCubanos
December 7, 2020
Manuel Duchesne Cuzán (1932-2005) was a visionary in diverse directions.
Source: Granma
December 5, 2020
The best tribute to Juan Formell, on the day Van Van reaches its 51st anniversary, has undoubtedly been the press presentation of the album "Mi Songo".
Source: Cubadebate, Radio Rebelde
December 5, 2020
The first volume of Inside, the most recent recording project by renowned Cuban artist X Alfonso, was included in the list of the best albums of the year by the prestigious American media outlet National Public Radio (NPR).
Source: Granma
December 4, 2020
On the morning of this December 3rd, Medicine Day, Doctor Agustín Lage Dávila was invested with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa in Biological Sciences from the University of Havana (UH), for his outstanding contribution to Cuba's scientific development and his relevant contributions to Biochemistry and Immunology, to Medicine, to Public Health, and to the development of Cuban Biotechnology.
Source: Cubaperiodistas
December 4, 2020
The 2020 National Humor Award was granted to renowned artist Juana Bacallao (Neris Amelia Martínez Salazar) and cartoonist, illustrator and painter Arístides Hernández (Ares), by unanimous decision of the jury.
Source: Granma
December 3, 2020
Gloria Estefan revealed last Wednesday that she spent much of the month of November isolated after testing positive for COVID-19.
Source: Chicago Tribune
