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June 19, 2020

Cuban singer and instrumentalist Alexander Abreu, along with his group Habana D' Primera, have turned into music the cry for equity and the end of racial discrimination with their new song titled Raza.

Source: CubaSi

June 19, 2020

María Caridad Colón, the Cuban who raised a Latin American woman to the top of the Olympic podium for the first time, made headlines again on June 10th when her candidacy for membership in the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was announced.

Source: Granma

June 18, 2020

After spending some time away from the screen, Cuban actress Daysi Granados has returned to Cuban television, having been recognized with the epithet The Face of Cuban Cinema.

Source: TV Cubana

June 18, 2020

After a week of successes in the film arena, renowned Cuban musician Edesio Alejandro announces the premiere of his new song: "Ser Padre," a piece of filial love to celebrate his day.

Source: CubaSi

June 17, 2020

To the beat of timba and guaguancó, Cubans today have a new way to demand an end to the blockade that the United States has imposed on Cuba for nearly 60 years, this time in the voice of singer-songwriter Raúl Torres.

Source: Sputnik

June 17, 2020

Tata Güines will be remembered this month in his native land, Güines, on the 90th anniversary of his birth.

Source: Granma

June 15, 2020

The last wish of Cuba's Vedette, Rosita Fornés, was to rest in the Colón Cemetery in Havana.

Source: Cubadebate

June 15, 2020

Silvio Rodríguez has had to row with equal passion on two shores: on one side his music; on the other, his political action, which has removed him from the image of a rebel that many constructed around him in the 70s and which is better left untouched to preserve the song as his greatest glory.

Source: Listín Diario

June 15, 2020

The Pinar del Río native was one of the best catchers in the entire history of Cuban baseball, and in particular shone for his defense behind home plate.

Source: OnCuba News

June 14, 2020

Outstanding Cuban pianist Marcos Madrigal presented this Friday, June 12, the album Chansons y Songs, the first recording by Hemisphaeria Trio, a project in which he shares with two other recognized soloists from the international concert scene.

Source: ACN

June 14, 2020

Prominent sports journalist and writer Elio Menéndez García passed away on Friday, June 12 in the Cuban capital, at the age of 90.

Source: Granma

June 12, 2020

After seven years without releasing recordings, Gloria Estefan announces her new album, 'Brazil305', with 'Cuando hay amor', a samba-rhythm single that she describes as "a musical celebration of the singular power of love in all its expressions".

Source: Marca.com

June 12, 2020

Cuban cartoonist ARES wins Grand Prize in COVID-19 event in China.

Source: Granma

June 11, 2020

Cuban writer Leonardo Padura is on the list of candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature, whose winner will receive the award in December.

Source: ADN Cuba

June 11, 2020

Cuban composer and audiovisual filmmaker Edesio Alejandro congratulated today the members of the production of his film Mambo Man, recently nominated in two important international competitions.

Source: Prensa Latina

June 10, 2020

Today, June 10, 2020, at 04:07 a.

Source: CubaDebate

June 10, 2020

The Casa de las Américas Library has borne the name of Roberto Fernández Retamar (1930-2019) since yesterday, as a tribute to the man who was president of the institution from 1986 until his death, on the date of his 90th birthday.

Source: Cubadebate

June 8, 2020

Popular Cuban singer Leoni Torres is currently recording his new album these days, whose title has not yet been revealed.

Source: Cubasi

June 8, 2020

Cuban journalist Alejandro Condis won the prestigious Emmy Awards for "Best Live Reporter" for his coverage of a demonstration by exiled Cubans against the Cuban government, which he covered about six months ago for Telemundo Las Vegas.

Source: ADN Cuba

June 7, 2020

Rosita Fornés (New York, 1923) is stable and "improvement in her health is expected," according to sources close to Rey González, who administers the vedette of Cuba's official Facebook page, said this Sunday.

Source: Cibercuba, Facebook oficial de Rosita Fornés

June 7, 2020

"No debí dejarte sola", a music video for the song composed by Descemer Bueno along with Enrique Iglesias and Jacob Forever, premiered last Friday, June 5th under the Sony Latin Music label on Descemer's YouTube channel.

Source: Cibercuba

June 6, 2020

Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez premiered last Thursday afternoon on digital platforms the single "Danzón para la espera", the fourth and final advance from his new album, which will be available on June 12th.

Source: Prensa Latina

June 5, 2020

On the afternoon of Monday, June 1st, musician Pedro Trujillo, founder of Grupo Moncada, passed away in Havana as a result of cancer.

Source: Granma

June 1, 2020

Cuban-American artist Jorge Rodríguez Gerada put the finishing touches on a colossal portrait of Latin American pediatrician Ydelfonso Decoo, one of the first healthcare workers who died in New York from coronavirus.

Source: Asere.com

June 4, 2020

"Ámame como soy" is renewed alongside Cristian Alejandro and Lucía González De la Peña, the music video features the participation of the popular actresses María Isabel Díaz and Edith Massola and the author of the work, Pablo Milanés.

Source: Cibercuba

June 1, 2020

Cuban jazz musician Harold López-Nussa shared the single 'JazzTon' on digital platforms, included in his new album and in which he worked alongside Randy Malcom, member of the duo Gente de Zona.

Source: Prensa Latina

May 31, 2020

On the afternoon of this Saturday, May 30, renowned and beloved professor Francisco Rojas Ochoa passed away in Havana, considered one of the most relevant figures in Cuban public health, a perpetual educator, always full of teachings.

Source: Infomed

May 28, 2020

Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas have taken a very important step in their relationship and after months in which we have witnessed their beautiful romance, the long-awaited encounter between the star of No Time to Die and the actor's children has finally happened.

Source: Dime Cuba

May 28, 2020

Last weekend, Cuban singer Haydée Milanés made one of her dreams come true, singing alongside maestro Meme Solís.

Source: Dime Cuba

May 27, 2020

On April 19, a month and a few days ago, a major exhibition of Alexis Leiva Machado, Kcho, titled "There's No Place Like Home" would have been inaugurated at the National Museum of Fine Arts, which was announced as the most comprehensive exhibition to date regarding his artistic trajectory.

Source: Cubarte. CARINA PINO SANTOS | 26 May 2020

May 26, 2020

What is the first experience you remember with music? I began playing piano when I was only three years old, so I have very few memories, but I do know that since I can remember, it was part of my daily life.

Source: De la Creatividad al piano.com

May 26, 2020

The Spanish athlete, 24 years old, Ana Peleteiro and her coach, retired Cuban long jumper Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler, were the protagonists of a fun post-quarantine video that has become a viral phenomenon.

Source: Asere.com

May 25, 2020

Painting.

Source: Juventud Rebelde

May 25, 2020

Haydée Arteaga told stories and recited poems from childhood whenever a visitor arrived at the house, as is customary in the Cuban countryside.

Source: Granma

May 24, 2020

According to Rodríguez, the CD will be dedicated to the memory of several recently deceased friends, including filmmakers Juan Padrón and Tupac Pinilla, singer-songwriters Aute and Oscar Chávez, writer Luis Sepúlveda and humorist Marcos Mundstock Silvio Rodríguez Publishes New Song from His Album "Para la espera" Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez released today on digital platforms the song Noche sin fin y mar, the second preview of his album Para la espera, available on June 12.

Source: Bohemia

May 24, 2020

"Hache was always a difficult person to know, a beautiful chaos," the Washington Post newspaper published to pay tribute to Cuban-American writer Hermán G.

Source: Cibercuba

May 20, 2020

Penélope Cruz and Ana de Armas had never worked together until the arrival of The Wasp Network, a French-Spanish-Brazilian-Belgian co-production directed by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Olivier Assayas (Carlos, Personal Shopper).

Source: Los 40.com

May 20, 2020

In his home as a primary measure to combat COVID-19, Cuban Erick Hernández set a Guinness world record in ball control, striking it 188 times with his head alone in 30 seconds, while standing.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias

May 18, 2020

Despite the quarantine and the health crisis caused by coronavirus in the world, the Spanish chain El Corte Inglés reinvents itself and has decided to launch its fashion collection for this spring 2020.

Source: ADN Cuba, La Nueva Crónica

May 18, 2020

With the theme of the Romerías de Mayo, Israel Rojas, the leader of the Cuban group Buena Fe, premiered last week the new space he now has in La Tarde se mueve, the program that is directed and hosted daily on Youtube by Cuban journalist Edmundo García, who is based in Miami.

Source: Cubasi

May 17, 2020

The single "La adivinanza" is the first advance from the album that will hit the market on June 12 of this year.

Source: TelesurTV.net, Zurrón del Aprendiz

May 17, 2020

Cuban volleyball players Roberlandy Simón and Roamy Alonso arrived last night in Havana, coming from Italy, on a humanitarian flight that brought approximately 35 people stranded in Italian territory due to COVID-19 to the largest of the Antilles, after completing their isolation period.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias

May 16, 2020

That's how colorful she is.

Source: CubaSi

May 16, 2020

With deep sorrow the Academy of the History of Cuba announced the loss of one of its most distinguished members.

Source: Cubadebate

May 15, 2020

On May 19th, on the 125th anniversary of the fall in combat of our Apostle, Egrem will premiere on the main digital platforms such as Spotify, iTunes, Deezer, etc.

Source: Cubadebate

May 15, 2020

Young Cuban violinist Jorge Enrique Amado Molina will participate in the Iberoamerican Virtual Orchestra, which will premiere on Sunday, May 17 to celebrate the Iberoamerican Year of Music.

Source: Cubadebate

May 14, 2020

Cuban actress Beatriz Valdés, one of the most popular faces in the history of Cuban cinema, celebrated her birthday last May 12th, thus reaching 57 years old.

Source: ADN Cuba

May 14, 2020

Cuban pitcher Odrisamer Despaigne achieved his second quality outing this Tuesday in the Korean Professional Baseball League (KBO), despite his team KT Wiz squandering a three-run lead and ending up losing (6-7) to the NC Dinos.

Source: ADN Cuba

May 11, 2020

"Para la espera" is the provisional title of the new album announced by Cuban trovador Silvio Rodríguez on his blog "Segunda Cita".

Source: La Nación, CubaSi