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August 21, 2023

The renowned artist Hilda Venero will receive today the 2023 National Circus Prize at the Trompoloco tent in this capital, as part of the special gala marking the 55th anniversary of said institution.

August 20, 2023

This Friday, two-time Olympic champion Alberto Juantorena was named honorary member of the World Athletics (WA) Council and was awarded the WA Gold Merit Order, the highest distinction granted by that organization.

August 20, 2023

Cuban Lázaro Álvarez knocked out Mexican Edgar Espinosa and celebrated for the sixth consecutive occasion in professional boxing as a cornerstone of the Domadores.

August 19, 2023

Cuban actress Ana de Armas's fortune rose to 6 million dollars in the last year according to the celebrity portal Celebrity Net Worth.

August 19, 2023

Singer Annie Garcés will offer the summer children's show "La Fiesta de Gatoypón", on Sunday, August 20 with two sessions at 10:00 a.

August 18, 2023

Cuban Grandmaster Leinier Domínguez, who represents the USA in the Chess World Cup taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, lost this Wednesday against Fabiano Caruana in the quarterfinals of the competition.

August 18, 2023

Cuban singer and songwriter David Torrens invited his friend and music colleague Polito Ibáñez to record a song together, for which they are already preparing a music video.

August 17, 2023

Two outstanding figures of our culture deservedly received yesterday the National Radio Prize 2023, awarded by the Institute of Information and Social Communication: the distinguished writer Nersys Felipe, with more than 50 years of work at Radio Guamá station, in Pinar del Río, and the master José Gabriel Ramírez Cal, one of the distinguished voices that has given prestige for more than six decades to the CMHW station, in Villa Clara.

August 17, 2023

The distinction is granted for Prieto's love and dedication to the rescue of the history and cultural identity of peoples The National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN-Managua) awarded on August 15th the title of Doctor Honoris Causa in Humanities to Cuban writer and intellectual, president of Casa de las Américas, Abel Prieto.

August 16, 2023

Cuban baseball player Yuliesky Gurriel, first baseman for the Miami Marlins in Major League Baseball (MLB), received on August 15th, during the Houston Astros' visit to the LoanDepot Park stadium in Little Havana, the World Series ring that certifies him as champion of the 2022 baseball season.

August 16, 2023

On the afternoon of August 9, 2023, Dr.

August 15, 2023

William Levy continues to build anticipation around his upcoming telenovela "Vuelve a mí"; the artist shared a new preview of the Telemundo drama and completely drove all of his legion of female fans crazy.

August 15, 2023

Cuban sports journalist Julita Osendi, former reporter for the National News and Cuba's most important sporting events, settled in the United States a little over a month ago, as confirmed by her in an interview.

August 14, 2023

"I am happy to be able to share the stage with Beatriz Valdés," said Cuban actress Yuliet Cruz this Saturday, who will perform in theater in Miami, United States for the first time thanks to Alexis Valdés.

August 14, 2023

To award the prize, the Organizing Committee based its decision on the fact that "Nancy Morejón's poetry is built on four lines: modernism, postcolonialism, neocolonialism, and feminism" The Golden Key of Smederevo 2023, the most prestigious award of the International Poetry Festival Autumn Poetic Smederevo, was awarded to Cuban poet Nancy Morejón, National Literature Prize winner in 2001, and will be presented to her in the month of October.

August 13, 2023

Grand Master Leinier Domínguez advanced to the quarterfinals of the FIDE World Championship Bakú 2023 after defeating Serbian Alexey Sarana in the round of 16.

August 13, 2023

Cuban singer Diana Fuentes celebrated the reach of the music video for the song "El amor lo cura todo" (Love Heals Everything), which she shares with fellow island artist Lenier Mesa.

August 12, 2023

Cuban musicians Roberto Fonseca and Joaquín Betancourt received two important awards this week granted by prestigious international music festivals.

August 12, 2023

Cuban ex-political prisoner Nelson Molinet Espino, one of 75 opponents arrested and sentenced in 2003 during Cuba's so-called Black Spring, was found dead inside a vehicle in south Florida, family and exile sources reported this Saturday.

August 11, 2023

The popular Cuban broadcaster Abel Álvarez is visiting the Caribbean island, enjoying a vacation that in no way keeps him from sharing with his Cuban followers, as he made clear on his social media.

August 11, 2023

Cuban singer Leoni Torres announced that he will soon be performing concerts in several European countries as part of a tour, after four years without performing on stages in that continent.

August 10, 2023

On the morning of August 10, Dr.

August 10, 2023

The second of Julio Iglesias and Isabel Preysler's three children is newly in love, this time with the beautiful Cuban model Ariadna Romero, recently settled in Miami but well-known in Italy, where she developed much of her career.

August 9, 2023

Cuban actor Mijail Mulkay comments that in the series "Paraíso Blanco" on the streaming platform Vix, he shares acting with his daughter Camila Bordón Arenal.

August 9, 2023

A major concert by Cuban singer Tony Ávila and his band will take place on August 10th at the National Museum of Fine Arts in this capital, as the artist announces today on social media.

August 8, 2023

Cuban musician Alain Pérez recently launched his song "Pa' to' la vida", whose first live sounds could be heard in Madrid.

August 8, 2023

The feature film The Wild Woman, the directorial debut of Cuban screenwriter and filmmaker Alan González, will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which will take place in that Canadian city between September 7 and 17.

August 7, 2023

Grandmaster Leinier Domínguez drew his game this Sunday against his Azerbaijani counterpart Gadir Guseinov.

August 7, 2023

Last Friday, August 5, the Arizona Diamondbacks fell 3-2 to the Minnesota Twins at Target Field.

August 6, 2023

With the presentation of the Lucía de Honor award, the highest honor granted by the Gibara International Film Festival (FICGibara), to renowned actor Jorge Perugorría, the 17th edition of the film festival in that city in the north of Holguín province came to a close.

August 6, 2023

After winning a professional title in his most recent fight, talented Cuban boxer Idalberto Umará made a jump in the ranking of the World Boxing Association (WBA), in one of the toughest divisions that exist in boxing.

August 5, 2023

Cuban dancer Zeleidy Crespo obtained the 2023 National Dance Prize in the United Kingdom for her outstanding performance in 100% cubano, by Acosta Danza.

August 5, 2023

Cuban-born American Grandmaster Leinier Domínguez (ELO 2739) defeated Polish Igor Janik (2539) again this Thursday and secured his place in the third round of the Chess World Cup, being held in Baku, Azerbaijan, until August 24.

August 4, 2023

Actor Luis Alberto García moved the audience upon receiving the honorary Lucía de Honor award at the Gibara International Film Festival on August 1st.

August 4, 2023

Popular Cuban actors Ulyk Anello and Yia Caamaño will premiere a theatrical work together on October 26th in the city of Miami, where both have resided for a few months after permanently emigrating to the United States.

August 3, 2023

The troubadour Pedro Luis Ferrer had spent months looking for a space to perform "without much fanfare or fuss", and finally "the only one that I hadn't even hinted at came through", he said in reference to the Bellas Artes Theater Hall, where he will perform alongside his daughter Lena.

August 3, 2023

This Wednesday, August 2nd, at the age of 82, the eminent biologist Vicente Berovides Álvarez passed away.

August 2, 2023

Cuban Forward-Center Jasiel Rivero signed a contract this Sunday with Maccabi Tel Aviv, becoming the first player signed by the Cuban Federation to play in Israel.

August 2, 2023

The last "survivor" of the famous Cuban rumba group Los Papines, Jesús Abreu, died last Saturday, July 29 in Tenerife, Canary Islands, at the age of 78, "where he was working," announced the Cuban Institute of Music.

August 1, 2023

Cuban American choreographer Pedro Ruiz was the protagonist of a major event on the New York dance scene.

August 1, 2023

After completing the glorious feat of ascending Mount Everest, an official certificate was awarded to Cuban alpinist Yandy Núñez.

July 31, 2023

Roca was a decorated military pilot in Cuba, and was also the son of Blas Roca, who was a Cuban politician with communist ideology, who for many years served as general secretary of the Popular Socialist Party and of the first Communist Party.

July 31, 2023

Students Ián David Lorenzo García from Havana, IPVCE Vladimir Ilich Lenin, and Dalía Oliver Ballesteros from Villa Clara, IPVCE Ernesto Guevara, won silver medals at the twenty-fifth Central American and Caribbean Mathematical Olympiad (OMCC), after accumulating 31 and 27 points, respectively.

July 31, 2023

Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodríguez continues adding successes to his career.

July 31, 2023

On the night of July 25, 2023, at the age of 78, after battling multiple myeloma for years, the distinguished Cuban researcher and public health specialist, Dr.

July 26, 2023

Sotomayor says that records are made to be broken, but he is happy to continue being the world record holder in high jump.

July 26, 2023

Cuban outfielder for the Chicago White Sox, Luis Robert Jr is having the best offensive season of his Major League career.

July 25, 2023

This Tuesday, July 25th, outstanding Cuban boxer Robeisy Ramírez (13-1, 8 KOs) achieved his thirteenth consecutive victory in the professional ring, after literally overwhelming Japanese fighter Satoshi Shimizu (11-2, 10 KOs), in the most important fight of his career.

July 25, 2023

On July 24th, the beloved Cuban actor Luis Rielo celebrated his ninetieth birthday.

July 23, 2023

The Cuban Baseball Federation confirmed the bad news that arrived from Japan this past weekend: pitcher Liván Moinelo will miss the rest of the season in that Asian country's Professional League.