Guillermo Rivero de La Rosa, a well-known Cuban announcer with over three decades of experience in national radio and television, passed away this Monday due to a heart attack, as announced by his colleague Alberto Cordoví Benítez on Facebook.
Cordoví Benítez, director of radio programs with a long career at the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT), was one of the first to deliver the news with words full of sorrow: "Once again, I wake up to bad and sad news. My friend, brother, and coworker Guillermo Rivero de La Rosa has passed away from a heart attack."
Known affectionately as "Guille," Rivero de La Rosa was for many years the voice of the late-night program "Cuba Tonight," from Radio Taíno, one of the most popular shows on Cuban radio, which airs from 11:00 pm to 12:57 am featuring musical and cultural content.
He was also associated with Radio Metropolitana, a Havana station operating on FM 98.3 and AM 910, and with Radio Reloj, the iconic national continuous news station.
"Guille was an artist in every sense of the word, a man who loved radio. Those who knew him understand that he was very supportive, always willing to help anyone who approached him, and above all, he was an excellent son," said Cordoví Benítez while describing the human dimension of the deceased.
On television, Rivero de La Rosa hosted a brief three-minute news segment in the 1990s that aired on Saturday nights between the two movies on Cubavisión. For several years, he produced the segment "Cartelera," which aired daily at 8:30 PM after the National News. He also participated in the show "Cuerda Viva."
In 2022, he joined the program "Piso 6" to present a segment dedicated to the music that was most played on the radio.
The journalist Ana Teresa Badía also expressed her sorrow on : "My friend Guillermo Rivero de La Rosa passed away from a heart attack, and it hurts. I always told him that I was grateful for his affection and support."
Rivero de La Rosa is being laid to rest at the funeral home on Calzada and K, in El Vedado, Havana, with the burial scheduled for 3:00 PM.
Their passing adds to a painful streak of losses in the Cuban radio industry.
In recent months, among others, passed away René González Dussac, a broadcaster from Radio Cadena Habana; María Salomé Campanioni, a journalist from Radio Rebelde; Lázaro Chiang Macate, a journalist from Radio Reloj; Santiago Ramírez Frías, from Radio Ciudad Bandera; and Jorge Luis Michelena, a colleague of Rivero de La Rosa at Radio Metropolitana, who passed away in February 2025.
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