Alpidio Alonso

Alpidio Alonso Grau, Minister of Culture of CubaPhoto © Photo © Radio Bayamo

Alpidio Alonso Grau, born in Yaguajay on November 5, 1963, is a Cuban poet and editor who graduated from the Central University of Las Villas with a degree in automatic control engineering. Since July 20, 2018, he has served as the Minister of Culture of Cuba.

He has published several collections of poetry that are included in Anthologies of C…


The regime's tribunal approves unauthorized screening of the documentary "La Habana de Fito" on Cuban Television

Abel Prieto and Alpidio Alonso send their condolences for the death of El Taiger

Culture Minister on racism in Cuba: "It surfaces with the economic crisis."

Cuban filmmakers denounce a new case of censorship: “Acts of exclusion and institutional abuse continue”

Cuban actress Corina Mestre has passed away

Images from Juana Bacallao's wake revealed: an almost empty funeral home

The new deputy minister of culture participated in the repression of January 27 and justified it on Humberto López's program

Fernando Rojas and Kenelma Carvajal have been dismissed as Deputy Ministers of Culture in Cuba

The 44th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema kicks off in Havana

Tense exchange comes to light during filmmakers' meeting with ICAIC: "Stop censoring"

More than 50 actors and filmmakers sign a statement in protest against the censorship of "La Habana de Fito."

Cuban Television features unauthorized censored documentary "La Habana de Fito"

Alpidio Alonso, the minister of the heavy-handed approach, defends Buena Fe

"It is raining" inside the National Theater of Cuba

Director of the Camagüey Ballet reports that the government provided them with unusable Chinese slippers

Actor Daniel Triana denounces harassment by repressors during the closing of the Film Festival

Everything goes wrong for tardocastrismo

Díaz-Canel congratulates Silvio Rodríguez on his 76th birthday

The Minister of Culture claims that Cuban artists respect and admire Díaz-Canel

Lester Hamlet and Alberto Pujol reunite in Miami

Filmmaker Lester Hamlet upon arriving in Miami: "Cuba is not a country, it is a farm with owners."

They denounce the impunity of Fernando Bécquer despite allegations of sexual abuse

The UNEAC calls for the reconstruction of symbols in light of the advance of "hegemonic media."

Minister of Culture tells victims of Fernando Bécquer that the case is in the hands of justice

Cuban government shows support for Buena Fe after cancellations in Canada

Cuban troubadour Silvio Rodríguez turns 75 years old

They are cutting down trees on the street of activist Carolina Barrero to install surveillance cameras

Tania Bruguera wins the Velázquez Prize for Plastic Arts: "It's the best response to the government."

Guests cancel their attendance at the Havana Biennial, and MINCULT denounces a "counter-revolutionary campaign."

Lawyer visits Maykel Osorbo in maximum-security prison in Pinar del Río

Statements by the Cuban Minister of Culture politicize the Cervantino Festival in Mexico

The album Fuera de Vista by Social Club, featuring Maykel Osorbo and El Funky, is now out

We have already won

Journalist Héctor Luis Valdés will file a complaint against the Minister of Culture, Alpidio Alonso

Carolina Barrero monitored by the political police: “They have lost their minds.”

Activists call for the resignation of Culture Minister Alpidio Alonso for the third time before the National Assembly

"Teatro del absurdo," the new poem by Alexis Valdés about the situation in Cuba

Cuban artists call for the revocation of Minister Alpidio Alonso from the People's Power Assembly for the second time

The Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba warns that the Havana regime is refining its repressive strategy

Cuban government responds to the request to dismiss Alpidio Alonso: "It is not appropriate and the matter is closed."

From the juncture to the mess: The continuity of euphemisms in Díaz-Canel's Cuba

Tania Bruguera criticizes the prohibitions on private work in Cuba

The Cuban comedian Alexis Valdés writes a décima to Alpidio Alonso, "the minister-slap."

Alpidio Alonso states that Cuba's cultural policy is open, intelligent, and flexible

The flap of Alpidio: the latest track from Cuban rappers Maykel Osorbo and El Funky

Cuban tries to deliver a document against Alpidio Alonso at the consulate in Barcelona but was not received

The State Security summons Carolina Barrero to appear at a police station in Havana

Carolina Barrero shares an image of Martí following a threat from State Security: "This is not public disorder."

Luis Manuel Otero and Maykel Osorbo arrive at the Capitol in Havana to demand the resignation of the Minister of Culture

Carolina Barrero detained after submitting a request to the National Assembly to dismiss Alpidio Alonso

Cuban filmmaker Fernando Pérez calls for an end to the repression against young people who are demanding action from the authorities

The German left expresses solidarity with critics of the Cuban regime for the first time in its history

Luis Manuel Otero has been under illegal house arrest for 3 days: He spends the time coming up with new ideas to circumvent the dictatorship

Participants of the 27 ENE submit a petition to the National Assembly to dismiss Deputy Alpidio Alonso

Why the Minister of Culture of Cuba Should Resign or Be Dismissed

First measures of Chocolate as Minister of Culture: It is prohibited to hand out cardboard goats at the Lucas

Prank on a famous Spanish YouTuber ends with a greeting to the "boxer" Alpidio Alonso

Yunior García: protagonist of a “soft coup” and other slanderous claims from the state-run media

Rapper Maykel Osorbo is released after being held for hours in the parking lot of a police station

Director of Contemporary Dance of Cuba disqualifies young artists demanding dialogue