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Young Cuban crushes a can of beer with his back

Young Cuban who crushes cans with his back could win Got Talent Spain

In 2018, the young Cuban Christian Manuel Castellano Rangel tried to get into the Guinness Book of Records for his skill in crushing beer and soft drink cans with his back. However, almost six years later, one of his aspirations is to impress the audience of the Got Talent Spain contest. According to the newspaper Escambray, a few weeks ago Christian communicated via Instagram with the board of directors of the well-known show and with several talent scouting agents. “We love what you do. We want you here,” they responded from Europe. “If I get the necessary financing to reach this world-famous event, I will be able to show the world the skills with which I was born and those that I have also managed to build with a lot of effort and I believe that, once and for all, I will be able to transcend,” the young man from Camagüey and resident in Sancti Spíritus explained to the media. But Christian hasn’t just settled for crushing cans. If he manages to travel to Spain, the young man from Sancti Spíritus is preparing a performance for the contest in which he begins by “pulling a colleague’s motorbike, which weighs about 500...

Album Buena Vista Social Club

Buena Vista Social Club album to give greater luster to Grammy Hall of Fame

The legendary album Buena Vista Social Club, which caused a worldwide hit in the 1990s, from New York to Tokyo, passing through the Vatican, will be included in the Grammy Awards Hall of Fame, at the request of the Latin Recording Academy of the United States. The institution, based in the city of Miami, affirmed that this distinction recognizes the lasting influence and cultural impact of the album, considered a masterpiece of Cuban son. According to the Academy, “the work, which took the soul and flavor of the Cuban son and Latin music throughout the world, is one of the most internationally recognized.” Eliades Ochoa, one of the founders of the project, thanked the recognition and recalled his beginnings as part of the group: “Even our image continues to go around the world thanks to the Buena Vista Social Club project,” said the performer, one of the most active and prestigious son artists with international recognition. Omara Portuondo, also founder of the project, thanked the Academy for including the album and hoped “this music continues alive.” Aided decisively by Cuban engineer and musician Juan de Marcos González, founder of the Sierra Maestra son band, U.S. Ry Cooder convinced several consecrated...

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