14ymedio’s 14 Cuban Faces of the Year for 2015

14ymedio's 14 Cuban Faces of the Year for 2015 / 14ymedio
Posted on January 3, 2016

14ymedio, Havana, 24 December 2015 — The protagonists of 2015 Cuba have
made their mark sometime in the past twelve months. These people from
the areas of culture, sports, religion, politics, science or social
activism made this year different and unique. They did it from celebrity
or from ridicule; from victory or failure; from discretion or scandal.

All those included on this list barely a representation of the thousands
of those who have been at the center of the commentaries, the headlines
in the press, and in public opinion. These faces of 2015, according to
14ymedio, are the physiognomy of our country: a diverse and
contradictory nation.

Zacchaeus Baez Guerrero, government opponent
Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, second secretary of the Communist Party
Juan Carlos Cremata, playwright and filmmaker
Gente de Zona, musical duo
Leonardo Padura, writer
Yarisley Silva, pole vaulter
Tania Bruguera, artist
Josefina Vidal, diplomatic
Yordanka Ariosa, actress
Elio Hector Lopez, 'The Transporter' and manager of 'The Weekly Packet'
Danilo Maldonado, 'El Sexto,' graffiti artist
Dionisio Guillermo García Ibáñez, Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
The Team that developed the vaccine against lung cancer
Antonio Castro, son of Fidel Castro and doctor

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