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Cuban singer-songwriter Carlos Varela, one of his country’s “nueva trova” troubadours, performing recently at Paladar Opera restaurant in Havana.
Casey Stoll Carlos Varela tells stories in his songs, which range in style from L.A.-style country-rock to Afro-Cuban soul. When Cuban singer-songwriter Carlos Varela performed at the Gussman ...
Touched by his meetings with residents of the Golden State on tour stops in recent years, Cuban singer-songwriter Carlos Varela has recorded a new song, “California,” dedicated to the victims ...
Carlos Varela, a Cuban singer-songwriter who is beloved in his country as well as by Cuban Americans, is the subject of a new documentary. Olivia Prendes D Espaux Oct. 22, 2015, 12:48 PM EDT ...
For decades, Carlos Varela has doled out incisive criticism of the Cuban government. On our recent visit to Havana, he sang a song he says reflects the mood of the country at this historic moment.
Juan Carlos Varela assumed the Panamanian presidency Tuesday and immediately took steps that he said would reduce violence and control the price of food in the Central American nation.
Carlos Varela, a singer known as “The Poet of Havana,” has been addressing the pain politics causes. Jeffrey Brown reports from Havana for our series, Art in Action, ...
PANAMA CITY (AP) – Vice President Juan Carlos Varela pulled off a surprise victory in Panama's presidential election Sunday, thwarting an attempt by former ally President Ricardo Martinelli to ...
“The fact that I’m here isn’t because things are already changing," said Cuban singer/songwriter Carlos Varela through an interpreter at the Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival’s premiere ...
Vice President Juan Carlos Varela was declared the victor of Panama's presidential election Sunday, thwarting an attempt by former ally President Ricardo Martinelli to extend his grip on power by ...
This photo shows a scanned copy of page one of a three-page letter dated March 22, 2018, and addressed to Panama's President Juan Carlos Varela from lawyers representing U.S. President Donald ...
Juan Carlos Varela wins Panama presidency. Incumbent president’s deputy-turned-rival elected as country’s next president with almost 40 percent of the vote.