The commentator was a recipient of the National Journalism Award, an award that the regime grants for loyalty to the system and not for journalistic merits.
MIAMI, United States. – Cuban journalist and sports commentator Iván López Rodríguez died in Havana on Tuesday night, according to media and specialized pages who reported confirmation from relatives and the sports journalism environment on the Island. CubaNet He also confirmed the death of López Rodríguez with a source close to the official Union of Journalists of Cuba (UPEC).
So far, the causes of death have not been publicly specified. The source consulted by CubaNet He indicated that the journalist’s body would be cremated by family decision.
López Rodríguez was one of the most recognizable voices and faces on Cuban sports television, always from the side of the ruling party. This Wednesday the middle CubitaNOW He remembered him as an emblematic figure “especially” for his work as “the man on the ground” in televised baseball, at a stage in which he shared space with narrators and commentators with a wide audience.
His professional career was linked to the newspaper Rebel Youth, of the Union of Young Communists (UJC), and on television. In 2019, received the National Journalism Awardan award that the regime grants for loyalty to the system and not for journalistic merits.
In an interview published by the official sports media HIT Regarding the 2019 recognition, López Rodríguez himself offered details of his training and how he came to sports journalism.
The commentator was born in Havana in 1943 and graduated from the first School of Art Instructors in the 1960s. “I entered Rebel Youth as a subscription collector. He did it in Vedado. Then I studied journalism at the University of Havana, and my debut in sports occurred with Eddy Martin,” he told HIT.
