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Guests: Mari + Margie [Heriberto’s sisters], Rina Gonzelez [Psychic] MORE INFO https://CUBANARAMA.com FOR MORE INFO ON THE CASE: https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/8138 CRIME STOPPERS OF NEVADA | SUBMIT ANONYMOUS TIPS: CALL: 702-385-5555 TEXT: CrimeNV + your tip info to CRIMES [274637] WEBSITE: https://crimestoppersofnv.com/ LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN P.D.: CALL: 702-828-2907 WEBSITE: https://LVMPD.com Name: HERIBERTO “NONY” HERRERA Reported missing: May 14, 2010 | Location: Summerlin, Nevada Vehicle found: June 15, 2010 | Location: MT. Charleston, Nevada

Guests: Mari + Margie [Heriberto’s sisters], Rina Gonzelez [Psychic] MORE INFO https://CUBANARAMA.com FOR MORE INFO ON THE CASE: https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/8138 CRIME STOPPERS OF NEVADA | SUBMIT ANONYMOUS TIPS: CALL: 702-385-5555 TEXT: CrimeNV + your tip info to CRIMES [274637] WEBSITE: https://crimestoppersofnv.com/ LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN P.D.: CALL: 702-828-2907 WEBSITE: https://LVMPD.com Name: HERIBERTO “NONY” HERRERA Reported missing: May 14, 2010 | Location: Summerlin, Nevada Vehicle found: June 15, 2010 | Location: MT. Charleston, Nevada

Guests: Paul Thomas and Bobby Moon, Spellbound Band 9-25-2021 After Sunset is the upcoming album from Los Angeles band, SPELLBOUND. The group was formed in in the 1990s by Paul “Pablo” Thomas (keys and guitars) and Bobby Moon (vocals and percussion) and their sound is an intriguing hybrid of blue-eyed soul, AOR, pop, Latino dance and of course the “California sound”. Hear all that and more on the eleven tracker that is ‘After Sunset’ which features two new singers – Jenny G and Anna Moore. The material is all new and penned by Thomas and Moon save for a cover of the Ohio Players’ ‘Heaven Must Be Like This’. The artwork and the band’s background might suggest that ‘After Sunset’ is a typical Californian album. But Moon and Thomas (both local social activists) have infused the music with socially conscious elements while some of the lyrical themes have a darker tone than you’d expect from a typical West Coast album. After Sunset will be released via the band’s own Selfish label on October 1st with limited copies available on CD. That limited availability of the physical record reflects the band’s ethos re. packaging and waste. The few CDs that will be available will use recycled material in all their various elements.

Guest: Gino Castillo Gino is an Afro-Cuban jazz percussionist, and singer. We’ll be discussing his newest project- Buena Vista Legacy Band “ The Showcase”. Exploring the phenomenon of the Buena Vista Social Club, an album recorded by anonymous Cuban musicians in 1996 which led to documentaries with a large cult following. His background includes an honorary degree in percussion teaching from George Gershwin Conservatory (Ecuador), a degree in percussion studies from the Caturla Conservatory and the Felix Varela Conservatory, and many private lessons, included studies with Cuban artist Oscar Valdes (Cuba). Gino has served as the head Percussion teacher for the “Instituto de Musica Contemporanea” from Universidad San Fransisco de Quito and which is part of the Berklee College of Music Network. He also owns the “Centro de Percusion Latina Gino Castillo” which is part of the George Gershwin Conservatory in Quito, Ecuador, where he has been developing a modern method of learning based on his many years as a musician and teacher. Since year 2003 Gino has maintained his cymbals sponsor with Sabian, becoming the first Ecuadorian musician to be sponsored by a worldwide brand. He has collaborated with many international artists, such as: Etienne Charles, Earl Klugh, Ray Parker Jr, Horacio el Negro Hernández , Charleston Jazz Orchestra , Jose Pepito Gomez, John Benítez, Pascoal Meirelles,, Paulo Moura, , Alex Alvear , Oscarito Valdés, David Lee, Jessy J, André Neiva, Zacai Curtis, Rafael Paceiro, Emilio Morales, Frank Rubio, Ymelda Marie-Louisa , Cruks en Karnak, Juan Fernando Velasco, Carmen González, and more.

Guest: Steve Pichan 4-29-2021 A prolific artist whose musical expression of past, present and current events will leave you examining your own beliefs and trying to understand the world around you. Pichan began writing music and lyrics as a young boy. Over the years his focus has been more “story” styled songs as demonstrated in “You Don’t Know Che”! about Che Guevara, chief exectutioner during the late 50’s and early 60’s in Cuba under Castro. Che is celebrated by celebrities and others that don his image on clothing and jewelry. He was also glorified in the movie “Motorcycle Diaries” directed by Robert Redford. Che was responsible for the execution of hundreds, if not thousands, of Cubans who resisted the iron fisted rule of Fidel Castro. Other songs: The day God Laughed, Leaving Detroit, Am I Here Already?  “Bob” Iron Man, shines the llight on the goodness of everyday Americans when faced with a tragedy such as 9/11. “Look Away” written for the documentary “Our Vietnam Generation.

Guests: Paul Thomas and Bobby Moon, Spellbound Band 3-6-2021 Looking back at your life, recall, think back, way back from the very beginning. Who were your parents? What was your country of origin? What cultural or religious beliefs did your country adhere to? What happened if you looked different? Thought different? Stood out from the rest because you questioned the story told to you?   Are you free today think your own thoughts, make your own decisions? Even though, you are aware, how much control or power does your mind have? Through a series of musical notes and lyrics put into context for today's uncertain times. The kind of music that awakens you from the sleep.

Brandy Vaughan, an ex-Merck sales executive, is taking on the world’s most powerful industry by educating people worldwide about the dangers of pharmaceutical products, including vaccines and unnecessary medical treatments. Things that are literally killing us. Brandy founded Learn The Risk, a 501(c)3 educational non-profit, as a response to the corruption she saw from the inside when she sold a drug for Merck that was killing tens of thousands of people. She left the pharmaceutical industry and felt she had no choice but to speak out when she realized the industry’s main agenda is to keep us all sick for profit.  In her words: “My mission in life has become clear: to create a healthier world by educating people on the real RISK of pharmaceutical products. And EMPOWER people to take back their health from an industry that profits only when people are ‘sick’.” You will hear how doctors hide important information from their patients, how the government pays out MILLIONS to people with serious side effects from vaccinations secretly, and how many common health issues could actually be a vaccine reaction. Everything your doctor won’t tell you, but you need to know. Listen to Brandy expose the eye-opening truth behind the “health” care system and tips to stay healthy naturally. www.LearnTheRisk.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/LearnTheRisk twitter: @LearnTheRisk Instagram: #LearnTheRisk YouTube: www.YouTube.com/LearnTheRisk

Cuba and the USA- A Musical Journey Since the 19th century Cuban music has been hugely popular and influential throughout the world. If you listen, you will hear traces in the tracks of pop, jazz, funk, rock, R&B and other genres of music so many of us listen to. Professor Fernando (Fernan) Hernandez willl discuss how Cuban music has permeated the mainstream American music, particularly jazz, its rich history and the eras the impacted American Culture the most since the 30's with the popular cha cha cha, conga, and the rumba.

Recently Nominated for Best Musical Artist by the 2018 International Christian Film & Music Festival with his song “99” from the “Project 99” album, Steve Pichan is a prolific artist whose musical expression of past, present and current events will leave you examining your own beliefs and trying to understand the world around you.  Click the link stevepichan.com to purchase songs found on Itunes, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon and more.

Steve Pichan is a prolific artist whose musical expression of past, present and current events will leave you examining your own beliefs and trying to understand the world around you.

Spellbound is a musical project founded by award-winning songwriters and producers Paul “Pablo” Thomas (guitars and keyboards) and Bobby Moon (vocals and percussion) from Los Angeles, CA. The duo have been performing and producing an ever expanding catalog of critically-acclaimed albums over the past two decades. Spellbound's original blend of soulful compositions & Spanglish lyrics create a danceable fusion of Afro-Caribbean rhythms, funk, rock, & beyond. The band has performed and recorded with a remarkable cast of artists and musicians throughout their career, including Ozomatli, Eddie Palmieri, ? and the Mysterians, Johnny Polanco, Plas Johnson, Roger Manning, Jr., and many more.   Beginning with Spellbound in 1996 (which contains the Latin-tinged crowd favorite “Good Company”), the band has released a succession of nationally distributed CDs on their own Selfish Recordings label. They include 1999’s Funqueros (dubbed a “jewel of magnanimous proportions” by Campus Circle vol.9 #14), which helped create a buzz about the band, resulting in a number of Southern California performances, notably an opening slot at the Hollywood Bowl in July 2002. By 2007 Spellbound, along with the release of their CD Poolside Fiesta, presented their first-ever video, “Hot Sauce” (which can now be enjoyed on YouTube).

Victor Andres Triay, PhD., is a novelist and historian. The Miami Herald referred to him as "a significant researcher of Cuban exile history."   Born and raised in Miami to Cuban exile parents. Victor's first book, Fleeing Castro: Operation Pedro Pan and the Cuban Children's Program, was published by the University Press of Florida in 1998. Fleeing Castro was the first book length historical work on the topic. Three years later he published, again with the University Press of Florida, Bay of Pigs: An Oral History of Brigade 2506,  a historical account of the Bay of Pigs invasion told through the eyes of  the exile invasion force. In 2005 he co-authored, with Teo Babun,  The Cuban Revolution: Years of Promise, a photographic history of Fidel Castro's war against Fulgencio Batista, Castro's assumption of power, and his establishment of a  Stalinist dictatorship in Cuba. Victor recently released his first major work of historical fiction, a series entitled The Unbroken Circle. Book I, The Struggle Begins, was released in July 2013. Book II, Freedom Betrayed, was released in January 2014. Book III, On Freedom's Shores, will be released in mid-2014 Victor is a resident of Middletown, Connecticut, where he lives with his wife, Emilia, and three children, Victor Andres, Jr., Gabriela Elena, and Francisco Xavier.

Between 1960 and 1962 more than 14,000 Cuban children escaped Fidel Castro’s communist regime as part of an airlift known as Operación Pedro Pan. LORENZO PABLO MARTÍNEZ was one of these children. In CUBA, ADIÓS: A Young Man's Journey to Freedom, Martínez vividly recounts his participation in a program that bridged two different cultures and achieved great political significance over the years. At eighteen, he forfeits a music scholarship to Prague to accept an unknown future of exile in America without knowing the language, money to pursue an education, or family to help. Plagued by guilt around his sexual identity and having to care for a younger brother, Martínez forges ahead to become the composer of his future; later he opens the doors that enable his sisters and parents to join him after a harrowing sojourn in Mexico City. With the same determination, he attends college and pursues a music education, obtaining a master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music, then a doctorate from Columbia University. Even after his music compositions are published and performed on television and at international festivals, Martínez feels restless and spiritually unfulfilled. Until, that is, he is able to define the true music of his freedom. CUBA, ADIÓS is a poignant, thoughtful account of one boy’s survival and self-acceptance, written with unflinching honesty and a wry humor.

Co Hosts, Paul Thomas & Bobby Moon. LA musicians who formed a musical partnership "Spellbound" and have been performing and producing an expanding catalog of critically-acclaimed CDs for over 20 years. Spellbound is very concerned with what is happening in our atmosphere these days and have began researching this topic. They have also written a song "Poison in our Skies" to help raise awareness. Special guest: Dane Wigington has an extensive background in solar energy. He is a former employee of Bechtel Power Corp. and was a licensed contractor in California and Arizona. His personal residence was featured in a cover article on the world’s largest renewable energy magazine, Home Power. He owns a 1,600-acre “wildlife preserve” next to Lake Shasta in northern California. Dane focused his efforts and energy on the geo-engineering issue when he began to lose very significant amounts of solar uptake due to what ever-increasing “solar obscuration” caused from the aircraft spraying. He also noted significant decline in forest health and began testing and research into the geo-engineering issue about a decade ago. Dane is the lead researcher for http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org and has investigated all levels of geo engineering from chemtrails to HAARP. He assisted Michael Murphy with his production of “What in the World are They Spraying” and has appeared on an extensive number of interviews to explain the environmental dangers we face on a global level. He lives in Mt. Shasta, California.

Esta fascinante historia real, la cual lee como la version Castellana de la película“Lo que el viento se llevó” comienza su historia con el noviazgo de Rolando Fernández and Ninina Perea cuales se conocen y se enamoran en la Habana 1939.  Gloria Maria Strassburger relata cómo su padre despues de vivir toda una vida con problemas psicológicos y haberse sometido a miriadas de tratamientos  termino  en un colapso mental. Tambien nos relata como los problemas familiares y politicos arrancaron su infancia privilegiada fisica y emocionalmente.  La apropiación de sus riquezas y propiedades por el régimen rebelde. Cómo fueron arrancadas las familias entre sí,  como niños fueron separados de sus padres, obligados a someterse a adoctrinamiento Comunista en Rusia. Strassburger escapó ese destino a través de la Operación Pedro Pan, uno de los mayores éxodos políticos de los niños de la historia. Temiendo por su futuro, sus padres la enviaron sola, fuera de Cuba en 1961. Nos habla del terror de ser separada de su familia y vivir en un país extranjero sin ellos. Strassburger decribe la desintegración de su familia, como su padre en espiral en la esquizofrenia y el comunismo les obligó a exiliarse, dejando atrás a sus seres queridos, sus hogares y sus identidades para hacer frente a las dificultades de una nueva vida en los Estados Unidos. "Palmeras En La Nieve" es una historia de amor, sacrificio y la supervivencia de la familia. Es un homenaje de una vida perdida para siempre y la adopción de una vida nueva en América.

Jordan is founder and the Executive Producer of InAltum Productions, a Washington D.C based film and video production company. Through IAP, Jordan has produced and distributed many documentary projects focused on themes ranging from Catholic spirituality, mountain climbing, spiritual ecumenism and North American and Cuban politics. video documenting an ecumenical pilgrimage across Europe; a film project entitled Women of Mystery, Women of Hope, whichhighlights the beauty and mystery of the religious vocation for women; and a documentary exploring the Catholic Church in Cuba.  In 2010, Jordan and IAP released Oscar’s Cuba, a 60-minute documentary about imprisoned Cuban human rights advocate Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet. Jordan’s work has been seen globally on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), CNN International, Telemundo and Univision and featured by global media outlets. Additionally, Jordan’s work has screened at several film festivals across the United States, including the Washington, D.C. Independent Film Festival and the Pope John Paul II International Film Festival.  Jordan was born in Reading, England and received his B.A. in political science, philosophy and film from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Jordan is also a former community support provider for persons with developmental disabilities.

Co Host: Fernan Hernandez, author of The Cubans: Our Legacy in the United States: A collective biography In the author's words: Havana, 1939—The glamorous capital city of an alluring Caribbean island, the year that Rolando Fernández and Ninina Perea meet and fall in love. Strassburger begins her story with her parents’ courtship in the golden years of pre-Castro Cuba. Her memoir recounts how her father’s mental collapse and the communist revolution of 1959 uprooted her privileged childhood, both physically and emotionally. While providing substantial background on Fidel Castro’s political revolt, Strassburger focuses on her family’s experiences: The appropriation of their wealth and properties by the rebel regime. How families were torn apart as children were taken from their parents, forced to undergo communist indoctrination in Russia. Strassburger narrowly escaped such a fate through Operation Peter Pan, one of the largest political exoduses of children in history. Fearing for her future, her parents sent her out of Cuba—alone—in 1961. She relates the terror of being separated from her family and living in a foreign country without them. With affecting detail, Strassburger depicts her family’s disintegration as her father spiraled into schizophrenia and communism forced them into exile. They left behind their loved ones, their homes, and their identities to face the hardships of a new life in the United States. Palm Trees in the Snow is a family’s story of love, sacrifice, and survival. It is the author’s tribute to a way of life lost forever and the embracing of a new one in America. Published by Cold River Studio Nashville, Tennessee

Spellbound is a musical project founded by award winning songwriters and producers Paul Thomas and Bobby Moon from Los Angeles, California. The duo have been performing and producing an expanding catalog of critically acclaimed albums over the past two decades. The soulful compositions and Spanglish lyrics create a danceable fusion of Afro-Caribbean rhythms of funk and rock elements. Come listen to Thomas and Moon talk with Cubana about their new CD Iluminados and their concerns for the environment.

Guest: Bobby Moon + Paul "Pablo" Thomas 1-16-2014

Guest: Nicholas Brennan 12-4-2013 HAVANA, Cuba—On the margins of this isolated country better known for cigars and Castro, a vibrant heavy metal scene flourishes. The most iconic stars are the members of Zeus, the country's oldest heavy metal band. They've performed in Havana since the 1980s, when this American-influenced music was officially banned by the Castro government. The long-haired rockers (called "freakies") were thrown in jail and concerts were broken up by state police. Thirty years later, rock music is tolerated, but barely. A government bureaucracy called the Agency of Rock controls Cuba's heavy metal scene. Every concert and every record must be cleared with the Agency’s director of Rock. It's a sign of the changing situation in Cuba, but it's also an absurd position for the country's heavy metal musicians. To play their music, Zeus and their diehard fans must fight to be true to themselves within the confines set by the Cuban government. "People always listen to the hardest music because it is a way of reaffirming their passion and liberty against everything that is imposed on them," says Ivan Vera, the guitarist for Zeus. "That, I believe, is the reason for heavy metal." American filmmaker, Nicholas Brennan, has spent the past four years capturing Zeus's story and the broader history of heavy metal in Cuba in the feature-length documentary film: "Los Ultimos Frikis" with over 120 hours of footage filmed inside of Cuba.