Famous Latinx Birthdays

The photo that San Martín posted on Facebook when he became a citizen of the United States in February of 2018. He captioned it "¡Feliz como lombriz!" Read more HERE .  ¡Feliz cumpleaños a ... Roberto San Martín! (1976-      ) An actor from Havana, Cuba, the son of actress Susana Pérez (who has lived in Miami since 2008), he became known for his work in the Spanish series Aquí no hay quien viva (he played Yago in the 4th and 5th seasons), La que se avecina (playing Silvio in the 1st and 2nd seasons), and Amar en tiempos revueltos (playing Ubaldo in the 6th season). Since arriving in Miami in 2012, he has worked on several projects, including two Internet series,  Sobre Vivir en Miami and La Familia Pérez . San Martín became a citizen of the United States in 2018. He is an outspoken critic of the Castro regime (now the Miguel Díaz-Canel regime) and has stated "Deseo justicia ... Yo deseo libertad total y absoluta para las personas de Cuba" (I desir...

Guillermo Cabrera Infante and his wife, Miriam Gomez, as photographed for The Paris Review, 1983. Click HERE for interview.  ¡Feliz cumpleaños a ... Guillermo Cabrera Infante !  (1929-2005) A Cuban writer, screenwriter, and film critic who at first adamantly supported the Communist Revolution and Castro regime, Guillermo Cabrera Infante (who used the pseudonym G. Caín in the 1950s) went into exile in 1965 and became an outspoken critic of Castro and communism. Considered a member of the "Latin Boom" (alongside writers such as Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Julio Cortázar, and Carlos Fuentes), Cabrera nonetheless shunned this label. He was decidedly more libertarian than his contemporaries. As he explained in a 1983 Paris Review interview, which he gave when teaching at the University of Virginia as a guest professor, "Any literary work that aspires to the condition of art must forget politics, religion, and, ultimately, morals. Otherwise it will be a ...

Photo from variety.com for a story/interview with García after the death of Fidel Castro in 2016. In the article he states: " I pray for what I have always prayed for: the restoration of our constitution and absolute freedom for the people of Cuba. That dream is very much alive. Let the spirit of José Martí and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. show us the way. " Click HERE  for the full article.  ¡Feliz cumpleaños a ... Andy García (Andrés Arturo García Menéndez)! (1956-    ) A Cuban-American actor known for his roles in Oceans 11, Oceans 12 , and Oceans 13 , The Godfather III , and The Untouchables , among many other film and television roles, García came to the United States from Cuba with his parents at the age of 5. His mother, an English teacher, and his father, a lawyer, decided to leave after the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion. García's father got the family out via Operation Peter Pan , and he was only able to escape himself under the guise of walking two childr...