{"id":36891,"date":"2019-04-11T06:33:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T10:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=36891"},"modified":"2019-04-11T06:33:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T10:33:04","slug":"rhc-journalist-rosario-lafita-fernandez-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/rhc-journalist-rosario-lafita-fernandez-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"RHC journalist Rosario Lafita Fern\u00e1ndez passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post<\/em> contributors who shared the following sad news from Radio Havana Cuba. I’m sure many of you have heard Rosario Lafita on the air and perhaps even corresponded with her as she also confirmed listener reports:<\/p>\n

Dear listener:<\/p>\n

With great regret, we inform you that journalist Rosario Lafita Fern\u00e1ndez, died on the morning of April 4th last.<\/p>\n

She was considered as an exemplary worker of Radio Havana Cuba for almost 40 years, the last 10 in charge of<\/p>\n

the International Correspondence Department.<\/p>\n

Her legacy, as an integral professional, will remain forever in our minds and hearts.<\/p>\n

From this moment, we’ll continue the communicative work she directed with love and deep conviction that the most<\/p>\n

important thing, for each member of this Department, is to maintain the personalized attention to each one of you.<\/p>\n

Fraternally,<\/p>\n

Department of International Correspondence<\/p>\n

Radio Havana Cuba<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post contributors who shared the following sad news from Radio Havana Cuba. I’m sure many of you have heard Rosario Lafita on the air and perhaps even corresponded with her as she also confirmed listener reports: Dear listener: With great regret, we inform you that journalist Rosario Lafita […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,43],"tags":[1396,1212,7716],"class_list":["post-36891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-radio-havana-cuba","tag-rhc","tag-rosario-lafita-fernandez"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9B1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18546,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/daniels-radio-havana-cuba-qsl-card-from-august-15-2015\/","url_meta":{"origin":36891,"position":0},"title":"Daniel’s Radio Havana Cuba QSL card from August 15, 2015","author":"Thomas","date":"April 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Daniel Amoroso, who shares this QSL card and notes: Hello Thomas,\u00a0 Attached is QSL # 1 from Radio Habana Cuba for their shortwave broadcast on 8- 15-2015 This was the day the US Embassy in Cuba was officially re-opened. 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