Mauricio Lomonte

In May 2019, Lomonte's half-brother, named Luis Ernesto, was shot and killed at the age of 39 by a police officer during an altercation in which SWAT security forces raided his home in Davie, Florida. During the standoff, Luis Ernesto had posted a video on YouTube showing him sitting in front of a screen with multiple surveillance cameras, saying they showed officers outside his home; while his girlfriend, who was in the house with him, also posted a video on Facebook, saying she and her boyfriend had been bothered by neighbors before police arrived, and also claiming that police were trying to shoot them.

Lomonte also is a member to the Radio Rebelde staff, specifically the newscast Portada Rebelde. On television he was seen on the newscast Buenos Días and in specialized news broadcasting. His voice was frequently used on the program Cartelera until November, 2018; as well as audiovisual materials processed by the Dubbing Department of Cuban television.

In 2014, Lomonte gained further recognition and he achieved his definite promotion to television screen in the program called De la Gran Escena, when the previous host, Niro de la Rúa, left the program. Mauricio was accepted as a substitute for de la Rúa in that television program by its director, José Ramón Artigas.

Since 2011, he has been hosting SOS Planeta, a radio program that gives alerts about damage to the ecosystem and the danger they pose to biodiversity. It also covers other subjects related to art, philosophy, economy, history trivia and general knowledge. From this radio program, Lomonte also covers news and talks frequently about the COVID-19 pandemic, including the latest advances in related scientific investigations. The SOS Planeta program is broadcast by Radio Taíno, the FM of Cuba.

By then, he replaced the announcer of the Música Viva show in Radio Rebelde, but he recognizes that at the beginning of that experience he was not good because he talked too fast. Then, he was recommended to work in Radio Reloj, where he started on January, 2001. He agrees with some other colleagues who think of that radio station as the real school to form voice over professionals. At the age of 18, everybody was telling him he could become a great radio announcer, it was all in his effort to succeed. He remembers in such way two great teachers: Ibrahím Aput and Laureano Céspedes.

Lomonte started his broadcasting career in 2000 and later branched into television as host. He currently works for various radio stations such as Radio Reloj, Radio Taíno and Radio Progreso. Although he is mainly recognized among the Cuban public for hosting and presenting the television program “De la Gran Escena” since 2014.

He enrolled himself in workshops and voice over courses, which he never missed. During the year 2000 he debuted in cultural and informational spaces. He also worked with Marelis Plasencia, playing the role of Manuel Mendive in a cultural program with the help of Nelson Moreno.

He attended high school in a boarding school, in the late 1990s, during the time when the Cuban educational system promoted the mandatory program called “pre-university boarding schools in the country side” (currently not applicable) for those who wanted to obtain a high school's degree.

Mauricio Alberto Lomonte Suárez (born 10 June 1982), known professionally as Mauricio Lomonte, is a Cuban radio announcer and television host.