{"id":12406,"date":"2026-08-07T15:20:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T19:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/?p=12406"},"modified":"2026-08-07T15:20:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T19:20:58","slug":"paraguayan-actor-tito-jara-roman-dies-at-age-92","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/paraguayan-actor-tito-jara-roman-dies-at-age-92-07082026\/","title":{"rendered":"Paraguayan Actor Tito Jara Roman Dies at Age 92"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday, Paraguayan actor and playwright Tito Jara Roman, a leading figure in independent theater, passed away at the age of 92<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>RELATED:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/kawiri.telesurenglish.net\/paraguay-poncho-intangible-cultural\/\">More Than a Garment: The Enduring Legacy of Paraguay\u2019s 60-Stripe Poncho<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jara founded the Asuncion Experimental Theater (TEA), a key institution for the development of the performing arts in Paraguay. The National Secretariat of Culture highlighted his commitment and legacy in the training of artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Fund for Culture and the Arts (Fondec) and the El Cabildo Cultural Center of the Republic expressed their condolences, describing him as \u201cone of the most important figures\u201d in Paraguayan theater and film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jara trained at the Roque Centurion Miranda Municipal School of Performing Arts in Asuncion, under the tutelage of writer and playwright Josefina Pla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His contribution was fundamental to the professionalization of independent theater in Paraguay. He participated in Paraguayan film productions such as \u201cThunder Among the Leaves,\u201d \u201cBlood and Seed,\u201d \u201cFreedom,\u201d \u201cCicada Moon,\u201d and \u201c7 Boxes,\u201d the country\u2019s highest-grossing film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cultural institutions highlighted that his work left a \u201cprofound mark\u201d on the nation\u2019s artistic history, inspiring new generations and strengthening Paraguayan cultural identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His passing marks the end of a career spanning more than six decades dedicated to art, with national and international recognition for his talent and social commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>teleSUR: JP<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Source: EFE<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: teleSUR English<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Paraguayan actor and playwright Tito Jara Roman, a leading figure in independent theater, passed away at the age of 92 RELATED: More Than a Garment: The Enduring Legacy&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12407,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[8],"class_list":["post-12406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cultural"],"authors":[{"term_id":8,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"yolaunicaquehay","display_name":"RRebeldeAdminWP","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e6145d63ff95c9a0f0e53b7149804b1faf86748d6cc15f466103269a288ea377?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english","last_name":"Radio Rebelde","first_name":"WebMaster","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12408,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12406\/revisions\/12408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12406"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=12406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}