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Another city in Florida, Hialeah, recently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolasamericas.com\/florida\/alcalde-hialeah-niega-pago-artistas-fondos-publicos-el-4-julio-n4179457\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that it would withdraw several Cuban groups from its guest list to play at a festival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Formell was asked about that, the musician responded by recalling his recent concert in Miami.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It was a total, resounding success, where there were people who weren\u2019t able to get in,&#8221; said the 52-year-old Cuban, while explaining that despite the boycotts of musicians from the island in Florida, there are many Americans who aren\u2019t interested in that and many Hispanics who go to their concerts to also &#8220;have a good time.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ulises.brionesireteategbe\/videos\/10219551738522850\/<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Trump administration has imposed strong regulations that make certain trips from Cuba to the United States <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba-usa\/from-the-embrace-to-the-ax-travel-from-u-s-to-cuba-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more difficult<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and vice versa. This month it <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba-ee-uu\/eeuu-prohibe-los-viajes-en-crucero-a-cuba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prohibited<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> cruise trips and a very used category, that of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba-ee-uu\/eeuu-restringe-los-viajes-culturales-a-cuba-y-las-visitas-con-barcos-privados\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">educational travel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with the purpose of suppressing the flow of dollars to the island.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Formell said that, for the time being, the band has never been denied a work visa to play in the United States. Trump&#8217;s measures, however, don\u2019t help them in their native country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It affects us, not so much because of coming here, but it affects us because of the economy in Cuba, in daily life, because I live in Cuba,&#8221; said the musician. &#8220;They are very drastic, very strong measures.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_201494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201494\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/los-van-van-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-201494\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/los-van-van-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/los-van-van-1-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/los-van-van-1-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/los-van-van-1-1-750x1000.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-201494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of Los Van Van band, with the leader of the group Samuel Formell, at the front, pose at the Lincoln Center in New York on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Photo: Bebeto Matthews \/ AP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The band, formed in 1969 by his father, Juan Formell, gained popularity by creating the songo, which mixed the folkloric sounds typical of Cuba with modern music of the 1970s. Its songs spoke with humor and mischief, and still do, about the joys and sorrows of Cubans. Among its successes are &#8220;El baile del buey cansao,&#8221; &#8220;La titiman\u00eda,&#8221; &#8220;Sandurenga&#8221; and &#8220;El negro no tiene na.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The members of the orchestra have been changing, although there are some who have been part of Los Van Van for 40 years. Julio Noro\u00f1a, 76 years old and in charge of minor percussion, is the only one from the beginning, explained Formell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1999 the orchestra won a Grammy for its 15th album, &#8220;Lleg\u00f3 Van Van.&#8221; Today the group has 42 albums to its name, including &#8220;Legado,&#8221; released last year. At present, the band is preparing another for the 50th anniversary, with hits from each decade to which they will inject &#8220;new freshness,&#8221; said Formell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the United States, Los Van Van plan to go to Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina, among other countries, before their European and Asian tour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The secret of surviving so many years?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;That the musicians stay in the group. That stability,&#8221; explained Formell, who also affirmed that the band lasted a lot due to the work of his father, who passed away in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;He was always looking for a way for the sound to be fresh, for the sound to be up to date. That didn\u2019t happen with other groups that didn\u2019t go on,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Thursday, the band will play at the Howard Theater in Washington, and on June 29 it will return to New York to perform in Saratoga Springs.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cuban Los Van Van band is celebrating its 50th anniversary and it is doing it with a world tour that includes the United States, a country where the Cuba subject has escalated. 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