{"id":241509,"date":"2021-07-14T16:47:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T20:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=241509"},"modified":"2021-07-14T16:47:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T20:47:36","slug":"cuban-artists-speak-out-about-the-protests-on-the-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuban-artists-speak-out-about-the-protests-on-the-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban artists speak out about the protests on the island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some Cuban artists have made their criteria known on social networks on the occasion of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/cuba-amanece-en-calma-y-sin-internet-movil-tras-una-jornada-de-protestas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">day of protests<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that took place in Cuba this July 11, in which thousands of people took to the streets to demonstrate.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MKYEzebLEY\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/cuba-protestas-en-las-calles\/\">Cuba: protestas en las calles<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abCuba: protestas en las calles\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/cuba-protestas-en-las-calles\/embed\/#?secret=6RtAIDbfqa#?secret=MKYEzebLEY\" data-secret=\"MKYEzebLEY\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the first moments of the demonstrations, several artists called for non-violence and to avoid confrontation among Cubans themselves in the midst of clashes between protesters and groups called by the government in response.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the first voices to express herself was singer Dayme Arocena: \u201cDemanding our rights is not a crime! Public spaces are ours! Let it be heard loud and clear!\u201d, the young artist wrote this July 12. Yesterday she considered: \u201cthe peaceful demonstration is totally legitimate. It is the way of communicating to democratic governments that there is a request for attention in the face of general discontent in society.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdayme.arocena%2Fposts%2F336700957911785&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"557\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Urban-genre singer Yomil (Roberto Hidalgo), who shared his participation in the protests in the National Capitol area live via <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CRNOY12KMuJ\/?utm_medium=copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CRPu25JKyTU\/?utm_medium=copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">detained by the police<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and released a few hours later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Young Cuban playwright Yunior Garc\u00eda, who was one of the protagonists of what happened at the Ministry of Culture on November 27 of last year, recounted his experience on his Facebook profile \u201c\u2026when he saw the images of the protest in San Antonio de Los Ba\u00f1os, a group of young artists decided to go to the ICRT to demand transparency. We have always rejected violent paths, so we arrived peacefully and asked for 15 minutes before the cameras of Cuban television to exercise the right to reply, call for a democratic solution to our conflicts, condemn the repression and find a bloodless solution to the total crisis that we Cubans are experiencing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fyunior.garciaaguilera.5%2Fposts%2F3083659275204075&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"728\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, artists such as Alexis Leyva Machado (Kcho) and the director of the Buena F\u00e9 group, Israel Rojas, have publicly expressed their support for the Revolution and took to the streets to express it. The visual artist described the call for protests as an \u201cact of irresponsibility\u201d in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. On the other hand, Israel Rojas declared that \u201cthe Revolution is not a perfect process, it is a perfectible process, which leads, deserves and requires deep revolutionary criticism but from there to believe that it is a pedestrian process that deserves to die, don\u2019t count on me for that. Here I am to continue having the right to build a better, independent and sovereign country.\u201d The statements of both artists were published by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fb.watch\/v\/3pzUMxo3f\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canal Caribe<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on its Facebook profile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FCanalCaribeCuba%2Fvideos%2F956842218193103%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erick Iglesias, the renowned singer Cimafunk, also called for calm in the midst of difficult circumstances: \u201cListen to the people, there are mothers, fathers, sons, daughters asking for something better for everyone. No to violence!!!\u201d, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1532240857078962\/posts\/2720291734940529\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he posted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on his official profile on Facebook and also on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CRM-h1PBqiv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FCimafunkOficial%2Fposts%2F2720291734940529&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"498\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his part, audiovisual producer Joseph Ross called on the Cuban government not to incite violence among Cubans by saying that \u201cthe president of the country himself and the national media cannot call for a civil war in the streets of the country when a pandemic is at its worst.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjosephrospol%2Fposts%2F10225372465156137&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"345\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Singer Hayd\u00e9e Milan\u00e9s posted on her official Facebook profile that the island\u2019s government has an obligation to listen to the people. \u201cIt is inadmissible that the authorities are calling for a confrontation between Cubans\u201d in an end to repression and violence. Hayd\u00e9e, who has also been using her Twitter account to refer to the situation in Cuba, pointed out on that platform that \u201cthe Cuban people have expressed themselves&#8230;the government has an obligation to listen to them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" 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Brenda Navarrete <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CRPLj4phciM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> made a call for peace and non-violence on her personal Instagram profile this Sunday, through a post in which she also asked for \u201cpeace and conscience.\u201d Likewise, actress Alicia Hechavarr\u00eda and musician Alain P\u00e9rez asked on Instagram for the cessation of violent acts, for there to be peace and for the people to be heard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/alicia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-347493 aligncenter lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/alicia.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/alicia.jpg 344w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/alicia-221x300.jpg 221w\" alt=\"\" width=\"344\" height=\"467\" data-src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/alicia.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/alicia.jpg 344w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/alicia-221x300.jpg 221w\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Renowned jazz player Chucho Vald\u00e9s asked on his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/valdes.chucho\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook profile<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this Sunday 07\/11 for a stop to \u201cdeceptions and lies\u201d and said that international humanitarian aid was essential.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/chucho.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-347496 aligncenter lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/chucho.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/chucho.jpg 512w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/chucho-300x118.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"201\" data-src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/chucho.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/chucho.jpg 512w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/chucho-300x118.jpg 300w\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his part, the award-winning Cuban musical composer Leo Brouwer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LeoBrouwerofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">expressed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on his Facebook profile his pain and sadness for what is happening on the island.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/leobrouwer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-347488 aligncenter lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/leobrouwer.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/leobrouwer.jpg 517w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/leobrouwer-300x274.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"517\" height=\"473\" data-src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/leobrouwer.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/leobrouwer.jpg 517w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/leobrouwer-300x274.jpg 300w\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Renowned musician Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Vitier also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/josemavit\/posts\/10225225142591696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">expressed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> what he feels through his Facebook profile: \u201cEverything hurts too much. Hate or this confrontation between Cubans is not admissible. Neither does foreign interference. The people are the source of law. You have to listen to them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The founder and leader of the popular orchestra Adalberto \u00c1lvarez y su Son expressed: \u201cIt is impossible to remain silent in the face of everything that is happening in our country, the blows and the images that I see of violence against a people that take to the streets to express what they feel peacefully hurt me, the streets of Cuba belong to the Cubans, to those people I owe what I am today and I do not care about the way of thinking of each one of them because that is the right of each one and beyond political thought is the human right, so I cannot do less than to be by their side in such difficult times. It hurts to see how we Cubans attack each other verbally and physically, it hurts to see the knuckle-busters in the hands of the authorities to attack defenseless people. To those who ask me which side I am on, I am with the people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fadalbertoalvarezysuson%2Fposts%2F363112865170646&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"498\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The iconic Los Van Van orchestra also spoke about the events on the island: \u201cCuba\u2019s Los Van Van exist thanks to our Cuban people, therefore we will always support the people, whoever they are, whatever they think, no matter the ideology they defend, with the utmost respect, let us not forget that we are Cubans, of the same race.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Flosvanvanoficial%2Fposts%2F359124508903414&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"489\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The current leader of the group, Samuel Formell, signed the post on the official Facebook page, where he specified that they support \u201cthe thousands of Cubans who demand their rights, we must be heard.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLet\u2019s say no to violence, and to violations, let\u2019s call for Peace in our streets,\u201d he concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tense situation in Cuba has mobilized renowned 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