The Cuban activist and reporter of CiberCuba, Iliana Hernández, Showed its support to the regeton player Yomil Hidalgo for the attacks he has received since the premiere of his theme From Cuba I am, In the video clip he uses animated images of martyrs and emblematic Cuban figures.
“Those who want to prosecute Yomil for the use of martyrs in a song should first be prosecuted for using martyrs to promote their failed ‘revolution.’ None of our martyrs fought for communism,” Hernandez wrote in the their social networks.
“It hurts them so much that from within they are sprouting cries of freedom that they do not want to hear,” “The Communists have always been very adept at marketing the image of the martyrs, taking possession of them, distorting history,” they fought for Freedom, what was called in the streets, “” Cuban martyrs fought for a free Cuba, communists killed to enslave, “some netizens commented.
Also activist and artist Manuel de la Creu support Yomil’s new theme and his courage to launch himself from Cuba amid a repressive and threatening atmosphere.
“Yomil shows that he has Changó well placed in this head. From Havana he takes a hymn to # 11J, without hairs or scales on his tongue. A toothache at 2:00 am by the dictatorship. his words in the mouths of Martí, Maceo and even Reinaldo Arenas. His doping is very strong as always “, wrote the young man.
the comedian Alexis Valdés described the theme and video as a work of art and the reggaeton player The Taiger asked that the people would support Yomil because he has shown himself to be on the side of the people.
From the trenches of the Cuban regime, the Yomil and El Dany singer has received threats to apply Decree Law 35 or Article 204 of the Penal Code, which establishes penalties of up to one year to those who “publicly denigrate, defame or despise the heroes and martyrs of the homeland.”
“I am the radical left that threatens and offends me, you do not want a change na ‘because in my song at no time did I lack respect for martyrs and institutions, I only showed the reality that we live, they did not fight for police repression or for a dictatorship, “the reggaeton player said in an Instagram post.
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