Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez considered the death of “many historical revolutionaries” to end the lack of a diversity of thought on the island.
“More than half a century ago, when I started making songs and exposing them, not all revolutionaries thought alike. Some were more orthodox with sexuality, fashions, or the function of the arts, and others, fortunately, more understood “, said Rodríguez in an interview on the program” Les 40 “, hosted by Felicitas Bonavitta, of the station AM 750.
The troubadour lamented that there is now a “more unified” way of thinking and has considered that this is probably the consequences of having a single party.
“If the ideas that emanate from it are inclusive, then there is no problem. But if these ideas are exclusive and severe, then contradictions can occur such as those that have been happening, which if not resolved can be aggravated,” he said. express the composer of “The Blue Unicorn.”
During this exchange, the founder of the Cuban New Trova stated his opinion of the current president Miguel Díaz-Canel.
“He is aware that his leadership inaugurates a new government-people commitment, as it is the first time that there are no historical leaders,” Rodriguez said of Cuba’s first secretary of the Communist Party.
Silvio Rodríguez is a supporter of the Havana regime and many of his songs, although considered by experts to be a benchmark of world music, are praises of the totalitarian politics of Castroism. .
Through the public spaces in which he interacts he does not hide his position in favor of the regime and even justifies certain actions that may even go against human and individual rights.
After the protests of the 11J it considered that the summary judgments by which sentences to which they participated in the pacific manifestations in more than 60 localities of Cuba, they were due to the oversaturation of the island’s legal system.
He also confessed at the time that he had not seen a single video of police repression in Cuba after the demonstrations, which generated a wave of criticism and ridicule towards the singer, because social media was flooded with explicit images in which military and paramilitaries are seen repressing the people.
Cuban playwright Yunior Garcia held a meeting with Silvio after 11J and on the basis of mutual respect he undertook to demand the release of the detainees who did not make use of violence during the popular protests.
The most recent controversy is over the troubadour’s concert in Madrid, and despite attempts by activists and opponents living in Spain to boycott the meeting, the appointment is held for the first days of October, According to Antonio Peña, director of the company Mussol Management, organizer of the presentation.
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