Cuba wants to ban reggaeton because it considers it "dangerous"

February 17, 2019

By a decree, the Cuban government seeks to ban any music containing "vulgar or badist" lyrics throughout the island. Other beats can also stop playing.

The The Cuban government has issued a controversial decree obliging local musicians, musicians and artists to professionalize and establish links with the Ministry of Culture.

In this way, it is easier control which style of rhythms are generated. The goal is Ban reggaeton to "protect the culture" of the country.

The president of the Cuban Institute of Music (ICM), Orlando Vistel, said: "Reggaeton will cease to be heard in public places in Cuba, as well as other similar genera they use vulgar, bbad and mediocre expressions"

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The measures range from "the professional decease of those who violate the ethics in their presentations" to the application of "severe sanctions against persons sentenced by the institutions, who lend themselves to or authorize these practices".

Reggaeton is a musical genre that thrives on the island and the government wants it to stop. The country's history and cultural consumption seek to sanction the use of badist or vulgar language in music by Decree 349 which states that: The reggaeton is dangerous as well as any other type of music which contains vulgarized words.

This standard allows inspectors to decide what subject is doing or not. Artists, even government supporters, criticized the measure and called the permits "not very partial".

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For his part, the Minister of Culture, Alpido Alonso, said: "We will apply it gradually as we reach this consensus."