Residents and other artists raised their voices against the repression in Cuba: “What you denounced from the right is done by the left”

The art world has taken over social networks make their voices heard and support the demands of the Cubans.

René Pérez, also known as Resident, former member of the musical group 13th street, asked his Twitter followers on Tuesday that “Please“Reproduce a picture you have attached that contains the names of hundreds of detainees and missing in Cuba.

“It is a message of support for the demonstrations in Cuba so that they manifest with all the force”, he said in turn in a video he posted on his Instagram account. “Demonstrating is a human right all over the world and Cuba has a history without doing so“, he added, and estimated that” this demonstration was born of a tired people … It is the people of the commune who woke up “.

“There are many videos on social media where they show the brutality of the government. And something that did not exist in my father’s day is the camera on cell phones. So There is no excuse to understand that the violence applied is the same as you denounced for the opposite ideal. The same thing that you denounced from the right, is done by the left “the former head of the Calle 13 group said.

Already on Monday, Residente had launched into the networks with a powerful message: “Between the ineffectiveness of the Cuban government and the American blockade, they have thrown the people into the midst of a pandemic. To send help, look for an alternate route to the government, the same thing that won’t happen in Puerto Rico during Hurricane María”.

In the same vein, the Puerto Rican musician spoke Ricky martin, who posted an infographic on Instagram with the comment “What’s going on in Cuba?” and on Twitter he posted #SOSCuba and later another post with the flag of the island, an act which was reproduced by reggaeton Daddy yankee and the singer from Madrid Alejandro Sanz.

The same did the Mexican singer Julieta Venegas on Instagram, where he said: “I want to express my solidarity with the Cuban people who take to the streets to protest and demand an end to the dictatorship.”

Likewise, the Cuban musician and producer Emilio Estefan, residing for decades in the United States, did not hesitate to say: “Freedom for CUBA! Those from here and elsewhere united in the same desire, FREEDOM FOR CUBA! “. Estefan took advantage of the situation to present the song “Libertad”, which “was to be released at the end of this week as part of a very important project”, but which he decided to share “from now on because today is too much. exciting and important to everyone. Cubans in the world “.

Panamanian singer-songwriter was more political Rubén blades, for whom “the recent protests in Cuba should come as no surprise”, since it is “natural” that they come after “more than six decades of a Marxist dictatorship backed by repression”.

“What surprises me is that there are still absolute defenders of a regime which does not allow its people the possibility of democratically choosing their destiny,” said the actor and former Panamanian tourism minister.

More than 150 inmates

The organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) He denounced on Tuesday that the detainees in the demonstrations that took place in Cuba “exceed 150” and demanded that human rights violations on the island cease.

“The first lists of detainees in the protests in Cuba exceed 150”, wrote on his Twitter account HRW Americas director José Miguel Vivanco, who also warned that “The fate of many of them is unknown.”

On Sunday, thousands of Cubans came out to protest the regime, shouting “freedom!”, In an unprecedented day that resulted in dozens of arrests and clashes after Miguel Díaz-Canel on television ordered his supporters to come out to confront the demonstrators and defend the revolution.

Vivanco pointed out that “Demonstrating is a right, not a crime.”

In addition, he published a list of the missing, which he attributes to the non-governmental organization Cubalex, which represents 171 people reported as missing, 17 of whom have already been released or their fate is known. The list includes, in addition to the names and surnames of people, the place where they were last seen, the time and date of their detention and the “last report” on their situation.

The strongest protests that have taken place in Cuba since the so-called “maleconazo” of August 1994 They come as the country is embroiled in a serious economic and health crisis, with a pandemic spiraling out of control and a severe shortage of food, medicine and other essentials, in addition to routine long power cuts.

With information from the EFE

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