They arrested him to prevent him from performing his performance in Havana

Cuban authorities released the artist Monday Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, a prisoner since last weekend .

The young man thanked on his Facebook page all those who helped him, and the rest of the artists, who wanted to perform in Havana to oppose Decree 349, whose aim is to regulate the cultural policy of the country.

Alcántara was arrested at the Capitol of Havana with Amaury Pacheco, Iris Ruiz and Soandry Del Río. His plan was to cover himself with feces in Central Park with a sign saying "Free Art".

Chacón was released four hours later, but the rest stayed in the Vivac, a detention center in Calabazar.

The government prevented the representation, the girlfriend of Luis Manuel, art historian, did. The young woman filled her body with excrement and protested in the middle of the street.

Decree No. 349/2018 establishes new crimes or contraventions in the hiring of artists, the sale of works of art, the exhibition of audiovisual content and defines as an illegal payment to an artist if the contract has not been contracted by the corresponding cultural institution.

Despite the harbadment of the authorities of which Luis Manuel and other artists of the island are victims, in May last Bienal 00 took place, an alternative proposed by Alcántara after the l & # The cancellation of the Havana Biennial.

"What I would like most (…) is to break a little with the myth built for 60 years to do something independent, from a separate state is the devil or is counter-revolution, "said the artist at the time.

The Biennale was made, and the performance of Otero too, although state security violate his rights on the same day as in the discussion is the new Constitution by the deputies of the Parliament. National Assembly, the President of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel will ensure that " every Cuban can freely express his opinions ".