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Artists Laura Pausini, photo by efe
Members of the Cuban exile group in Miami held an act in which they passed a flattening machine over records of the Italian Laura Pausini, in protest against a photograph in which the singer appears with members of Security of the State of Cuba, local media reported this Sunday.
The event, organized by the Vigilia Mambisa group, was carried out in the streets of Cuba. on Saturday in front of the Versailles restaurant,This is an emblematic venue located in the Little Havana neighborhood of this city in South Florida (USA).
The peculiar protest was motivated by a photo in which the popular singer appears “Very happy,” , as Miguel Saavedra, director of the group, said, together with members of State Security, the intelligence and counterintelligence agencies of the Cuban Government and “the same one that strikes blows at the population.” n” the activist.
The protesters held signs reading messages such as “Laura Pausini, Castroist, communist, friend of (Cuban President) D&az-Canel”; and they also unfurled protest banners against the president of the United States, Joe Biden.
Criticism against Pausini, who recently tested positive for covid-19and he should have therefore canceling a concert that was scheduled for this weekend in Florida, they added to those received. the Cuban Van Van orchestra during the recital that offered on Friday in the town of Pembroke Pines, northwest of Miami.
That day, near the Charles Dodge City Center in Pembroke Pines, where he performed. the band, a few Cuban exiles gathered to show their rejection of the presence of this “communist” orchestra, according to local media reports.
Days ago, the group Actions 4 Freedom had made a petition on the Change.org platform to ask the city of Pembroke Pines to cancel this concert, but city officials explained that the venue had been killed. has been rented by the company organizing the concert and that breaching the contract would be subject to legal consequences.
“Los Van Van is a music band that historically supported and collaborated with the Cuban dictatorship; His unconditional support for the Communist Party of Cuba has made his presence unwelcome in South Florida,” said those responsible for the online petition.
The Van Van, considered by Cuban exiles as an emblem of the “dictatorship of the Castros”, is one of the most popular orchestras in Cuba and for more than 50 years has been performing genres with the rhythm of salsa and a mix of Afro-Cuban music and jazz.