U.S. Cubans Threaten to Boycott Juanes due to Future Concert in Havana
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- 08 / 06 / 2009
Cuban exiles in the United States accuse Colombian rocker Juanes of being an accomplice of the communist Castro regime in their homeland after the rocker announced a concert in Havana.
Several Cuban organizations in the U.S. said it was "immoral" of the artist to ignore the situation of the Cuban people. Some threaten to boycott Juanes when the Colombian comes to Miami.
"Apolitical concerts do not exist. Indolence is the worst of evils, because if you don't take position against a dictatorship, a criminal regime, you become complicit," the said Ninoska Perez.
According to Juanes' management, the concerts do not endorse or favor any government. "This is an event of peace, of harmony, of relations. It's a white concert for the civil society of Cuba," Juanes' spokesman Fernan Martinez said.
Source: Colombia Reports
Several Cuban organizations in the U.S. said it was "immoral" of the artist to ignore the situation of the Cuban people. Some threaten to boycott Juanes when the Colombian comes to Miami.
"Apolitical concerts do not exist. Indolence is the worst of evils, because if you don't take position against a dictatorship, a criminal regime, you become complicit," the said Ninoska Perez.
According to Juanes' management, the concerts do not endorse or favor any government. "This is an event of peace, of harmony, of relations. It's a white concert for the civil society of Cuba," Juanes' spokesman Fernan Martinez said.
Source: Colombia Reports
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