| 27/12/2020 – 15:34 (GMT-4)
Playwright Yunior García Aguilar launched a peaceful campaign on December 27 that invites people to post photos on their social networks where they carry out the action described by the electronic label: “I live on the edge of the neighborhood.”
García Aguilar launched the campaign on his Twitter account, in which he posted a photo of himself performing the peaceful action accompanied by the following text: “I’m on the edge of the neighborhood. Upload your photo!”
The aim of the convocation is to celebrate the fact that exactly one month ago, on November 27, a group of over 200 young Cuban artists and intellectuals protested in front of the doors of the Cuban Ministry of Culture (MINCULT) in support of the San Isidro Movement. , rapper Denis Solís and to demand freedom of expression.
García Aguilar is part of the 27N, a movement created after the MINCULT protest called “free artists and intellectuals.” That’s why he used the electronic labels # HoyEs27, # 27NdeCuba or # LaRevoluciónDeLosAplausos, as the demonstration was called.
Shortly after the first publication, the playwright announced that several people had joined the campaign, while sharing several photos with young people who decided to reproduce their action: “Photos continue to arrive from the neighborhood,” he wrote. he on Twitter.
The title of the campaign may be a reference to the first verses of the well-known song “Memorias”, by Cuban singer and songwriter Carlos Varela, which was a symbol of free expression and social criticism in Cuban pop culture in the 1990s.
Yunior Aguilar García is known for his recent prominence in 27N and for his critical statements about the Cuban government on social media: “once again everything has remained in promises,” the playwright said of the call for dialogue for freedom of expression Cuban officials have denied 27N protesters.
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