| 02/03/2021 – 12:47 pm (GMT-4)
Cuban troubadour Raúl Torres, author of the song “Patria o Muerte por la Vida”, responded to the numerous criticisms that the song received on social networks, where he was subject to rejection and ridicule by internet users inside and outside the island.
“Today, to know that a theme works, is to see how it lifts worm blisters. Ha ha ha ha. Well, that’s with the car and the light off,” the troubadour wrote on his Facebook wall.
This recent creation by Torres is used by the Cuban regime to confront the success of “Patria y Vida”, a pathetic and desperate attempt that has become a phenomenon on YouTube, but with the opposite effect to those desired by its promoters.
“At least I didn’t stay with my arms crossed! On the model and with lu off!”, He expressed in another post.
Torres, considered by many to be the most visible voice of the Cuban government, could not avoid using his vulgar and macho language that characterizes him on social networks.
“There are not that many, but they are insistent. However, the birds do not steal feathers!”, He said in another publication.
Despite the singer-songwriter’s blows, his song premiered on the official digital platform Cubadebate It generated thousands of “dislikes”, compared to just over 1,500 appreciations.
The video, in which Torres appears with singers Annie Garcés, Dayana Divo, Karla Monier and Yisi Caliber, is a kind of music pamphlet in which you can hear phrases such as: “It’s profitable to throw mud / What if you don’t Continue / Earn good money dead / I hope you have funds / Mortgage your time / Because the Revolution / They still have more than 62 millennia “.
Meanwhile, the video for “Patria y Vida”, with Gente de Zona, Yotuel, Descemer Bueno, Maykel Osorbo and El Funky, continues to win praise from Cubans and various political figures outside the island, as well as from the international media. . the press referred to him.
With more than 2.5 million views since its premiere two weeks ago, the song has served as an encouragement to Cubans writing the song. title phrase on the facades of houses and public places, amid increasing police repression.
Days ago Descemer Bueno dedicated a verse from a song to Raúl Torres, whom he called the “jester of the dictatorship.”
“And now, with Patria and Vida, things have gotten worse, as Raúl Torres, the jester of the dictatorship, will say,” Descemer sang accompanied by his guitar.
“And now, with Patria and Vida, things have gotten worse, what I will say Abel Prieto, the dictatorship jester,” he added, referring to the president of the House of Las Américas, one of the voices of pro-government culture that attacked “Patria and life ”.