1 | 28/01/2021 – 13:21 (GMT-4)
Cuban singer and songwriter Silvio Rodríguez has doubts the confrontation they organized on January 27 Ministry of Culture officials against artists protesting peacefully outside the institution.
“I tried to watch the video mentioned above with culture officials attacking artists, but I didn’t succeed,” he said in a comment on his blog Segunda Cita, after a user posted the issue on the table.
“I saw one in which Deputy Minister Fernando Rojas invited them several times to go to the ministry; then something very confusing happens, a shouting match and there is a boy who says that there are policemen with weapons (who are not even seen) , ”Adds Silvio.
Then the troubadour says that two opposition sites ask you to accept cookies to watch the video.
“If they want to advertise so much of the alleged injustice, they should provide facilities. No?”
In one of his comments, Rodríguez said: “There may be well-meaning young people there, but there is no doubt that there is opposition work. You have to be clear.”
Although Silvio Rodríguez does not recognize the reality that took place on January 27, the images were the Minister of Culture Alpidio Alonso snaps protesters continue to outrage those who see them.
After what happened on Wednesday, Cuban officials denied that the minister had attacked the protesters, because, according to the official version of what happened, only Alonso he tried to pull out a phone that pointed at him.
As a result of various questions that the author Oil painting of a woman with a hat received, he said in addition to Wednesday’s events: “It should be an indisputable right to go through life without being recorded or filmed; but since the smartphone exists, these violations have become a daily practice. It is true that, long ago, special services around the world recorded and / or filmed any person or activity of interest, sometimes – as they say – without the necessary legal authorization required by national security issues. “
He added: “We should find out how these situations are legally taken into account in the rest of the world. And it legislates for the protection of everyone’s rights: those who film and those who do not want to be filmed. “The other’s rights begin? Clarifying the rules of that game can save (ALL) our future discomfort.”
Although Silvio Rodríguez questions the reality of the events, more than one Cuban was outraged by the situation and demands the resignation of the minister and the deputy minister.
This is the case Cuban comedian Alexis Valdés“All decent Cuban artists must demand the immediate resignation of the minister and deputy minister of culture. And if that is not the case, everyone goes to the ministry of culture to demand it,” he said.
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