9 26/02/2021 – 6:33 PM (GMT-4)
Cuban comedian and actor Alexis Valdes has appealed to all Cubans who felt represented by the testimonies of a group of representatives of the island in a virtual meeting with the European Parliament this Friday, as a result of the backlash of the matter Homeland and Life
The director and producer also said that in addition to the resounding support the performance had, publications from Cuban accounts went to the networks saying that what was said about Cuba “does not represent Cubans,” many of them false or accounts from official institutions. from the Cuban government.
“Many people have stated that they liked the conversation, that they were moved by the testimonials of all of us, and as always happens, some false accounts or accounts managed by the Cuban government have said that we do not represent Cubans. that those who felt represented put their name here [en la publicación] because it is also good that the whole world knows how many people feel represented, ”said Alexis on his social networks.
In less than an hour, Alexis’ publication on Facebook adds more than 1,500 comments with names of Cubans who felt represented before the European Parliament, and about 400 on Instagram.
Last Friday, more than 10 members of Cuban civil society took part in the virtual gathering “Homeland and Life: Art and politics united by Cuba” in the European Parliament and, in addition to the oppression and censorship that have lived in their own fleshThey also made things like freedom of speech visible; the persecution and defamation of activists, artists and journalists; the economic and agro-ecological situation; femicides and the lack of protection of women; emigration, exile, regulation, the precarious health system, among others.
Among the Cuban panelists, in addition to Alexis Valdés, the art curator Anamely Ramos, the writer Wendy Guerra, the artists Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Maykel Osorbo, the director Asylum Babastro and the musicians and representatives of the Cuban exile in Miami, Willy Chirino and Arturo Sandoval.
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