19/02/2021 – 7:13 PM (GMT-4)
The Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba has one pronunciation about “Patria y Vida”, the song by Yotuel, Gente de Zona, Descemer Bueno, Maykel Osorbo and El Funky, which caused little controversy among Cubans and especially hindered the regime.
“With indescribable disgust we have seen social networks invade, with the worst attempts at musically made speeches, with the alleged intention of conveying to public opinion an artistic movement as opposed to the position of the Cuban revolution,” he says. released this Friday.
The statement states that “while it is a regrettable fact that a clown like this has chosen music as its language, even more regrettable is its appearance on dates as relevant to Cuban musicians as the 94th anniversary of the birth of Juan Almeida Bosque, the 203 anniversary of the birth of Perucho Figueredo and the 58th anniversary of Benny Moré’s death; figures that have taught us from different angles that music and art in general take their greatest meaning and embody their greatest responsibility when it comes to serving of the fatherland “.
The UNEAC statement points out that it is regrettable and embarrassing that at a time when the vanguard of the Cuban music movement is involved in supporting the spiritual life of our people, characters born and trained in our country are using their voices on basis of increasing your mercenary popularity.
“The Cuban people vigorously reject them, convinced that the empire that cheering them today and throwing its coins, like Rome, pays for traitors, but despises them,” he says.
The moment we were shot, Major General Perucho Figueredo, author of our national anthem, reminded us that dying is living for the homeland. For this reason, faced with the shame of buffoons as those who have committed this offense repeat. we re-agree our irreplaceable slogan, “Homeland or Death: We will win!”, concludes the statement.
In less than 72 hours after the premiere of the song “Patria y Vida” more than a million views and YouTube.
There is no shortage of voices from the ruling party who have been critical of the song, which promises to become a sort of anthem for Cuba’s freedom.
Even the Cuban ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel quoted a passage from the song Little Daytime Serenade, by Silvio Rodríguez, responding to the theme Homeland and Life, said, “This is how the homeland is sung.”
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