From our Bureau of Socialist Tolerance, Compassion, and Social Justice with some assistance from our Bureau of Troublesome Artists He is serving a nine-year sentence for composing a song that Castro, Inc. didn't like. Naturally, they accused him falsely of more serious crimes, including attempted murder. As usual since he has attracted considerable attention
November 18 marked three years since the members of the dissident artist movement San Isidro began their hunger strike in Havana and were quashed by the Castro dictatorship. The San Isidro Movement sparked the song "Patria y Vida," which led to mass protests across the island on July 11, 2021 and the subsequent brutal crackdown
Cuban artist and activist Tania Bruguera is leaving her home country, having agreed to do so if the government released a group of prisoners, Hyperallergic reports. In an interview with…
Grammy Award-winning rapper and prisoner of conscience Maykel "El Osorbo" Castillo marks his 40th birthday in a Castro gulag today, where he's serving a 9-year sentence for criticizing the communist dictatorship. Via CubaNet (my translation): Cuban rapper and political prisoner Maykel Osorbo spends his 40th birthday in prison Cuban dissident musician and political prisoner Maykel
Despite the constant abuse and the unimaginable misery of being held in a Castro gulag, Cuban dissident rapper Maykel "El Osorbo" Castillo continues to use his art to defy the communist dictatorship. Jay-Z and Beyoncé could not be reached for comment. Via CubaNet (my translation): Maykel Osorbo sends a rap from prison: 'I am the