/The Cuban singer-songwriter welcomed El País (Spain) to his studio in
Havana, days after receiving a replica of the Kalashnikov rifle he had
requested to fend off a potential United States attack.
/Seeing an image of a singer-songwriter with a rifle in their hands is
strange, but not when the person wielding it is Silvio Rodríguez.
The Cuban singer-songwriter has spent his entire life singing, directly
or indirectly, about the Cuban revolution, its leaders and ideals, and
the martyrs and guerrillas. “My songs have politics, but not
propaganda,” says the musician, who welcomed El Pais at the Ojalá
studios in Havana.
Rodríguez discussed the government's “orthodox and closed-minded”
economic vision and his commitment to a less “rigid” socialism.
“Textbook socialism is very idealistic,” he concludes.
His opinion of the US government has not shifted one iota: “The world is
run by an authoritarian, warmongering and thieving regime — and it's not
Cuba.” (...)
Despite his country’s critical situation, the author of anthems such as
“Ojalá,” “La Maza,” and “Unicornio” insists he has not succumbed to
despair. “I refuse to believe that the future will be one devoid of
human compassion. If that were the case, life would have been a failure.
I do not believe that is the case.”
https://links.org.au/silvio-rodriguez-world-run-authoritarian-warmongering-and-thieving-regime-and-its-not-cuba
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