Exile groups oppose Cuban musician Pablo Milanés’ Aug. 27 concert in Miami

[Judi Lynn]

Exile groups oppose Cuban musician Pablo Milanés’ Aug. 27 concert in Miami
Posted on Tuesday, 08.09.11

The performance will go ahead, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Giménez said Tuesday, because he has no legal authority to stop it.


By JUAN CARLOS CHAVEZ
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About 20 groups of Cuban exiles and former political prisoners who oppose the upcoming Miami performance of Cuban singer Pablo Milanés asked Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Giménez and county commissioners Tuesday to cancel the show.

Milanés is scheduled to sing for the first time in South Florida on Aug. 27 at the AmericanAirlines Arena downtown.

Emilio Izquierdo, general coordinator of the group Cuban American Patriots and Friends, one of those making the demands, said Tuesday that the arena “belongs to taxpayers.” He said that, for that reason, it cannot be used by those who oppose democratic interests and principles.

“The concert is an affront,” Izquierdo told El Nuevo Herald. “Milanés is an ideological agent of a enemy government that promotes terrorism. We don’t want him in the capital and heart of (Cuban exiles).”

More:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/08/09/2352363/exile-groups-oppose-cuban-musician.html

YouTube
Pablo Milanés:
Yolanda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBUtbsU2RKY

(Milanés is the man seated on the left, with guitar)

[roody]

1. beautiful music

My rec was stolen by a gusano.