Latin Pop Singer Juanes Death Threats
Associated Press Video Highlights: The business manager of Latin pop singer Juanes said the ‘Peace Without Borders’ concert will go on as planned in Havana despite threatening messages the singer received recently on his Twitter account. See Video next page
Colombian pop singer Juanes is sparking a controversy in the Cuban exile community with plans for a concert in Havana.
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An international concert planned for Havana’s Plaza de la Revolución and headed by a major Latino pop star is stoking passions in exile Miami in a controversial clash of art and politics.
Juanes’ Havana Concert Stirs Controversy
The blogosphere was buzzing Friday over the Paz Sin Fronteras (Peace Without Borders) concert to be presented by Juanes, the immensely popular Colombian rocker who now calls Miami-Dade home, on Havana’s Plaza de la Revolución on Sept. 20. Also scheduled to appear: famed Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez; Los Van Van, the island’s most famous dance band; Spanish singer Miguel Bose; and Puerto Rican singer Olga Tañon.
Juanes declined interview requests Friday. Read full story here
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ABOUT Juanes
Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez, better known as Juanes (born August 9, 1972 in Medellin Antioquia ) is a Colombia rock musician.
He has won 17 Latin Grammy awards, more than any other artist.
2009 Peace Concert in Cuba
“Going to Cuba is a symbol that it’s time to change people’s minds, an opportunity to tell the world that people have to change.” Juanes
On August 5, 2009, it was announced that Juanes would hold his second “Peace Without Borders” concert in Havana’s storied Plaza de la Revolucion on September 20, 2009. The Cuban concert coincides with U.N. International Peace Day and could feature up to 12 artists from Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, and the United States. Cuban folk legend Silvio Rodriquez and local salsa stars Los Van Van will also be participating.
Juanes has received criticism on his potential concert by some in the Cuban-American/Cuban exile community in Miami who believe it will be seen as an act of support for the communist government of Cuba. Juanes expressed in an interview for Univision that he has no affiliation whatsoever to the Cuban government or their political views and that he sees this only as an artistic performance and nothing more. Willy Chinino, a Cuban American performer who has not been to Cuba in over 45 years, however came out in defense of the right of Juanes and others to sing in Cuba, a move also supported by Puerto Rican artist Olga Tañón On August 14, 2009, Cuban National AssemblyPresident Ricardo Alarcon’s daughter, Margarita Alarcón, spoke of the controversy to CBS News, remarking that: Read more here
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