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Funmilayo Afrobeat Orquestra – Song of the Day

Today’s featured band is Funmilayo Afrobeat Orquestra from Brazil with guest Seun Kuti and the song Upside Down by in a live session (2024).

Without a doubt, the will for a return to democracy is present. However, the possibility of that really happening is doubtful in the extreme.

Detailing what will change is impossible at this time. However, ten months ago the situation was one of apparent greater certainty.

They have been 25 years in power, eight million exiled, thousands murdered, tortured and imprisoned, entire families divided.

Nicolas Maduro made public statements claiming if he does not win reelection, the country “could fall into a bloodbath, into a civil war.”

Today’s featured artist is Naty Selva from Colombia with the song “Pal Río Voy” produced by Sesiones de la Cuadra (2023).

The temporary migration program of health workers with “friendly countries”, is the main inflow of foreign exchange for the Cuban regime.

TV and radio stations reaching nearly every Venezuelan household provide a barrage of ruling party propaganda and Maduro campaign rallies…

We hope that very soon those ridiculous drones will stop displaying Maduro’s propaganda and instead show the word that everyone longs for.

Maria Corina noted that “Maduro’s campaign is violence” and held the president responsible for any harm to her and that of her team members.