Carlos Varela Opposes Hate Rallies

HAVANA TIMES, May 5 — The popular Cuban folk-rock singer Carlos Varela said he opposes the “actos de repudio” (hate rallies) against the Ladies in White, wives and relatives of Cuban political prisoners.

Speaking in Miami while on tour in the USA, Varela said “I’ve never liked hate rallies inside or outside of Cuba.  I believe they are something that should be erased from the memory of Cubans,” reported IPS.

He was referring to the organized “spontaneous” gatherings to disrupt peaceful protestors like the Ladies in White in Cuba and similar, although sometimes violent, rallies carried out in the past in Miami against visiting Cuban artists who live on the island.

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