Check out these pics of Juanes' Concert for Peace in Cuba! So wish I was there: I love Juanes!!!!!!
Juanes holding a Cuban flag!Article from Boston.com:
Hundreds of thousands of Cubans flocked to Revolution Plaza yesterday for an open-air “peace concert’’ headlined by Colombian rocker Juanes, an event criticized by some Cuban-Americans who said the performers lent support to the island’s communist government simply by showing up.
The MASSIVE crowd!
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Singers Juanes (L) of Colombia and Miguel Bose of Spain perform during the "Peace Without Borders" concert in Havana's Revolution Square September 20, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)Photo source
Cuban singer X Alfonso (R) performs with his band during the "Peace Without Borders" concert in Havana's Revolution Square September 20, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters PhotoPhoto source
Organizers said they expected as many as a half-million people to attend the four-hour concert under a broiling Havana sun, making the Colombian heartthrob’s visit the biggest by an outsider since Pope John Paul II’s 1998 tour.
Hundreds of public buses ferried young and old to the concert site, and the government laid on even more transportation, hoping for a large turnout. Most concertgoers wore white - to symbolize peace - and some held up signs reading “Peace on Earth’’ and “We Love You Juanes.’’
“We are going to stay as long as we have the strength,’’ said Cristina Rodriguez, a 43-year-old nurse accompanied by her teenage son, Felix.
Across the Florida Straits, Juanes has endured death threats, CD smashing protests, and boycotts since his decision to hold the “Peace Without Borders’’ concert in Havana. Police in Key Biscayne, Fla., kept watch over the homes of both the rocker and his manager, Fernan Martinez Maecha.
Still, the criticism from Florida was far from universal. Spanish-language stations covered the event, and several exile groups have voiced support, describing the concert as a rare chance for Cubans to get a glimpse of the outside world.
Some Cuban officials used the opportunity to deride US foreign policy toward Cuba, and the 47-year trade embargo in particular. But Juanes has insisted the concert was about music, not politics.
“It is one more grain of sand for improving relations through art,’’ the singer said.
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