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Silvio Took His Rifle.

Summary by El Pais
Silvio Rodríguez—the sharp-spoken troubadour—expired his desire to wield a weapon to defend Cuba in the event of a U.S. military invasion. The island’s government handed over in a highly publicized and media act a fairly reliable copy of an AKM rifle; that is, a Kalashnikov of once-known liars known as the “goathorn” for the singer-songwriter of My blue unicorn. Continue reading

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Silvio Rodríguez—the sharp-spoken troubadour—expired his desire to wield a weapon to defend Cuba in the event of a U.S. military invasion. The island’s government handed over in a highly publicized and media act a fairly reliable copy of an AKM rifle; that is, a Kalashnikov of once-known liars known as the “goathorn” for the singer-songwriter of My blue unicorn. Continue reading

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According to Rodriguez, the strength to resist the blockade and the pressures comes from the "forge of the nation" and a deep sense of belonging and patriotism.

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A few days ago, the singer changed the strings of his guitar to the steel of a rifle // The determination to resist on the island comes from his past, from the forge of the Caribbean nation In an interview with La Jornada, the musician assures: “There is a long history of reasons for us Cubans to distrust ‘the scrambled and brutal north’, as our apostle, José Martí described it.” Faced with the siege that the Antilla lives, the interpreter is aw…

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La Jornada /Summen Latinoamericano, March 28, 2026. According to Rodríguez, the strength to resist the blockade and the pressures comes from the “fork of the nation” and a deep sense of belonging and patriotism. Photo given by Silvio Rodríguez’s office that shows the Cuban singer-songwriter while posing in Havana (Cuba). Photo: [...] La entrada Cuba. Silvio Rodríguez: The determination to resist is born of our history and patriotic sentiment was…

“There is a long history of reasons why we Cubans distrust ‘the scrambled and brutal north’, as our apostle José Martí described it,” said the Cuban singer-songwriter, interviewed by Luis Hernández Navarro of the Mexican newspaper. The composer told the episode of his request to have an AKM rifle. “I am very aware of the broad spectrum of problems we are dragging and of the new negative that arises, such as the energy blockade. But I have always…

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La Jornada broke the news in Mexico on Saturday, March 28, 2026.
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