The Nicaraguan singer-songwriter Carlos Mejía Godoy, through an audio that he shared with people who have shown solidarity with him, confirmed that his home – located in the United States – was consumed by flames before his eyes and those of his relatives.
«A few hours have already passed of this hell that we have experienced. See, from outside our house, how that apartment where we have accumulated our love, self-denial, dreams, were dissipating, enveloped by flames,” Mejía indicated in his communication.
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Furthermore, he indicated that they were moments that until now continue to be difficult for him to narrate, but, he highlighted, “God is great and gives us the strength to face this reality and everything that comes.”
Artistic material “turned to ashes”
Mejía Godoy, renowned Nicaraguan popular singer, author of the Nicaragua, Nicaraguan and of the universal Nicaraguan Peasant Mass, In August 2018, he had to go into exile in San José, Costa Rica, after learning that his life was in danger, after publicly making clear in the protests that year his commitment to the Nicaraguan people who still demand peace, justice and democracy.
The Nicaraguan artist, after a few months in Costa Rica, continued his exile in the United States, where now, according to his communication, “not only did we lose material things, we lost many valuable things that have to do with our craft, with our creativity, paintings , songs, projects, we transferred some things to the laptop and were able to save them, but 80% of all this material is ashes.
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The Pinolero singer-songwriter described his losses as “very hard, very lacerating,” although he assured that “we are already seeing the horizon again.”
«It will take some time for things, like pinolillo, to settle, slowly but effectively. I cannot, at this moment, give many details of all this, besides what it means to remove all those bitter hours in which we were obviously supported by the love of the family and by the solidarity of friends, like you, who have come as soon as possible. “They had news of this incident,” added Mejía Godoy.
He is also the author of emblematic themes of the April Rebellion of 2018, among these “The heroes of April”, “The mothers of April”, “I am Álvarito Conrado” and “Monimbó, always with you”, He stressed that despite being 81 years old and that in less than ten years he will have to start from scratch again, he is “full of a positive mind, beautiful dreams and many things that I will tell you over the course of these days.”
“Not everything is negative, there are many beautiful things that no one, not even nature, can take away because they are not transitory, love, passion for culture, solidarity, from which we continue to learn (…) We are going to get ahead,” stood out.
