MIAMI, United States. – The Cuban singer-songwriter Arnaldo Rodríguez, leader of the group Talismán, premiered the song at the end of December 2024 Nobody gives up herein which he romanticizes the serious economic and social crisis that Cubans suffer daily.
So far, the issue has generated a strong reaction on social networks for presenting these harsh realities as a source of pride.
The piece begins with a tenth that maintains: “Cuba gets up and dreams, because it is not afraid of the cyclone, nor the earthquake, nor the blackout, nor of cooking with firewood.” Furthermore, the chorus emphasizes that on the Island “there is no going back.”
These phrases triggered comments from users on YouTube, the platform where the song was released on December 25 and has reached, so far, just over 3,000 views. “(…) Someday this is going to fall and we will never forget people like these who laughed in our face,” wrote the user identified as @juanpablodiazleon1305.
“It is a shame to continue sublimating the hunger and misery of Cubans. “That which in capitalism is a reason for contempt and protests, for these people who live well is worthy of praise,” said @antoniocardentey9564.
Nobody gives up here It also has the collaboration of other musicians close to the ruling party, such as Roly Avalos, Yarima Blanco, Mayito Rivera, Osdalgia Lesmes, the Entrevoces Choir and the groups Rumba All Star and Habana Steel Band, who strive to highlight the supposed strength of the Island. , described as a “sovereign mambisa” that “challenges the sea.”
Although the topic accumulates several comments that describe it as “beautiful” or “beautiful”, there have been no shortage of qualifiers such as “very bad”, “dunk”, “lack of respect” and “decadent”.
Throughout his musical career, Arnaldo Rodríguez has been in the news for his defense of the Island’s regime and his criticism of the Cuban exile, as well as for romanticizing the crisis on the Island. In 2020, for example, stated that “he found it fun” to stand in long lines to purchase basic products.
That same year, the regime decorated him with the status of National Vanguard Collective 2019, granted by the National Union of Cultural Workers, recognizing alleged “contributions to the nation’s cultural heritage” and its “commitment to the defense of the homeland.”
The musician has composed and performed songs such as It depends on you and Reasons “for important anniversaries, organizational birthdays,” according to the singer-songwriter himself.
“All licensed by the EGREM record label and blessed by the Ideological Department of the Communist Party of Cuba, they sing of the made-up decrepitude of a Revolution that has its artists as spokespersons,” wrote in 2015 the columnist of CubaNet Victor Manuel Dominguez.
This author defined him as “an artist who acts, sings and writes what the Party dictates: from an ode-cha to the creation of ALBA, to a timba-egy to the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution and the Response Brigades. Quick.”
