Gorki Aguila 1, castro Regime 0

I'm heartened by the support and exposure Gorki Aguila has received from not only the Cuban community in exile and on the island, but by the "outside world" as well. This has quickly turned into a major blunder by the castro regime and, right now, we're waiting for tomorrow's "trial" to see if said regime will tap out of this match it simply cannot win, or if it will continue to dig itself deeper into a public relations abyss.

The revolution has always boasted about everything being about a "battle of ideas" and we Cubaphiles have always known this to be a canard. Gorki's incarceration is absolute proof of this.

The castro regime isnt trying to stifle Gorki and Porno Para Ricardo's music, but the ideas behind it. And while castro and co. may, ultimately, silence the guitars and the drums and the keyboards, the lyrics will still be resonant and the ideas will still be heard.

Porno Para Ricardo's lead singer may have been muted for the time being, but many - via their support of and solidarity with Gorki - have, in essence, stepped up to the mic and made sure his ideas not be silenced.

Posted by Val Prieto at August 28, 2008 07:35 AM

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