"Cuban 'Peace' concert riles some exiles"
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/20/cuban.peace.concert/index.html
Now, I've never heard of the singer Juanes nor any of the other artists participating in the "Peace without Borders" concert in Cuba today, but I do know that anyone promoting peace and nonviolence deserves a little more respect than cd-smashing protests and death threats. However, when Juanes, a 17 time latin grammy winner and Miami, Florida resident, announced his musical plan to encourage peace among those in Cuba, that is exactly what he got. Granted, this is not the reaction he received from everyone around the globe, but from the moment I heard he needed police protection around his and his manager's homes in Miami, my opinion of the human race fell a little. I do not care how infuriated you are with the Cuban government, this singer could be wasting away in his fame and fortune, but instead, he chooses to organize a rally for social justice. To all those Cuban exiles and anyone else who believe these singers are endorsing a dictatorial communist regime, maybe you need to take a look around and realize that promoting peace and promoting tyranny are and always will be two very different concepts.
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