Un Lambo en Varadero by Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara
Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara, contemporary Cuban artist and Prisoner of Conscience as declared by Amnesty International in August 2021, designed the cover of the new song by singer Yotuel Romero "Un lambo en Varadero” from prison in Guanajay. Otero has been one of Cuba’s most persecuted artists, arbitrarily arrested over 50 times prior to his imprisonment on July 11. 2021. Otero is one of the most visible faces of the San Isidro Movement and for the past years have led a crusade in Cuba ins support of individual liberties.
"Brother, we already received the cover of the song. Thank you for drawing such a beautiful artwork, for telling us in a drawing so much reality, coming out of the darkness into the light. I know it's going to be difficult for you to see this because you are in seclusion, but your free and committed art is going to be seen around the world," Yotuel Romero, the co-author of Patria y Vida said this Monday through social networks.
In his publication, the musician stressed that the world will know that the cover of his song "is made by an artist imprisoned in Cuba just for thinking differently".
Romero also demanded the release of the leader of the San Isidro Movement imprisoned since July 2021, rapper Maykel Osorbo and pro democracy leader José Daniel Ferrer and all political prisoners of the regime.
UN LAMBO EN VARADERO features the collaboration of Christa Mayo and Emily Estevfan will be released this May 20.
In announcing his new song in early April, Romero referred to the musical production as "a song that will paralyze the whole of Cuba, from Punta de Maisí to Cabo de San Antonio.”