August 8, 2024

When Your Favorite Rock Stars Defend Dictatorships

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Disappointment. That was the feeling I got in 2019 when I saw Roger Waters talking about Venezuela. The legendary British Pink Floyd frontman and bass player, a key piece in the evolution of rock and roll, decided to support Maduro’s regime. Now, he appeared in the podcast “People’s Dispatch” defending Cuba’s dictatorship, one of the oldest authoritarian regimes in the world. By Ernesto Rodríguez. Full Text -> CaracasChronicles

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