English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
Promotional poster of the event / Facebook 14ymedio, Prague, 23 June 2025 Date: 06-26-2025 / 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Address: Vinohradská 63, Prague / Doors open at 7:00 pm 14ymedio, Prague, 23 June 2025 — Porno para Ricardo emerged in late 1998 in Havana, bringing a casual, entertaining, and, above all, provocative and critical … Continue reading “Cuban Band ‘Porno Para Ricardo’ to Perform in Prague”
Havana Times, Lynn Cruz, 17 August 2018 – Last Saturday, we filmed a new scene for the movie Corazon Azul (Blue Heart) by Miguel Coyula. This time, we went to the Playa neighborhood in the capital where Paja Recol is located, a recording studio and Gorki Aguila’s home, leader of punk-rock band, Porno para Ricardo. It’s incredible how the fact … Continue reading “Making a Movie in Cuba with Porno Para Ricardo / Lynn Cruz”
Arsenio Rodríguez Quintana, Barcelona — On Sunday, October 4, after visiting the Cuban Art Factory in Havana, the Rolling Stones singer was walking with the rocker and Cuban government critic Gorki Aguila Carrasco along 5th Avenue, where the Ladies in White meet every Sunday and march in support of human rights in Cuba. Cuban State … Continue reading “Mick Jagger Meets with Gorki From Porno Para Ricardo in Havana (NOT) / Fake News”
Cubanet.org, Camilo Ernesto Olivera Peidro, Havana, 5 August 2015 – Around noon Wednesday, musician Gorki Aguila was arrested, and his whereabouts are unknown. The vocalist for the rock band Porno para Ricardo managed to communicate via telephone with this reporter just when two police officers presented themselves at the door of his home in order … Continue reading “They Arrest Gorki Aguila, Leader of the Rock Band Porno Para Ricardo / Cubanet, Camilo Ernesto Olivera”
Site manager’s note: While we wait for more news about Gorki’s arrest, we post this video version of one of Porno Para Ricardo’s “signature” songs — with lyrics in Spanish and English below. The original music video is here. The [coma-andante] walking coma, wants me to work El coma andante, quiere que yo trabaje Paying … Continue reading “No Coma Tanta Pinga Coma Andante / Porno Para Ricardo, Gorki Aguila”
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The [coma-andante] walking coma, wants me to work El coma andante, quiere que yo trabaje Paying me a miserable salary Pagándome un salario miserable The walking coma wants me to applaud El coma andante quiere que yo lo aplauda After he talks his delirious shit después de hablar su mierda delirante No walking coma No … Continue reading “The Commander (El comandante) – Video and Lyrics / Gorki Aguila, Ciro Diaz and Porno Para Ricardo”
Ciro Diaz, 33, guitar player for the group Porno for Ricardo and musical producer, had all the ingredients to be a jet setter of the Revolution. He was born and raised in the heart of a family who listened to Fidel Castro’s long speeches and went to the Revolutionary celebrations cyclically generated by the olive … Continue reading “Ciro Diaz, Guitar Player for Porno Para Ricardo / Iván García”
October 28, 2010
Image: “Your passport, citizen” by Erick Perez Jorge Mota Following the universal law of Cuban telephone lines, after the downpour on Wednesday my phone died. “No line,” was the post-mortem note, in English, on the little handset screen. On Thursdays we reported the outage several times because, as the experts say, the more reports that … Continue reading “Urban Paranoias / Claudia Cadelo”
The defense will submit its briefs for the conclusion of the summary on July 11. 14ymedio, Miami, June 24, 2025 — Cuban scientist Oscar Casanella, a member of the San Isidro Movement (MSI), had his political asylum hearing in Miami on Tuesday, three years after arriving as an exile in the United States. After the … Continue reading “The Miami Political Asylum Hearing for Cuban Oscar Casanella Continues Without a Verdict”
’14ymedio’ interviews the musician Gorki Águila in a place in Mexico that we are hiding for his safety “My plans were in Cuba, where I have my artistic project” “I am in a dreadful loneliness; I have a growing resentment towards the communist regime every day” “I want to overthrow the Castros, I don’t want … Continue reading ““They Plucked Me From My Country by Cajoling Me and Threw Me Here, in Mexico””
The artist was detained on May 3 for more than 24 hours by Cuban State Security. 14ymedio, Havana, 13 May 20204 — “I am glad to get out of hell, out of the Castros’ extermination camp.” Such was the bluntness of Cuban musician Gorki Águila upon arriving in Mexico City on Monday, May 6. After … Continue reading “Musician Gorki Aguila Arrives in Mexico After Days of Uncertainty Over His Exit From Cuba”
An operator from the Ministry of the Interior confirmed to ’14ymedio’ the whereabouts of the leader of Porno para Ricardo, who was considered “missing” this Friday 14ymedio, Havana, 4 May 2024 — The Cuban musician and activist Gorki Águila was detained this Friday at the José Martí International Airport and remains at the Santiago de … Continue reading “Cuban Musician Gorki Aguila is Detained at the Santiago de las Vegas Police Station”
14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana, 30 January 2021 — Celia González (Havana, 1985) has arrived from Mexico to link Nicaragua and Cuba in an exhibition that reflects the political similarities of both nations. She is an artist who likes provocation, research and data who graduated from the Higher Institute of Art in 2009, but long before … Continue reading ““In Cuba, Our Parents’ Generation is Collapsing””
