- Name: Maykel Castillo Perez
- Position: Composer, opposition activist
- Deprived of liberty from: The 18th of May 2021
- Judgment: 9 years of imprisonment
- Country: Cuba
- Place of confinement: Prison Kilo 5
- Health condition: Severe health conditions
- Torture complaint: Subject to torture and inhumane prison conditions
Maykel Castillo Pérez, better known as “El Osorbo” or Maykel Obsorbo, is a Cuban protest rapper. He is one of the leaders of the San Isidro Movement (MSI) in Cuba and one of the most important faces in the struggle that more and more young Cuban activists are waging against the island’s regime.
In 2015, Maykel was imprisoned for his controversial theme Por ti señor, in which he accuses Fidel Castro of being responsible for the ills and the precarious situation in which the Cuban people are immersed. He participated in the composition of the song Patria y Vida that won an Emmy in 2022.
In August 2020, it was news for sewing his mouth as a sign of protest against the harassment and constant repression to which he was subjected.
Currently he has been imprisoned since last May in a maximum security prison in Cuba, accused of “attack, public disorder and evasion” after participating in several protests against the government.
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Name : Ricardo Montaner
Position: Singer
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Ricardo Montaner, is a Venezuelan singer-songwriter. Nationalized also as Colombian and Dominican.
Throughout his career he has sold more than 25 million records.
He has participated in several charity events such as Paz sin Fronteras (2008) and the ‘Venezuela Live Aid (2019), as well as in television programs such as La Voz Argentina, La Voz Colombia, La voz… México, Idol Puerto Rico.
He has also participated in films either as a composer in soundtracks, or as a voice actor, and in novels from Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico.
Winner of several musical awards, he participated several times in the Viña del Mar Festival (Chile), and won the Latin Grammy Award for musical excellence in 2016, being nominated in 2014 and 2020.
