Descemer Bueno asks Cuban-Americans for forgiveness
After bashing the Cuban embargo, Descemer Bueno is now seeking for the forgiveness of Cuban-Americans that have criticized him. The winner of three Latin GRAMMYs…
NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 18: Descemer Bueno attends the 22nd annual ASCAP Latin Music Awards at Hammerstein Ballroom on March 18, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)
After bashing the Cuban embargo, Descemer Bueno is now seeking for the forgiveness of Cuban-Americans that have criticized him.
The winner of three Latin GRAMMYs has been highly criticized by the Cuban-American community living in Miami for previously talking poorly of the U.S. embargo to Cuba.
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“I want apologize from the bottom of the heart to the entire Cuban-American community here in Miami… we musicians should not talk politics,” Bueno, 40, expressed this week on Univision’s local Miami channel.
The “Bailando” singer and songwriter, who resides in Miami since 2000, is asking for forgiveness from his fellow countrymen for previously stating that the embargo is “more than just politics, it’s a whim.”
In an interview with “Russia Today” that took place on September 2013, Bueno also noted that if the embargo did not exist, he would be able to help his family and a lot of other people.
He went on to blaming the U.S. government for the reason that his family in Cuba could not “even drink a cup of juice” because there was no resource to do it.
NOVEMBER 01: Gente De Zona,Descemer Bueno, left and Enrique Iglesias perform at James L Knight Center on November 1, 2014 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by John Parra/Getty Images)
Since 2009 and under the Obama Administration, the embargo has allowed unlimited remittances to the island.
But after making those statements last year, Bueno admitted that he “committed a mistake.”
“I think I made the mistake of not expressing myself well, and basically I had the courage to accept all the criticisms,” he insisted in the Univision interview. “What I know what to do is music and through my songs I think I have given joy, once again I ask for forgiveness.”
However, Bueno does not entirely support the embargo, stating that “it hasn’t been the best tool to promote change in the island.”
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Bueno, alongside Enrique Iglesias and Gente D’Zona, won big at the 15th annual Latin GRAMMYs this month. Taking home the titles for Best Urban Song, Best Urban Performance and Song of the Year for their smashing hit “Bailando.”
