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Chico Buarque Travels to Cuba in Solidarity and to Record a Song with Silvio Rodríguez

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The musician and writer Chico Buarque, one of the great Brazilian artists, has traveled to Cuba for the first time in 34 years invited by Cuban Silvio Rodríguez, according to him first unveiled this Wednesday in his Instagram account along with a photo of both in the Malecón with a classic car behind his back. The visit “amid the tightening of sanctions against the island and the worsening of the economic and energy crisis, is a demonstration of…

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“Amid the tightening of sanctions against the island and the worsening of the economic and energy crisis, this trip is a sign of solidarity with the Cuban people,” Brazilian singer and composer Chico Buarque wrote on his social networks, announcing his support for Cuba by recording Dream with snakes along with the author of this emblematic song, Silvio Rodríguez.

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The musician and writer Chico Buarque, one of the great Brazilian artists, has traveled to Cuba for the first time in 34 years invited by Cuban Silvio Rodríguez, according to him first unveiled this Wednesday in his Instagram account along with a photo of both in the Malecón with a classic car behind his back. The visit “amid the tightening of sanctions against the island and the worsening of the economic and energy crisis, is a demonstration of…

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The renowned Brazilian singer-songwriter Chico Buarque is in Havana this Wednesday, on a visit that marks his return to the island after 34 years. The trip responds to an invitation from his colleague Silvio Rodríguez, one of the founders of the movement of the Nueva Trova Cubana, with whom he will make a new musical recording.

Both artists, friends for more than five decades, will record a new version of the song ‘Snail Dream’

News and videos of the latest news in Cuba and the world: politics, economy, solidarity, blockade, revolution

Brazilian singer-songwriter Chico Buarque donated medicine to the Cuban health system during a trip to the country this week. The island is facing a worsening energy crisis. The artist arrived in Havana on Tuesday (April 7, 2026) at the invitation of singer and former congressman Silvio Rodríguez, with whom he intends to record a version of the song "Sueño con Serpientes" on Thursday (April 9). In a social media post, the Brazilian stated that t…

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www.prensa-latina.cu broke the news in on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.
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