Published June 22, 2011. EFE. Havana –  Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez said in an interview on state-run television that resistance to change "did harm, much harm" to Communist-ruled Cuba, but he added that he feels optimistic because the "inertia (has been) broken." His interviewer, fellow musical artist Amaury Perez, the host of the program "Con 2 que se quieran," asked Rodriguez: "You believe that what can do the most harm to a country is state interventionism?" Yes. The inflexibility that we have suffered from for years did us harm, much harm and I think that we've broken the inertia, fortunately, in many direction.">Published June 22, 2011. EFE. Havana –  Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez said in an interview on state-run television that resistance to change "did harm, much harm" to Communist-ruled Cuba, but he added that he feels optimistic because the "inertia (has been) broken." His interviewer, fellow musical artist Amaury Perez, the host of the program "Con 2 que se quieran," asked Rodriguez: "You believe that what can do the most harm to a country is state interventionism?" Yes. The inflexibility that we have suffered from for years did us harm, much harm and I think that we've broken the inertia, fortunately, in many direction.">

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Silvio Rodriguez: Resistance to change caused "much harm" to Cuba

Published June 22, 2011. EFE. Havana –  Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez said in an interview on state-run television that resistance to change "did harm, much harm" to Communist-ruled Cuba, but he added that he feels optimistic because the "inertia (has been) broken."

His interviewer, fellow musical artist Amaury Perez, the host of the program "Con 2 que se quieran," asked Rodriguez: "You believe that what can do the most harm to a country is state interventionism?"

"Yes. The inflexibility that we have suffered from for years did us harm, much harm and I think that we've broken the inertia, fortunately, in many directions and we have to keep moving forward," responded Rodriguez, one of the founders of the Nueva Trova Cubana, along with Perez and Pablo Milanes, among others.

"There's no doubt I feel optimistic because we've broken the inertia, and because we're getting ourselves moving, which is a universal principle - how can we be static when everything is moving?" the 64-year-old musician added.

Rodriguez also said he considered himself to be a pro-regime artist on the condition that "if it's the Cuban Revolution, the Revolution that Fidel (Castro) commanded and that so many worthy people have continued, Raul (Castro), Che (Guevara), Camilo (Cienfuegos), all those people, it's a great honor, my brother, a very great honor to be pro-government."

Source: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2011/06/22/

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