The Cuban ruler Miguel Diaz Canel He once again showed his affection for the singer-songwriter Amaury Perez Vidalwhom he congratulated on his 70th birthday on social networks.
“Happy birthday, dear brother! Our entire family, Lis and I, are grateful to have you and Peti: pleasant company for good times and endless relief for difficult ones. “May more years of health and poetry come,” said the ruler in X.
The tweet was accompanied by a black and white photo of the singer, this time without the presence of the ruler and leader of the so-called “continuity”.
In December 2021, Díaz-Canel deleted a tweet congratulating Amaury along with a photo in which both were seen holding hands, in a pose of a certain complicity between friends.
Screenshot Twitter / Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez
Faced with homophobic criticism and ridicule on social networks, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) also decided to delete the photo.
The image was replaced with one of Amaury laughing with the dictator Fidel Castroalleged symbol of masculinity among Cuban communists.
However, Twitter users did not take long to ask Díaz-Canel what he feared about appearing next to the singer-songwriter in such a pose, and even pointed out that he made the change too late because there were already screenshots to show the Graphic to leave testimony. the event.
The photo of Amaury and Díaz-Canel left dozens of homophobic comments suggesting the possibility of a “difficult love” between the president and the singer.
In June 2020, Singer-songwriter and Cuban non-First Lady Lis Cuesta were photographed together as they headed to the Martí Theater in Havana, where tribute was paid to late star Rosita Fornés.
In March, the musician confirmed his departure Cuban television from his talk show “Con 2 que se Quiero”.
After more than a decade of broadcasting, the singer-songwriter stated in Cubadebate that the show's fourth season would not be recorded due to budget constraints.
“When we went on the air for the last time on March 10, 2020 (we did 250 interviews by that point), I somehow sensed that we weren’t coming back, and that’s exactly what happened,” he said.
The official troubadour stated: “although key decision makers have shown me their unconditional support“The proposal was not implemented and the Ministry of Culture responded: “Amaury, there is no budget!”.
As he left, he reiterated that “I continue to think as always, believe in the same people as always and, sometimes in silence because I have not had social networks for two years, I will support a possible world for Cuba in which I…” believe.”
The troubadour announced that he would soon publish his autobiography, clarifying that it would not be “a book full of intimate confessions, unnecessary secrets or light gossip.” “I am not the center of my stories, but a co-protagonist of the world that surrounds me.”