Cuban musician and activist Eliecer Márquez Duany, known as “El Funky,” asked for help to find a job in the United States, a country he came to two years ago after several months of persecution by the Havana regime .
“Hello brothers, I am looking for a job (I have a work permit), let me know,” he posted on Facebook.
He stated that “I have no regrets” because he went to the United States “to fight like any Cuban outside his country.”
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He clarified that this was a practical matter that had “nothing to do with the struggle” (against the dictatorship on the island and for the release of political prisoners, including his friend, the rapper Maykel Osorbo).
Funky is important Cuban rapperor that he was persecuted by the regime because of his links to Osorbo and the opposition San Isidro movement and because of his participation in the song “Home and life“, which challenged the Havana regime and became an anthem against the dictatorship.
Several Cuban activists have gone into exile USAwhere the path to finding employment and economic stability is not easy.
In his publication he includes a photo of himself apparently working in a warehouse full of boxes.