The Hip-Hop Song That's Driving Cuba's Unprecedented Protests
The song Patria y Vida, or homeland and life, is a spin on the communist regime's decades-old slogan in Cuba of "patria o muerte" — homeland or death.
Cuba is suffering through a summer of dire shortages, from food and electricity to medicine. Fed-up Cubans are taking to the streets in unprecedented protests — and they're voicing their outrage through a song called Patria y Vida — homeland and life.
The slogan is a spin on the communist regime's decades-old slogan of "" — homeland or death. In strong terms, the song accuses the government of destroying the quality of life in Cuba, a message that quickly found traction with protesters who are demanding change.
