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Politico reports:
In 2021, like many Cubans and Cuban Americans that summer, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was jamming to “Patria y Vida,” the Grammy-winning protest anthem that became a rallying cry for dissidents in Cuba.
The hip-hop song, whose title translates to “Homeland and Life,” directly rebuked Fidel Castro’s revolutionary slogan, “Patria o Muerte” — “Homeland or Death.” That was a cause that resonated with Rubio, the son of Cuban exiles, so much that in 2023, he introduced the “Patria y Vida Act,” “protecting against Tyrants” and expanding internet service in Cuba.
Now, one of the song’s central voices, Cuban rapper Eliéxer Márquez Duany — better known as El Funky — faces removal from the United States. Earlier this month, U.S. immigration authorities denied Márquez Duany’s residency application under the 1966 Cuban Adjustment Act. He has less than 30 days to leave the U.S. or face deportation and likely imprisonment in Cuba, since his music helped fuel the largest anti-government protests in Cuba in decades. Despite Márquez Duany’s troubles, Rubio, now the secretary of State, has remained silent.
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The Pro-Trump Cuban Rapper About to Be Deported
www.politico.com/news/magazin…— David Darmofal (@daviddarmofal.bsky.social) May 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Pro-Trump Cuban rapper El Funky is being deported from the U.S. to Cuba, where he could face prison time for helping inspire the country’s largest anti-government protests through his music.
Maybe people like @MarcoRubio, who claim to be tough on the Cuban government, could do… pic.twitter.com/dB2ynJazjN
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) May 25, 2025