From Casa de las Américas, in this capital, his son, the artist Pablo Menéndez, collected the distinction awarded by the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), in the presence of the presidents of both entities: intellectual Abel Prieto and Cuban Hero Fernando González, respectively.
This Tuesday, in that cultural space founded by Haydée Santamaría, a tribute to the North American interpreter who shared the stage with figures of those styles such as Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie and Pete Seeger and recorded numerous music productions took place.
During the tribute, the panel made up of intellectuals Miguel Barnet, Nancy Morejón, Rogelio Santana and Pablo Menéndez remembered that great friend of the island, intellectual author of the First Meeting of the Protest Song, organized by the House in 1967.
That event united singers from 16 countries of four continents, summoned in defense of peace and social justice, at times of political upheaval in the international arena and with a catalytic effect, according to protagonists and scholars of the movement in Latin America.
Dane is the first American artist who performed in the largest of the Antilles after the triumph of the Revolution, on January 1, 1959, and since her permanent commitment to the protection of the humble, she turned her singing into a weapon of struggle and resistance.
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