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June 7, 2010

Silvio Rodriguez Peforms in US for First Time Since 1980
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Cuban folk singer Silvio Rodriguez played at New York’s Carnegie Hall on
Friday in his first performance in the United States in over thirty
years. Rodriguez is known throughout Latin America as the voice of the
Cuban revolution. He last performed in the United States in 1980. Since
then he has been repeatedly denied visas.



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