What’s the space of humor in the Caribbean? What is it allowed to laugh about? What are the invisible borders that humor faces? What costs are paid for laughing at power? Here’s a summary of the meeting that we held together with Provea, Zona de Descargar, Freemuse, and Artists at Risk Connection to continue defending freedom of artistic expression. You will find fragments related to the theme: Art, humor and political action. We talked to artists and cultural actors who suffer harassment and persecution in their countries. We were accompanied through Cuba by the political satire magazine “Ay, qué muela!”; from Venezuela: the artists and activists Ricardo Del Bufalo, Melanio Escobar and Neisser Banout & from Colombia, the satirical news outlet, Actualidad Panamericana. …...more
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