Guantanamera
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"Guantanamera" is a Cuban patriotic song with lyrics from a poem by the Cuban poet José Martí. It is an expression of love for Cuba and of solidarity with the poor people of the world.
Square of Guantanamera. Guantánamo, Cuba. March 2016.
Celia Cruz
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Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso, known as Celia Cruz, was a Cuban-American singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Cruz rose to fame in Cuba during the 1950s as a singer of gu
Guantanamera
…by the Weavers from their May 1963 Carnegie Hall Reunion concert, became an international hit. The song has notably been covered or interpreted by Celia Cruz, Compay Segundo and Wyclef Jean. The music for the song is sometimes also attributed to Joseíto Fernández, who claimed to have written it at various…
Cruz in 1957
Celia Cruz in the 1950s with the members of the Sonora Matancera in Havana
Cruz with her husband Pedro Knight, c. 1962
Celia Cruz performing in Paris at the Olympia in 1980