Carolina Barrero is a Cuban art historian, writer, and human rights activist. She is noted for her having taken part in the 2021 protests that challenged Cuba's totalitarian regime as a member of the 27N movement of artists and intellectuals.
Carolina Barrero | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1986 (age 37–38) |
| Nationality | Cuban |
| Occupation(s) | Art historian, writer, human rights activist |
Biography
editBorn in 1986, Barrero was raised in Havana by her grandparents, where she recalled “being surrounded by books and stories of the Cuban War of Independence, ancient philosophy, and literature”. After graduating from college, one of her first creative endeavors was a project called Showroom, a space for young artists to present their work and promote dialogue surrounding the art. Barrero has written extensively on the power of symbolism in art and the impact of art and history on epistemology.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
On 27 January 2021, at the Ministry of Culture, Barrero took part in a protest with other artists to protest against increasing state violence and reprisals against dissents. Barrero led a reading of the poem "Dos Patrias" by Jose Marti as Cuban security forces violently broke up the demonstration, with several being detained. Over the next several months, there were reprisals against the protestors, and Barrero was jailed several times. She experienced routine harassment until ultimately Cuban state security told her to leave Cuba or it would begin targeting her family. Barrero fled to Spain, where she continues her activism to support a free Cuba.[7][8][9]
References
edit- ^ "Post Opinions debuts documentary on the struggle for freedom in Cuba". Washington Post. 11 July 2022.
- ^ "'Cubran los juicios' del 11J, pide la activista Carolina Barrero a la prensa extranjera acreditada en Cuba" ["Cover the trials" of 11J, asks the activist Carolina Barrero to the foreign press accredited in Cuba]. Diario de Cuba (in Spanish). 14 February 2022.
- ^ Reyes, Mario Luis (26 November 2022). "Carolina Barrero sobre las elecciones en Cuba: "La posición más efectiva es la abstención"" [Carolina Barrero on the elections in Cuba: "The most effective position is abstention"]. Arbol Invertido.
- ^ Mathus Ruiz, Rafael. "Carolina Barrero, activista cubana: "No puede haber un acercamiento con una dictadura que tiene más de 1000 presos políticos"" [Carolina Barrero, Cuban activist: "There can be no rapprochement with a dictatorship that has more than 1,000 political prisoners"]. La Nacion (in Spanish).
- ^ Riera, Júlia (12 December 2022). "La activista cubana Carolina Barrero habla sobre recientes elecciones municipales" [Cuban activist Carolina Barrero talks about recent municipal elections]. Voz de America (in Spanish).
- ^ Wilkinson, Tracy (8 June 2022). "Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela are not at the summit of the Americas - but their dissidents are". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Lozano, Daniel (4 February 2022). "Exilio forzado para la activista hispano cubana Carolina Barrero" [Forced exile for the Hispanic-Cuban activist Carolina Barrero]. El Mundo (in Spanish).
- ^ "El régimen fuerza la salida de Cuba de la activista Carolina Barrero" [The regime forces activist Carolina Barrero to leave Cuba]. America Teve (in Spanish). 4 February 2022.
- ^ "Carolina Barrero, activista cubana: "La dictadura sabe que una mínima protesta puede hacer explotar el país como pasó hace un año con el 11J"" [Carolina Barrero, Cuban activist: "The dictatorship knows that a minimal protest can make the country explode as it happened a year ago with 11J"]. Infobae. 11 July 2022.