Maykel “Osorbo” Castillo has been detained in Pinar del Río since May, charged, according to pro-government agency Cubadebate, with “crimes of assault, disturbing public order and fleeing a prisoner or person detained.” Earlier this year, Osorbo co-wrote a song that changed the revolutionary slogan “patria o muerte” to “homeland and life.” It has since lived many generations on and off the island after protests in July against food and medicine shortages caused by the pandemic gained international attention, as well as international attention. as an artist movement organized in the name of free speech, of which Osorbo is a member. “¿Quién le dijo que Cuba es de ustedes? / Si mi Cuba es de toda mi gente,” asked Randy Malcom of Gente de Zona. Reality and the future will always be harder to grasp than we describe, harder to glorify the interests of politicians in Cuba or in the United States, but art requires effort by listeners.