Published: Sept. 8, 2009 at 12:05 PM
MIAMI, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Human rights activists say they support a Cuban
man whose drunken plea for food in a video posted on YouTube resulted in
a two-year jail sentence.
Juan Carlos Gonzalez Marcos, 48, also known as Panfilo, was convicted of
"pre-criminal social endangerment" after video of him jumping into the
frame of a music documentary being filmed in Havana while shouting,
"What we need here is a little bit of jama (Cuban Spanish slang for
food)!'' became a YouTube sensation, El Nuevo Herald, Miami, reported
Tuesday.
"We need food! We're hungry here! Listen to what Panfilo tells you from
Cuba: food!'' Gonzalez says in another close-up.
The Herald said Gonzalez was arrested Aug. 4 after another of video of
him, again appearing intoxicated, was shown on Miami television in which
he reportedly performed a street rap in which he said the police were
going to put him "away."
"This incident was unexpected and came as a surprise because the
protagonist was not a political dissident nor a person trying to defend
a position or gain popularity,'' human rights advocate Jorge Salcedo of
Boston told the newspaper.
Cuban YouTube star's freedom sought - UPI.com (8 September 2009)
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/09/08/Cuban-YouTube-stars-freedom-sought/UPI-88591252425955/
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