UPDATED with LIVE video at the Miami Herald. Habla espanol?
UPDATE 2: 6:45 PM ET… Gloria speaking now, both Spanish and English. Nice speech re freedom….
“we are here to honor the ladies in white who have walked peacefuly for the last 7 years to defend freedom… white is the color of hope, of peace,…. Freedom belongs to every human being…. gracias…”
Her English not exactly same as the Spanish but my Spanish isnt that good…lol.
MSNBC just had a brief report on this News.
Gloria Estefan Leads Damas March Today
A march in support of Cuban peace activist group Las Damas de Blanco happens tonight at 6 p.m. in Calle Ocho, Miami Florida.
At 6 p.m., Gloria Estefan will lead a group of peaceful protestors in a march to support Las Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White), a group of wives and mothers whose relatives are in prison for opposing Fidel Castro’s government.
After the march, which will begin at Beacom Blvd. between 7th and 8th Streets and go from 22nd to 27th Avenues, Estefan is expected to thank participants, read a poem and sing the Cuban and U.S. national anthems.
Anyone participating is aked to where white and walk in silence. Shirts, which will be replicas of the ones used in Cuba by the Damas de Blanco, will also be made.
Who…?