Editing Punk subculture (section)

===Cuba===
A punk subculture originated in [[Cuba]] in the 1980s, referred to as [[Los Frikis]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Saeed |first1=Abdullah |title=Why a Community of Punks Chose to Infect Themselves with HIV in Castro's Cuba |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/why-a-community-of-punks-chose-to-infect-themselves-with-hiv-in-castros-cuba/ |website=[[Vice Media]] |date=February 2017 |access-date=23 March 2020 |archive-date=23 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323142515/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qkzvxm/why-a-community-of-punks-chose-to-infect-themselves-with-hiv-in-castros-cuba |url-status=live }}</ref> As Cuban radio stations rarely played rock music, Frikis often listened to music by picking up radio frequencies from stations in nearby Florida.<ref name="Third Coast Festival">{{cite AV media |people=Tim Howard, Luis Trelles |title=Los Frikis |medium=Audio |language=en |url=https://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/feature/los-frikis |access-date=23 March 2020 |archive-date=23 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323200704/https://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/feature/los-frikis |url-status=live }}</ref> While many Frikas in the early-1990s entered AIDS clinics by knowingly injecting HIV-positive blood into them, others began congregating at ''El patio de María'', a community centre in [[Havana]] that was one of the few venues in the city that allowed rock bands to play.<ref name="PRI" /> Some Frikis also participate in [[squatting]] as an act of political defiance.<ref>{{cite web |title=Los Frikis, ces punks cubains qui s'inoculaient le virus du sida pour vivre dans des sanatoriums |url=https://www.vice.com/fr/article/los-frikis-ces-punks-cubains-qui-sinoculaient-le-virus-du-sida-pour-vivre-dans-des-sanatoriums/ |website=[[Vice Media]] |date=7 November 2016 |access-date=23 March 2020 |archive-date=23 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323185722/https://www.vice.com/fr/article/exv5yz/los-frikis-ces-punks-cubains-qui-sinoculaient-le-virus-du-sida-pour-vivre-dans-des-sanatoriums |url-status=live }}</ref>

In its beginning, the subculture was seen as a threat to the [[Collectivism and individualism|collectivism]] of Cuban society, leading to Frikis becoming victims of discrimination and [[police brutality]].<ref name="PPR">{{cite web |last1=Bridges |first1=Megan |title='Spotlight on Cuba' – 'Death is a door': HIV/AIDS, Freedom, & the Cuban Punk Rock Scene |url=https://pennpoliticalreview.org/2015/04/spotlight-on-cuba-death-is-a-door-hivaids-freedom-the-cuban-punk-rock-scene/ |website=[[University of Pennsylvania]] |date=15 April 2015 |access-date=23 March 2020 |archive-date=23 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323144237/https://pennpoliticalreview.org/2015/04/spotlight-on-cuba-death-is-a-door-hivaids-freedom-the-cuban-punk-rock-scene/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the [[New Times Broward-Palm Beach]] some Frikis were "rejected by family and often jailed or fined by the government",<ref>{{cite web |last1=Downs  |first1=Ray |title='Los Frikis' Documentary Tells Story of Cuban Punks Who Got AIDS on Purpose |url=https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/los-frikis-documentary-tells-story-of-cuban-punks-who-got-aids-on-purpose-6926386 |website=[[New Times Broward-Palm Beach]] |access-date=23 March 2020 |archive-date=23 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323163304/https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/los-frikis-documentary-tells-story-of-cuban-punks-who-got-aids-on-purpose-6926386 |url-status=live }}</ref> the 1980s Friki woman Yoandra Cardoso, however, has that argued that much of the response was verbal harassment from law enforcement.<ref>{{cite AV media|title=The Survivors |medium=Audio |language=es |publisher=Radio Ambulante }}</ref> Dionisio Arce, lead vocalist of Cuban [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band Zeus spent six years in prison due to his part in the Frikis.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Blistein  |first1=Jon |title=Cuban Metal Heroes Zeus Confront an Uncertain Future in New Doc Trailer |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/los-ultimos-frikis-zeus-documentary-trailer-908328/ |website=[[NME]] |date=5 November 2019 |access-date=23 March 2020 |archive-date=23 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323173346/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/los-ultimos-frikis-zeus-documentary-trailer-908328/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Some schools would forcibly shave the heads of young Frikis as a form of punishment.<ref name="Third Coast Festival" />