Editing Protest song (section)

== North America ==



===Cuba ===
[[File:Sara_González.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Sara González Gómez|Sara González]] is one of the most iconic female figures in the Nueva Trova movement.]]

A type of Cuban protest music started in the mid-1960s when a movement in [[Cuban music]] emerged that combined traditional [[folk music]] idioms with progressive and often politicized lyrics. This movement of protest music came to be known as "[[Nueva trova]]", and was somewhat similar to that of [[Nueva canción]], however with the advantage of support from the Cuban government, as it promoted the [[Cuban Revolution]] – and thus part of [[revolutionary song]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2019}}

===Puerto Rico===
Though originally and still largely Cuban, [[nueva trova]] has become popular across Latin America, especially in [[Puerto Rico]]. The movements biggest stars included Puerto Ricans such as [[Roy Brown (Puerto Rican musician)|Roy Brown]], Andrés Jiménez, [[Antonio Cabán Vale]] and the group [[Haciendo Punto en Otro Son]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brill |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=niZFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT792 |title=Music of Latin America and the Caribbean |date=2017-12-22 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-68230-5 |page=792 |language=en}}</ref>

In response to [[Telegramgate]], Puerto Rican musicians [[Bad Bunny]], [[Residente]], and [[ILE (singer)|iLE]] released the protest song "[[Afilando los cuchillos]]" on July 17, 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Contreras|first=Felix|date=July 25, 2019|title='Afilando Los Cuchillos' Soundtracks Puerto Rico's Social Movement In Real Time|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/altlatino/2019/07/25/744727518/afilando-los-cuchillos-soundtracks-puerto-rico-s-social-movement-in-real-time|access-date=July 27, 2019|newspaper=NPR|language=en}}</ref> It is a [[Diss (music)|diss track]] calling for the resignation of [[Ricardo Rosselló]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ruiz|first=Matthew Ismael Ruiz|date=July 25, 2019|title=Residente, iLe, Bad Bunny "Afilando los Cuchillos"|work=Pitchfork|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/residente-ile-bad-bunny-afilando-los-cuchillos/|access-date=July 27, 2019}}</ref>

=== United States===
{{Main|Protest songs in the United States}}