Los Frikis or the Frikis is a Cuban punk subculture that originated in the 1980s.[1] As Cuban radio stations rarely played rock music, Frikis often listened to music by picking up radio frequencies from stations in nearby Florida.[2] 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.[3] Some Frikis also participate in squatting as an act of political defiance.[4]
In a 2017 article for Time Out, journalist Jake Newby described the movement as in decline, due to "only a handful of Los Frikis remain[ing]".[5]
- ^ Saeed, Abdullah. "Why a Community of Punks Chose to Infect Themselves with HIV in Castro's Cuba". Vice Media. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ Tim Howard, Luis Trelles. Los Frikis (Audio). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
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- ^ Newby, Jake. "From Shanghai with love: The story behind a China-produced Cuban punk compilation". Time Out. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
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