According to the report from the Intensive Care Unit, quoted by the Venceremos newspaper on its Facebook account, the popular musician’s condition is also associated with infectious respiratory complications and the prognosis is reserved.

The Cuban Music Institute said that on the afternoon of February 3, Sosa suffered a hemorrhagic stroke after his participation in the Guantanamo-Baracoa Theater Crusade.

He was immediately treated by the Guantanamo Hospital neurosurgery service, where doctors decided to perform surgery. The operation, which took place on Tuesday morning, was successful.

On social networks and in Cuban media, there are many comments of encouragement and solidarity from artists, intellectuals, friends and admirers of the beloved 52-year-old artist, who was born in Santiago de Cuba.

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