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René Pérez of Calle 13 Writes Song with Julian Assange

Categories: Caribbean, Latin America, Western Europe, Puerto Rico (U.S.), United Kingdom, Arts & Culture, Politics, Protest

Puerto Rican hip hop star René Pérez (@Calle13Oficial [1]) of the band Calle 13 announced today [2] [es] through Twitter that he is with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where Assange was given refuge after being accused of a sexual crime in Sweden. Pérez will be live on TwitCam tomorrow at 10 pm (London time) from the Embassy composing a song with Assange and his Twitter followers. His tweet says:

Hello FBI! Here I am with Julian #Assange founder of @wikileaks. Tomorrow we will be writing together. With you. 10 pm London time.