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The much-hyped event will be beamed live to an international television audience, including viewers in Miami, the heart of the Cuban exile community and center of opposition to Cuba's communist-led government. Television viewers will see an expected half million people, who are being urged to wear white as a symbol of peace, listening to music in the square where the man Miami loves to hate, Fidel Castro, once spoke to huge rallies. Pope John Paul II held a mass in the square in 1998, drawing 850,000 people. On Sunday morning, several hundred young people, organized by the Union of Young Communists, were at the site preparing to work security or staff food booths, undaunted by the prospect of a long day in the hot sun. "Are you kidding? I'm thrilled and can't wait to see Juanes and the others," Antonio Perez said, dressed in a white T-shirt, jeans, sneakers and a cap. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime thing, well worth sweating for." Joining Juanes will be 14 singers and bands from six countries, among them Miguel Bose of Spain, Olga Tanon from Puerto Rico, Jovanotti from Italy and Los Van Van from Cuba. Juanes, winner of 17 Grammy awards, has said his "Peace Without Borders" concert is not about politics, but reconciliation. He believes U.S. President Barack Obama has "opened the door" to change by taking steps to improve U.S.-Cuba relations. "This concert is one little grain of sand more in the process of improving relations through art," Juanes, 37, said upon arrival in Havana this weekend. "It is a gesture of peace, a way of weaving bonds of union." ANGER IN MIAMI To avoid the taint of politics, he has insisted that none of the musicians express their opinions on stage and that no politicians be involved. "I am not a communist. I am not aligned with the government," he told the Miami Herald last month. Still, the concert has touched off protests and strong words in Miami, where many Cubans fled after Fidel Castro took power in 1959. Castro, 83, resigned as president last year due to health problems and was replaced by his younger brother, Raul Castro, 78. Anti-communist exiles say Juanes is helping to legitimize a government that denies its people basic human rights and stifles dissent by throwing opponents in jail. Continued... View article on single page Share: Del.icio.us Digg Mixx Yahoo! Facebook LinkedIn Next Article: Anglican Church leader concerned about Iraq's Camp Ashraf Pittsburgh G20 summit Bankers pay and the need to examine strategies for withdrawing state stimulus for the global economy have dominated debate ahead of a G20 summit in Pittsburgh on September 24-25. 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