Andy Palacios, Belize´s cultural amabassador and major proponent of Garifuna music, remains in critical condition. See news. The Garifuna people extend throughout the Atlantic coast of Belize to Nicaraguna, and are the descendants o a 17th-century slave shipwreck off the Honduran coast and a cultural fusion with welcoming Arawak Indians. The music is a glorious reflection of the point where African culture merged with Amerindian culture – one of the styles of Garifuna music is parranda, the Spanish word for party, and the music is sung in Garifuna language, mixed sometimes with Spanish or English. Listen to Santo Negro by another Garifuna artist, Aurelio Martinez. Andy’s 2007 album Watina won numerous accolades and he was named World Music Artist of the 2007 at WOMEX. We hope for the best for Andy. We hope for the best, and Andy is in our thoughts. Andy Palacio, embajador cultural de Belize, y ganador de numerosos premios en el 2007 por su obra musical Watina, se encuentra en condición critica. Andy ha promovido la cultura y música del pueblo Garifuna con todo el corazón – pueblo descendiente de los nativos arahuacos de la zona de la costa atlántica de centroameríca de Belize hasta Nicaragua, y de africanos naúfragos de barcos de esclavos. La música incorpora gloriosamente esta cultura centroamericana, y se canta en Garifuna mezclado a veces con español o inglés, escuhen Santo Negro de Aurelio Martinez, otro artista Garifuna. Tenemos a Andy y su familia en la mente y en el corazón.