US authorities have refused to let five Cuban Grammy Awards nominees travel to Sunday's ceremony in Los Angeles. Musicians up for best tropical Latin album award - including veteran star Ibrahim Ferrer of the Buena Vista Social Club - have not got visas.
Ferrer, 77, told press in the capital Havana: "I am not a terrorist. I couldn't be one. I am a musician."
A US diplomat in Havana said the US administration could suspend the entry of people deemed to be "detrimental to the interest of the United States".
This site should have some RealAudio streaming sound files of Ibraham Ferrer doing his terrorist stuff on record. They don't seem to work though - maybe the vigilant US thought police have moved in this too...