Colombian pop singer Juanes [ tickets ] has sparked a controversy in South Florida's Cuban-exile community with plans for a Sept. 20 concert in Cuba at Plaza de la Revolucion in Havana, according to a Miami Herald report.

Critics of the show--which also will feature famed Cuban singer/songwriter Silvio Rodriguez; Cuba's most famous dance band, Los Van Van; Spanish singer Miguel Bose; and Puerto Rican singer Olga Tanon--say the Colombian singer is showing unacceptable support of the Cuba's regime, especially with artists on the bill such as Rodriguez and Los Van Van, both of whom are closely associated with Cuban government.

Earlier this week, Juanes, who lives in Key Biscayne, FL, reported to police that he had been receiving threatening responses to one of his Twitter posts in which he said it was time to start knocking down mental walls in order to put aside ideological differences. One of the threats reportedly appeared to be a death threat. The singer's house also has been swarmed with paparazzi and television crews since word of the Cuba show surfaced earlier this summer.

Last week, members of Vigilia Mambisa, a tiny, right-wing exile group, reportedly smashed and burned Juanes' CDs in the street, which sparked its own controversy as other Cuban opinion-makers criticized the protest for making the exile community look too extreme.

Juanes recently told the Spanish newspaper El Pais that he only wants to bring to Cubans music and a connection to the world outside of the island country. "I'm not interested in the Cuban government," he told El Pais. "I'm interested in the people, in the youth ... [Cuba] is a country of 11 million people who are isolated for political and historical reasons. It can't continue like this."

While some have supported the singer's plans for the second annual "Paz Sin Fronteras (Peace Without Borders)" concert, the criticism continues. Popular exile singer Willy Chirino told the Miami Hearld that he loves the fact that Juanes wants to put on a concert for peace for the Cuban people. "But if he doesn't want any political connotations, why is he inviting Silvio Rodriguez and having [Cuban singer/songwriter] Amaury Perez as an organizer, who are two of the most pro-Revolutionary artists in Cuba?" Chirino asked. "[He should] invite artists who have no political opinions, or invite Cuban artists who don't represent Castro's Cuba."

Despite the controversy, the show is expected to go forward. "Plans for the second 'Paz Sin Fronteras' concert have not changed," a spokesperson for the singer said in a statement. "While Juanes understands that there will always be some distressed efforts for change, he has received overwhelming support from across the Miami Cuban community and continues to feel safe in the city that he has made his home."

Last year's "Paz Sin Fronteras" concert was staged on the Colombian-Venezuelan border. That show reportedly drew 100,000 fans during a time of high tension between the governments of the two South American nations.