Alejandro Sanz still hates Chavez

Wed12Dec2007

Alejandro Sanz still hates Chavez

15:40 H | Topics: Celebrities - Controversia - Entertainment - Venezuela

cantante_Alejandro_Sanz_ayer_durante_rueda_prensa_previa_concierto_ofrecera_hoy_Auditorio.jpg Back in October, Spanish pop star Alejandro Sanz was banned from performing in Caracas due to some "despotic" comments he made about President Hugo Chavez. It seems that the relationship between the two isn't shaping up to get much better, as 20 Minutos reports that Sanz recently called Hugo a "dictator" at a Grammy party in Miami:

Alejandro Sanz said, during a party in Miami, that many Venezuelans are "suffering through the dictatorship" of the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez. Sanz made this comment at a party celebrating his candidacy to a Grammy award.

Alejandro also clarified why he accepted a Venezuelan flag and a "Chavez Sucks" t-shirt at a recent concert in Miami, and later showed them to the audience, saying: "I did what I felt. It wasn't a joke but a criticism."

Somehow I think this isn't going to make getting a gig in Caracas any easier.

Via / 20 Minutos

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1. brad ~ Thursday, Dec 13 2007 | 02:04H:

So, Chavez is a dictator whose attempt at passing legislation just failed. Uh-huh. Dictators don't allow elections that don't go their way.

Where are the death squads? Where are the reports of the disappeared?

Chavez may be an ass but compared to the real dictators of Latin America who ruled with brutal hands and no elections, Chavez is a pushover.

2. Enojon ~ Thursday, Dec 13 2007 | 08:12H:

Brad just wait and see 'Ol Hugo aint done yet

3. Joncleir Dezenove ~ Thursday, Dec 13 2007 | 14:48H:

Thanks, Brad. Hugo Chavez will have changed the fundamental relations of Venezuelan society for the better, with hope and luck, for generations to come - even if he is driven out of power by foreign or ultimately, by his own electorate. Alejandro Sanz, by contrast, will spend the rest of his career promoting whining love songs so that he can drive a better car. Let the revolution proceed without lovesick consumers.

4. nicolas ~ Friday, Dec 14 2007 | 23:26H:

Cada quien es libre de expresar su opinion pero creo que hay ciertas cosas que no deberian decirse si pensamos bien un poco en el caso de un artista una celebridad como lo es Sanz. si se preguntan por que Sanz esta dolido con Chavez es muy facil.... Chavez estuvo en Madrid en un viaje de asunto politico que no tenia nada que ver con Sanz. Pero Sanz que aun desconozco el motivo, aprobecho la ocacion para decir a los medios y tildar a chavez de Dictador! Como persona no le quito su derecho de expresion pero como artista fue el error mas grande que pueder hacer al ofender a un presidente de cualquier pais, soberano y obviamente como todo gobierno que se defiende pues le respondieron negandole la entrada al pais para un concierto que tenia que hacer y eso le pasa por ser un artista Bruto!! Ahora Mr Alejandro se ofendio por no haber entrado a Venezuela como artista por ofender a un presidente y cree que lo que hace ahora ofendiendo otravez al presidente lo hara ganarse un Grammy.... Sr Alejandro Sanz con todo el respeto que se merece, como artista se debe disculpar y reflexionar sobre sus actos. En ese camino que vas creo que mas nunca te vamos a ver la cara en Venezuela falta no haces aqui solo eres una persona mas como todos nosotros. Reflexiona y deja de andar con el corazon partio.

Sinceramente admire una que otra cancion tuya pero tengo orgullo y honor de ser Venezolano y sea cual sea nuestro presidente malo o bueno es nuestro y como tal tambien nos ofende a todos los Venezolanos.

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