The Venezuelan Embassy in Spain has issued a statement apologizing after Carlos Baute started a chant in which Delcy Rodríguez, the president in charge of Venezuela, was called “mona.” This occurred at the event of the Venezuelan opponent, María Corina Machado, held this Saturday in Madrid.
Gladys Gutiérrez, the Venezuelan ambassador, has expressed “her most sincere apologies to the people of Spain, who know in their own history the horror of fascism and hate crimes.” Baute, who gave a performance before the appearance of Corina Machado, began the cry of “Out with the monkey!”, which was followed by all the attendees present.
The embassy has condemned his words, describing them as “a form of political violence based on misogyny and racism.” The very act of calling a woman “cute” is denounced as “an act of dehumanization incompatible with the principles of international human rights law.”
Thus, Baute’s country “categorically denounces these events” and refuses to allow Venezuelan women to be “objects of hate speech, wherever it comes from.” They have also recalled that Venezuela is “a deeply mixed nation, forged in diversity and the meeting of indigenous, African and European roots.” Carlos Baute has not issued any statement.
The singer Carlos Baute, during a rally with Venezuelans in Madrid, shouted: “Out with the monkey!”, in reference to the president in charge of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, an expression that has been identified as racist.
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Statement from Carlos Baute
Carlos Baute has issued an official statement in which he apologizes for his words, ensuring that he “got carried away by emotion” and that “he should not have done it.” Likewise, his team denies that Baute is racist: «Carlos Baute is not a racist person, nor has he ever been. This is what he has stated publicly, and he considers that a specific moment, lived in the midst of a collective emotion, does not define either his career or the values that he has defended throughout his life.
In the text, Bauta indicates that “he does not believe in insults as a path” and that “I do not want an error in the midst of a collective emotion to divert attention from what is truly important.” For his part, his team points out that “his career (has been) marked by music, love, family and unity, as well as his link with Venezuelan culture,” and that these values “clearly reflect the principles that have always guided him.” His intention has never been to promote messages of hate, and that is why he reiterates his apologies for the forms, not for the values that he has always represented,” the statement indicates.
