ALBERTO MAYOL, Chilean sociologist
“State funds should not be used to bring in the Mexican Featherweight and, at the same time, fight drug trafficking. It seems relevant to discuss as a society what happens with the narco culture and with those who promote that culture. There are artists who represent something, a reality and it is going very well, it is fantastic, but Peso Pluma’s lyrics are apologists, explicit in saying messages in favor of the drug world, in promoting an idea of youth that is brutal. In them (the letters) he tells young people: ‘you are going to work for me as a soldier, you are going to die young, but you will have enjoyed those years of life extraordinarily, having access to luxury clothes, luxury cars’ and when he refers to couples talks about sexual partners from payment”
ORGANIZATIONAL TEAM OF THE VIÑA FESTIVAL
“The artist’s performance is confirmed in the 2024 edition. Peso Pluma has more than 55.5 million monthly listeners and is the revelation artist of 2023 in the latest and most prestigious international awards (…) Prominent TV networks from the US, Europe and all of America have given space to their talent. “There are no legal or contractual arguments to revoke the participation of Peso Pluma.”
CAROLINA TOHÁ, Minister of the Interior
“First, I want to say that as authorities committed to security, we are concerned that there is so much following of songs that promote narco culture, and that often promote a quite derogatory view towards women and reproduce very discriminatory paradigms. The matter should be a topic of concern and debate in Chilean society, so that we are aware of what we are also hearing. If it is heard, there must be awareness of the message that exists and it does not promote those types of values or those types of views of society.”
CAROLINA VALLEJO, spokesperson for the President of Chile
“Censorship is complex because we know where it begins, but we don’t know where it ends. We have said that although we agree that it is not good to encourage or promote drug culture, we do not agree with censorship, and that is the position of the Executive on this matter.”
THE CHILE NATIONAL TELEVISION DIRECTORY (TVN)
“The channel cannot share, transmit, or promote repertoires alluding to violence, drug trafficking and other elements related to the so-called narcoculture. The disagreement over the hiring of the artist has been unanimous and the cancellation of the invitation to the artist has been formally requested, a requirement that will be presented to the festival commission, also made up of the Municipality of Viña del Mar and Canal 13.”
NICKY NICOLE, artista
“The truth is I feel that he is a great artist, and that when he is on stage in Viña del Mar all the people are going to enjoy him a lot, and he is also a great person.”
2024-01-20 01:50:30
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