Alejandro Sanz Peléa Con Los Chavistas On Twitter

By Elis T. Ortiz

The Spanish pop rocker Alejandro Sanz has been very vocal about promote peace entre la frontera de Colombia y Venezuela, even joining Juanes in the 2008 Paz Sin Fronteras concert. But he’s been equally as free with his opinions on current Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.

For a couple of hours on August 9, Sanz took to Twitter to have a public dispute con los chavistas quienes no estan de acuerdo with Alejandro’s point of view on their president.

Alejandro Sanz (file photo)

The dispute began when Sanz tweeted a post encouraging his followers to watch a documentary on CNN en Español:

“GUARDIANES DE HUGO CHAVEZ prohibido en Venezuela, Divulguenlo. A las 9 pm.”

This information was re-Tweeted by many of his followers. Within the hour, things started heating up with Chavez supporters, and Sanz did not back down.

Here’s a response he sent to an angry chavista who referred to Sanz as a fascist and racist:

“Fascista hugo chaves que manda a fuego y sangre. Y da cobijo a terroristas. en
venezuela se prohibe todo lo que no os gusta a los que mandais a los que estais al lado del dictador vedette. . Mirate el documental , si puedes. Y a ver que me dices. Y lo de racista de donde lo sacas tu pedazo de ignorante?.”

Uy uy uy! Como se enojó el cantante! Sanz was clearly annoyed, joking that the documentary
must be good since “los chavistas ya estan insultando. Je je.. Todo el mundo a verlo.” He
defended his right to his own opinion, and even mocked some of the responses that insulted
him. To one tweet that called his involvement in political affairs pathetic, Sanz replied, “tu
puedes decir lo que quieras y yo no. Eso si es patetico.”

The Twitter-war continuó por un par de horas más, and Sanz tried to diffuse the cyber-uproar a bit by making this request:

“A ver. Que os parece si cada uno dice lo que piensa sin insultar?.
Hacemos el esfuerzo tod@s?. Chavistas y antichavistas?. Si o que?”

He made a few more requests that his opponents communicate without insult, but as long as he was engaged in the debate, Sanz was clear about his negative opinion of Chavez.

He finally stopped re-tweeting and replying to the insults about 3 hours from the start of the
Twitter pelea, mandandole un mensaje de amor y paz a sus fans. A couple of hours later, he
put the final touch on the subject by re-tweeting his friend Juanes, who had thanked Colombian president Santos as well as Chavez for agreeing to have a peaceful dialogue about their differences.

It seems like Sanz has been spending a lot of time with his rebellious friend Residente of Calle 13!

What’s your take on all this? Should Sanz have engaged in a public spat over this political dispute? Sound off in the comments or @MTV3!

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