WHAT HAPPENED TO CÉSPEDES?

 

FRANCISCO CÉSPEDES ATTACKS AGAINST AMLO

A video circulates on social networks where the singer Francisco Céspedes attacks the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and wishes him death.

After performing at a concert in Hermosillo, Sonora, the Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter and musician offered an interview in which he reproached López Obrador for inviting the President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, to Mexico to celebrate the national holidays, and put it " as the maximum".

The right has a new idol: "I hope he dies" says the singer Francisco Céspedes when asked about AMLO. pic.twitter.com/S21DFGA5IQ

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Then he revealed that this is why he dislikes the President and said "I hope he dies."

"When one comes to a country that is in great need, when there is a president who invites a Cuban dictator on September 15 and puts him above the..., I don't know, I mean, you can invite any president, but not put it as the maximum, because that's why I don't like that guy very much and I hope he dies," he said.

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It should be noted that, on September 16, 2021, President Miguel Díaz-Canel arrived in Mexico to celebrate, together with López Obrador, the military parade on the occasion of the 211th anniversary of Independence, where he delivered a speech during the event and participated in the meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac).

When asked how he celebrated Father's Day, Céspedes evaded the question and went on to say that many people adore presidents and turn them into Jesus Christ and that "nobody dies because of that they fight with their friend."

Hours after his statements, the interpreter of "Esta vida loca" changed his Twitter to "private", so his posts can no longer be seen.

WHAT DOES THE CONSTITUTION SAY ABOUT INSULTS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO?

In article 33 of the Mexican Constitution it mentions that "Foreigners may not in any way interfere in the political affairs of the country."

However, the singer-songwriter also has Mexican nationality, granted on February 3, 2003 at the Mexican Foreign Ministry in a ceremony led by then-President Vicente Fox Quesada.

At that time, through a letter issued by his record company, Céspedes reiterated his attachment to Mexico.

"I am what I always wanted to be, here on this land that regardless of what I proudly receive today (his Mexican nationality), it was already embedded in my soul," he said.

Last March, President López Obrador sent to the Chamber of Deputies the initiative to reform Article 33 of the Mexican Constitution, which until now allows the Executive to expel foreigners without the need for a prior judicial process.

The change was made public after Felipe Calderón, the former president of Mexico, called for this article to be used to expel Abraham Mendieta, a Spanish political analyst affiliated with Morena, from the country. Upon learning of the controversy, López Obrador came to his defense during one of his morning conferences and proposed its repeal.

However, the initiative has not been discussed, so it remains frozen in the Lower House.

In addition, last February, President López Obrador said that he would "bat" an opinion proposed by Morena that proposes updating the fines in the Law on Printing Crimes, with which some quadruple the current amount established in the legislation.

"I was surprised that they authorize in the Chamber that whoever insults the president, they will increase the punishment, they will have to pay two or three times more, I do not know who did that, I do not need that, I did not promote it, I'm going to veto it, what's that for, no! Freedom of expression," he said in his morning conference.

WHO IS FRANCISCO CESPEDES?

Francisco Fabián Céspedes Rodríguez, better known as Francisco Céspedes or Pancho Céspedes, is originally from Santa Clara, Cuba, but is a Mexican national.

He has lived in Mexico for 30 years and has been prohibited from entering the island since, in 2018, during a presentation at the Cuban Art Factory (FAC) in Havana, he gave his opinion about the government.

Pancho Céspedes revealed that it was his opinion about censorship and the exodus from Mariel, one of the great migratory movements of the 20th century, of 125,000 Cubans to Miami, which guaranteed him exile.

The singer-songwriter rose to fame in the late 1990s with songs like "Vida Loca", "Thinking of you", "Señora" and "Dónde está la vida".