00:00And in Spain, reactions continue following the racist insults against Venezuela's acting president,
00:04Rodriguez. These events, which took place in Puerta del Sol in Madrid,
00:08could amount to a hate crime. Our correspondent, Álvaro Fragua, with the details.
00:16The events took place during a rally in support of the for-right politician,
00:20María Corina Machado, sponsored by the neoliberal president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso,
00:24where chants such as Get Out Monkey were heard, directed at Venezuela's acting president, Elsie Rodríguez.
00:31Venezuelan singer Carlos Baute amplified this chant from the stage, encouraging racist insults.
00:37Today, you received the gold medal and the international medal of the community of Madrid
00:42as a sign of our support and gratitude.
00:44Reactions were not long in coming. From the left, it has been denounced that this is not an isolated incident,
00:49but rather a racist chant that could have legal and social consequences.
00:54It is not just a spontaneous shout, but what we see is that the singer pulls the microphone up
00:59and continues to chant himself, when what we are witnessing is a purely racist, hateful attitude.
01:06In Spain, Article 510 of the Penal Code defines hate crimes, including incitement to discrimination
01:12or humiliation of racial grounds. The case law of the Supreme Court has established
01:16that the humanizing insults can be punishable when they generate a climate on possibility.
01:23Inacceptable. The intolerable act of racism and classism that took place this weekend in Puerta del Sol
01:32with Carlos Baute, that tax debtor, calling Delce Rodriguez a monkey
01:39and being cheered on by thousands of racists and classes in Puerta del Sol.
01:44International organizations, such as the United Nations, warn that deshumanization animalizing the person
01:50is a strategy that facilitates violence and normalizes degrading treatment, which can lead
01:56to discrimination or physical assaults. For his part, the position leader did not condemn
02:01these expressions and instead sought to equate the aggressor and the victim.
02:07What is evident is that there are people who insult and then are bothered when they are insulted.
02:12I do not agree with those who insult or with those who are insulted.
02:17The far right in Spain, which has threatened to ban political parties, if it comes to power
02:22at the national level, is rallying around Maria Corina Machado and don't play in what happened.
02:27Well, of course, I understand all the chants.
02:30From the Spanish government, it is criticized that Maria Corina Machado has chosen to act,
02:35as an ideological leader, and meet only with the far right.
02:38And the racist chants in Puerta del Sol are condemned.
02:42I can do nothing other than condemn any racist message.
02:45The squares of our country, including emblematic ones such as Puerta del Sol,
02:50are not places to hear racist and xenophobic chants.
02:54Singer Carlos Baute offers a justification that he has presented as an apology
02:58in an attempt to downplay the implications of racist expressions that could be prosecuted under the law.
03:04Alvar Fraguá, from Madrid to Telesur.
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