Luis Fonsi,
the Puerto Rican singer behind the global git song "Despacito," has
just called out Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for creating an altered
version of
"Despacito" to promote an upcoming referendum that
opponents say will erode the last signs of democracy in the South American
nation.
In a lenghty
Spanish post on his official Instagram page, Fonsi wrote, "My music is for
all those who want to listen to it and enjoy it, (but it's) not to be used as
propaganda that intends to manipulate the will of a people that's crying out
for liberty and a better future".
President
Maduro isn't the first in Venezuela to use "Despacito" for political
means. Venezuelan opposition leaders created a modified version of it to rally
voters for an unofficial vote on July 16 against Maduro's referendum but Fonsi
didn't object to that version.
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