The rage and frustration played a bad trick on the diaspora in Madrid
In this case I don't think they were calling her black, but ugly, not all monkeys are black. For me they wanted to humiliate her as a woman, because one of the things that hurts a woman the most is being called ugly, because a woman always wants to look beautiful and desirable.
TL;DR
- Venezuelan political figures, including past and present leaders, have a history of using offensive and derogatory language against their political adversaries.
- Key Chavismo figures like Diosdado Cabello, Jorge Rodríguez, and Iris Varela have publicly insulted opposition leader María Corina Machado.
- Singer Carlos Baute led a chant of "fuera mona" (out monkey) against Delcy Rodríguez during a Venezuelan diaspora event in Madrid.
- Baute apologized for his remarks, stating he got carried away by collective fervor, but the Chavismo government used the incident to criticize the opposition.
- Experts discuss the roots of offensive language in Venezuelan politics, linking it to accumulated frustration, a "neolengua del poder" (new language of power) for manipulation, and historical instances of xenophobia and ethnocentrism.
- While some argue the "monkey" chant was a response to accumulated frustration and not necessarily racist, others condemn it as an unacceptable degradation of political discourse and a harmful tactic that mirrors totalitarian regimes.
- The article highlights a perceived hypocrisy, noting that insults against María Corina Machado by Chavismo figures often go unaddressed, while the incident in Madrid received widespread criticism.
- Experts believe that restoring respectful political discourse and rebuilding democracy in Venezuela requires a conscious effort to elevate public conversations and abandon the manipulative use of language.