“Regarding the statement issued this morning by the Community of Madrid, WE CATEGORICALLY DENY having received any threats or instructions from the President of our country, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, or any official of the Government of Mexico regarding the holding of the Platino Xcaret Awards.” Not even carved in stone with a chisel would the denial be read more emphatically than the hotel group, the most important in the Riviera Maya and one of the largest in the country, has just issued a few minutes ago.
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La Vanguardia, invited to cover the ‘Oscars’ of the Ibero-American audiovisual world, has been able to witness firsthand the commotion caused among press colleagues upon learning of the serious statement from the Madrid executive. “In an unprecedented event, the Mexican Government has threatened the organizers of the Platino Ibero-American Film Awards with closing the complex where they are held if the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, attends either the event or the venue at any time.”
All this as a culmination, the statement continues, of a campaign against the Madrid president. “In her daily television program, the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, has attacked Díaz Ayuso every day and has called for a boycott of several of her events. The far-left government in Mexico has shown itself surprisingly nervous about this trip, which is usual for Spanish regional presidents.”
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Awaiting an official statement or appearance by a spokesperson for this event – whose executive president is Enrique Cerezo, as president of EGEDA – the host has stepped forward: it was Xcaret who requested the Platino organization to withdraw the invitation to Díaz Ayuso. “Due to the unfortunate statements made by the representative of the Community of Madrid in recent months culminating with a political tour in Mexico, days before the Platino Xcaret Awards ceremony, we have requested the organizers to withdraw her invitation to prevent the event from being used as a political platform instead of the celebration that seeks to honor the Ibero-American film industry.”
