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This Thursday there was also a similar demonstration in Rio de Janeiro and two days ago a hundred people gathered in front of the Spanish consulate in Sao Paulo in support of the soccer player.
Dozens of Brazilian activists demonstrated this Thursday in support of the soccer player Vincius Junior in front of the Spanish embassy, in Brasilia, for the Racist insults that the player of the real Madrid has received in LaLiga.
The demonstrators clamored against racism and xenophobia and asked for a stronger response by the Spanish authorities and the world of football.
The activist Vtor Gonzales Santos, from Red Emancipa, told EFE that the seven people who were arrested for different racist acts against the Brazilian striker “They are already being released. It’s not punishment enough.”
Another protester, Natlia Stancioni, valued that what happened in the match against Valencia “reflects a social problem that Spain has to face”.
And he pointed out that the first reaction to the racist attacks against Vini Jr. was “slow”, although now, after the governments of Brazil and Spain have discussed the issue, he considered that progress is being made.
“Now it seems that Spain is advancing to a slightly deeper debate. It is the time for Spain to review its laws”, said the activist.
This Thursday there was also a similar demonstration in Rio de Janeiro and two days ago a hundred people gathered in front of the Spanish consulate in sao paulo in support of the footballer.
The Brazilian Foreign Minister, Mauro Vieira, He said this Wednesday that the governments of both countries maintain “permanent contact” to find formulas to put an end to racism in soccer and other sports.
Vieira spoke by phone with his Spanish counterpart, Jose Manuel Albareswho has informed him of the decision of the Government of Pedro Sanchez to “avoid” a repetition of these events and prevent them from going unpunished.
“Minister Albares expressed his full repudiation” and explained that what happened last Sunday at the Mestalla stadium during the match between Valencia and Real Madrid does not reflect “the characteristics of Spanish society”, Scallop pointed out.
The government of Luiz Incio Lula da Silva has expressed its most absolute and harsh repudiation against all forms of discrimination after the events on Sunday.
This Tuesday, the Equality Ministries of Spain and Brazil published a joint statement in which they condemned the racist attack suffered by Vini Jr. and demanded that he not go “unpunished.”
They also expressed their “unconditional solidarity” with the Real Madrid player and demanded that all competent institutions respond “with the utmost diligence to take action” in the face of this and other cases of racism that arise in the field of sport.
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