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Fito Páez: "Mr. President Duque, weapons and violence do not incite dialogue"

The Argentine singer-songwriter, musician and composer used his official Instagram profile to send a message to President Iván Duque.

The Argentine artist joins the list of personalities around the world who have demonstrated about the protests that Colombia is experiencing, and that have taken place in the last eight days.

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Through his official Instagram account, Páez published a note written by him where he directly mentions President Iván Duque , and calls for dialogue. “Each bullet fired by his government, each death, each disappearance ignites the indignation and rejection of his people,” the publication states.

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And it is that Fito Páez has not been the only international artist who has used his social networks to report on what is happening in the country, personalities such as Residente, Demi Lovato, Diego Torres, Kim Kardashian and even Justin Bieber have viralized information about what these eight days of demonstrations have been in different cities.

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