"God did not teach us to be lukewarm or neutral"

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Final Version / February 9, 2019.- The sushi tray and the unfinished wine glbad on the table adorn Ricardo Montaner's dressing room, ready to be presented at the Villa María Festival. They spent three years of their last meeting with the Argentinian audience, but music is not the only thing that crosses the head of the famous singer-songwriter.

Not at this precise moment, despite the long-awaited opportunity. Not now, when the crisis in the country that saw it grow worse by the day.

"I think Nicolás Maduro's diet was over, and now it's still a question of what's going to happen with the transition, it can be a calm event or an event nobody knows what it can bring," Montaner said. at Teleshow, a few minutes in advance, before going on stage.

Born in Argentina, but raised in Venezuela, the singer remembers his years of school and his musical debut in Maracaibo. He is surprised by what has changed his land in recent years: "In my country, the situation seems to be becoming insensitive and suddenly new events have been scheduled, at least one citizen, one ordinary citizen, may think that everything has been orchestrated in one way or another well thought out by those who play politics. "

In this sense, he places his hopes in Juan Guaidó, who was sworn in as interim president of Venezuela after Maduro took his second presidency without international recognition. "Young politicians, from this typical ego of those who say" I want everything for me "".

Recently, the Vatican has expressed a position of "positive neutrality" in the Venezuelan crisis and Pope Francis has refused to intervene in the conflict "until both parties wish it".

Montaner does not hesitate to express his rejection of these statements.

"I think you can not be neutral in certain situations, God is the first who is not neutral and if there is anyone who knows justice, it is Jesus. He does not say "be hot" or "neutral", but "you have to go." Being neutral in these circumstances seems to me too comfortable. "

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