'Despacito' Singer Luis Fonsi Calls Out Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro For Using His Song For Propaganda

Luis Fonsi, the Puerto Rican singer behind the global git song "Despacito," has just called out Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for creating an altered version of "Despacito" to promote an upcoming referendum that opponents say will erode the last signs of democracy in the South American nation.



In a lenghty Spanish post on his official Instagram page, Fonsi wrote, "My music is for all those who want to listen to it and enjoy it, (but it's) not to be used as propaganda that intends to manipulate the will of a people that's crying out for liberty and a better future".



President Maduro isn't the first in Venezuela to use "Despacito" for political means. Venezuelan opposition leaders created a modified version of it to rally voters for an unofficial vote on July 16 against Maduro's referendum but Fonsi didn't object to that version.