VIRAL: Jaime Bayly explains why he can't stand López Obrador, and it has to do with Cuba

The journalist and writer was forceful in his response to a follower of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador who rebuked him for speaking ill of the president of Mexico. He was forceful in his response to a follower of who rebuked him for speaking ill of the president of Mexico. Mexico.

| 18/04/2024 - 10:26am (GMT-5)

A video that has gone viral in recent days confirms that Cuba is one of the reasons why the journalist and writer Jaime Bayly can't stand the Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO).

The incident dates back to October 14 of last year during Bayly's presentation of his novel The genius at the Zócalo International Book Fair, in Mexico City.

In a crowded Salvador Allende forum, during the round of questions the topic went beyond the literary and a Mexican present did not hesitate to ask him why he always criticizes AMLO.

"You talk a lot about Mexico and you talk a lot about our president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, our great president who I believe will go down in history as the best president of Mexico and I say in response that it is an honor to be with Obrador. Why? "How much criticism of Andrés Manuel López Obrador? Do you even know the reality of Mexico? Why don't you ask people what they think about him?" the man questioned amidst growing boos in the room.

With the calm that characterizes him, Jaime Bayly anticipated that it would be brief and noted that he had gone to talk about a novel and not about politics, despite which he left him a forceful response:

"As I live in Miami, as I am a defender of freedom and as I have many Cuban and Venezuelan friends [...] it hurts me deeply, I tell you from the bottom of my heart, that the president whom you love so much, "adult - I didn't say praise - I said adulation, to two deeply despicable dictators: the dictator of Cuba and the dictator of Venezuela.", Bayly responded forcefully.

After his response, a group of those present in the packed Salvador Allende Forum of the FIL in the Zócalo applauded him while others snorted his response.

In recent years, the famous journalist's public attacks against the controversial Mexican president have been recurrent.

A few months before that incident, in February of last year and as a result of the delicate political context that Peru was going through, Bayly criticized AMLO for defending the ousted Pedro Castillo and concluded: "López Obrador is an idiot, I hate him more every day, he is a servant of the dictators of Cuba and Venezuela, and he decorates them."