Singer Madonna paid tribute to Che Guevara in the historic concert he gave on Saturday night on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro.
The more than one and a half million people who attended the presentation of the queen of pop saw the famous photo of the Argentine guerrilla taken by Cuban photographer Alberto Korda appear several times on stage, along with one of the actor Marlon Brando.
"Madonna's show paid tribute to the communist terrorist Che Guevara. Detail: the audience was made up of thousands of homosexuals, one of the groups most persecuted by the revolutionary in Cuba," said journalist Fernanda Salles on Twitter.
The artist's initiative generated criticism on social networks from people who were outraged to see the false perception that many have of the Argentine leader in the world.
"These were some of those honored at Madonna's freak show yesterday, paid for with public money. Among those honored are Che Guevara (a large part of the show would be sent to the shooting wall if he were still alive)," stressed actor Marco Antônio Costa.
"Didn't the thousands of homosexuals who were present at Madonna's show know that Che was a murderer of homosexuals...?" MSP-Brasil questioned on Twitter.
The concert to close his tour The Celebration Tour, with which Madonna celebrated her four decades of career, was a milestone in his life and in the history of the city of Copacabana.
Authorities estimate that some 1.6 million people packed several blocks around the famous beach to enjoy the 65-year-old artist's free show.
It is not the first time that the artist pays tribute to Che in her concerts, of whom she is apparently a big fan.
He also did it last year in London.
when he sang Don't Cry for me Argentina, from the musical Evita - a character she played in the cinema - images of the Argentine first lady Eva Perón, Che Guevara and the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo appeared on the screens.
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