Even Christ the Redeemer sympathizes with Vinicius

He Christ the Redeemerthe monumental statue that crowns the hill of Kuba and which is the greatest symbol of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiroremained in the dark on Monday night for an hour in solidarity with the soccer player from Real Madrid Vinicius Juniorvictim of racist insults in Spain.

The lights that illuminate the 709 meter statue of the famous Christ of open arms was executed at 6:00 pm local time (21:00 GMT) and left the monument in the dark until 7:00 pm local time (22:00 GMT).

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“The Archdiocesan Shrine Christ the Redeemer condemned the racist attacks suffered by the Brazilian soccer player Vinicius Junior on Sunday May 21 in the match between real Madrid and the Valencia“, of the Spanish League, reported the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro it is a statement.

The light was turned off for an hour as a “symbol of the collective fight against racism and in solidarity with the football player and all those who suffer from prejudice in the world,” the note added.

The attacker of real Madrid and the Brazilian team, he said he was touched by the act of support in a message he posted on his social networks.

“Black is important. Christ the Redeemer has been left like this recently. An act of solidarity that moves me. But I want, above all, to inspire and bring more light to our struggle,” he said.

wine jrfrom one of the municipalities in the metropolitan area of ​​Rio de Janeiro and started his sports career in the Brazilian city, took advantage of the message to thank all the support he received, both from Brazil like everyone else.

“I know exactly who. Count on me because the good are the majority and I will not give up. I have a purpose in life and, if I have to suffer more so that future generations do not go through the same way. situation, I am ready and prepared”, he concluded.

The administrators of Christ the Redeemer join the messages of rejecting racism that proliferated this Monday at Brazil.

The Government itself, in a statement, denied “in the strongest terms” that it was a racist insult Vinicius Junior “He suffers again and again Spain“and requested that the government and soccer authorities of that country, as well as the FIFAthat they adopted “effective” measures.

In a hard official statement released by the Foreign Ministry, the Government of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva He deeply regrets that, until now, no effective measures have been taken to prevent and prevent the repetition of these acts of racism.

The Brazilian Government’s reaction to what happened in Mestalla It was immediate and difficult, to the point that these facts were commented on by the president himself Lula this Monday, in statements to reporters on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, in the Japanese city of hiroshima.

“It is not fair that a poor young man who succeeded in life and became one of the best soccer players” should suffer this kind of attack, Lula declared, pointing out that “we cannot allow fascism and racism to occupy soccer stadiums”.