The musical “Malinche” directed by Nacho Cano was presented on Wednesday A A lawsuit before the Courts of First Instance of Madrid against Renfe On charges of “unilaterally and without legitimate reason” canceling the institutional care contract signed in April 2024.
demand … From the production company argues that the breakup is “political” and “Instigated, according to all indications, by the consumer association FACUA– Consumers at Work,” and explicitly blames FACUA Secretary General Rubén Sánchez for encouraging the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility to pressure Renfe to terminate the contract.
The text of the complaint notes that Sánchez “is ideologically very close to the formation of the Podemos party, whose ideological load is completely at odds with the declared values expressed by Malinche’s work of unity and harmony between the peoples of Mexico and Spain, and in general with Spain’s work on the American continent and Christian evangelization.”
According to Cano, “It cannot be ignored that this integrative approach, which celebrates Hispanicism and the meeting of cultures, has existed Opposition from ideological sectors associated with the extreme left Politics and the more extreme nativism, both of which are broadly representative of the party spectrum that supports Spain’s government.
He adds, “These groups promoted a political rereading of the historical past through the criteria of confronting identity, which led them to reject Malinche’s artistic proposal that contradicts this ideological framework, and thus transform the work into a political and media goal.”
According to the lawsuit, “Media associated with the government environment and some activist organizations promoted the campaign “Continuing hostility, defamation and harassment against the musical and against everything it represents from a cultural, historical and identity point of view,” and explicitly says that the aforementioned campaign “had its primary target at the personality of its creator, Mr. Ignacio de la Macarena Cano Andrés (Nacho Cano), whose public exposure and artistic prestige they deliberately tried to undermine.”
Nacho Cano’s friendship with the President of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayusoalso appears in the legal text submitted this Wednesday, which confirms that she is “the main political rival of the current head of government,” and dates the “awarding of the Medal of Honor to the Community of Madrid” to the day when the attacks on her person intensified, “in parallel with the attacks also directed against the President of the Community of Madrid herself, her accompanying delegation, and her family.”
According to the plaintiffs’ account, the police interference “to which Mr. Cano and several members of the Musical team were subjected was formally stated under the guise of a labor inspection, but based on a patently false complaint lacking substantive support,” which led to An investigation “that is clearly prospective in natureWhich led to the filing of unjustified criminal cases. Finally, the Regional Court of Madrid classified this entire process as lacking foundation and legally unacceptable, and issued a decision to archive the proceedings.
Separation
On July 12, 2024, RENFE sent a written communication unilaterally dissolving the sponsorship agreement, Allegations that the musical’s producer’s statements conflict with the company’s reputationtaking into account clause 9.2 of the contract.
This clause provides that Renfe Viajeros and Malinche may, at any time, unilaterally and early withdraw from the agreement, when they understand that the other party’s cooperation with other entities is likely to cause reputational damage. According to the lawsuit, “On Malinche’s part, what was specified was fully adhered to In the cooperation agreement to the extent that a high-budget corporate event of RENFE was financed for which Malinche was responsible, as stated in the accompanying expert report, and that Malinche did not reach agreements with any other entity that could cause her any harm.
On the other hand, with regard to the allegations of alleged damage to reputation deriving from this case, Cano’s legal team asserts that “this matter is completely inconsistent, because the judicial filing itself by the Regional Court and the strength of its reasoning proves the absence of any wrongful conduct on the part of the creator or of the musical, which dismantles the story formulated by the government and media sectors that tried to exploit the character of Nacho Cano and to use Malinche’s work as a political target.”