Gustavo Dudamel: Venezuela star conductor's tour cancelled

[Bacchus4.0]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40999462

Venezuelan star conductor Gustavo Dudamel has confirmed media reports that his US tour with Venezuela's National Youth Orchestra has been cancelled.

Dudamel said the cancellation, which came just days after President Nicolás Maduro publicly criticised him, was "heartbreaking".

In May, the conductor spoke out against the government.

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On Monday, three days after that public criticism, Venezuelan media reported that the US tour of Venezuela's National Youth Orchestra under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel had been cancelled by the president's office.

[fierywoman]

1. It was probably cancelled for lack of funds by the Venezuelan government

but, had it gone on, it would have created positive spin for Maduro's awful government.

[GatoGordo]

2. Too bad Chavez' daughter couldn't have funded the tour.

According to reputable published accounts, her Andorran bank accounts are worth $4.2 billion. Not bad for a mid level bureaucrat working as an aid to an ambassador.

It is good to be Maria Gabriela Chavez!

[Marksman_91]

3. Or maybe it has more to do with Dudamel's words against Maduro's regime

He recently came out as rejecting the illegitimate constitutional assembly imposed by the chavistas. It's not a coincidence then that this happens now. It's a vile and despicable way of punishing criticism only seen in dictatorships.

[fierywoman]

4. Yes, of course this is true.