Spain’s Queen of Shimmy vs. Matadors

Published by PETA.

It’s the eve of one of Mexico’s biggest bullfights. And earlier today, María Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Gutiérrez de los Perales Santa Ana Romanguera y de la Hinojosa Rasten, better known as Charo, the bodacious ray of sunshine from Spain, led PETA’s anti-bullfight rally in Los Angeles. The lovely Latin music icon unveiled her new anti-bullfighting video for PETA and presented a simple, straightforward message: Don’t Go to the Gran Corrida!

 

Charo and Lisa Lange

Charo

Charo

As a young girl in Spain, Charo went to weekly bullfights with her father, so she understands the gruesome, bloody reality of the corrida, which she’s protested in her dance music video for España Cañi and her appearance on Dancing With the Stars.

Cuchi-cuchi”* convince tourists to steer clear of bullfights? No doubt, but Charo—and bulls—need your help too.

Written by Karin Bennett

*Two things I can’t resist: Guacamole and painful puns. Sorry.

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