“How great you are”, “Thank you for being like that”, “Give me a hug, we’ll talk…”. Words of encouragement like these, accompanied by gestures of deep and sincere complicity, have occurred simultaneously with the brief interview with Pepe Viyuela in the moments prior to the presentation of the 47th. edition of Almagro International Classical Theater Festival.
The actor attended us in the lobby of the Comedy Theater only twenty-four hours after the complaint was revealed to Ramon Paso for alleged sexual crimes. Fourteen women between 18 and 25 years old accused the playwright, screenwriter and stage director of events that took place between 2018 and 2023, according to the Madrid Provincial Prosecutor’s Office.
The actor played the role of the playwright Enrique Jardiel Poncelaof which the author Ramón Paso is a great-grandson, in Jardiel in love, the play written and directed by Paso himself that was performed at the Infanta Isabel theater. Just a few hours after the news was spread, Viyuela declared to Europa Press that the playwright was not his friend. Furthermore, “I don’t want to call him. I don’t want to continue with the show. I’m leaving,” he said.
[El teatro Infanta Isabel suspende la obra de Ramón Paso, acusado por delitos sexuales]
Very few hours later, the Infanta Isabel theater announced the suspension of the play “definitively” in a joint statement between the theater, the production company and the actors. “The function had to be lifted for ethics and as a matter of common sense. It is a function tainted with that complaint. And it is not a heroic act, even though there is a significant economic loss. Right now no one thinks about money,” Viyuela tells El Cultural.
“What people value is the speed of response both on the part of the theater and the production and some of the members of the team,” says Viyuela as the displays of affection among his colleagues continue. When we ask him if there was a driving force in the decision to leave, he is blunt: ” “It was a unanimous cry.”
[Pepe Viyuela deja la obra de teatro de Ramón Paso, denunciado por delitos sexuales: “No quiero seguir”]
The first person the actor spoke to was Andrés Vicente Gómez, the producer of the work, “and from the first moment there was no doubt,” he says. The conversation, as he remembers, took place in these terms: “We are clear about what we have to do, right?”. So it was.
“I haven’t spoken to my teammates since yesterday, but we are going through some very difficult, very hard times. It was a very strong blow. Only one day has passed since we found out and many things have happened since then. I can’t stop receiving comments and I can’t get out of my head because It is a very strong matter, very unpleasant.“concludes Viyuela, who continues hugging everyone who comes to show him their recognition.
The director of the Almagro International Classical Theater Festival, Irene Pardo kisses the actor Pepe Viyuela, during the presentation of the programming of its 47th edition, which will be held from July 4 to 28, 2024, this Thursday at the Teatro de la Comedia in Madrid. Photo: Sergio Pérez / EFE
The actor was at the Comedy Theater to attend the presentation of the 47th. edition of the Almagro International Classical Theater Festival. Irene Pardo, its director, did not miss the opportunity to praise her behavior when she was explaining the program. A simple tribute without referring to the facts, a single sentence: “Pepe Viyuela is one of the most upright and special people in this profession”. The gesture has been approved with a standing ovation.
The work in which Viyuela will participate in the festival, which will be held from July 24 to 28, is The Onofre guitónthe adaptation of a picaresque novel written in 1604. “Its author is Gregorio Gonzalez and it was lost for three and a half centuries,” Viyuela tells El Cultural. And he adds: “When this manuscript was found, some editions were made throughout the 20th century, but we have adapted the novel to the theater, we have turned it into a monologue.”
[La Fiscalía denuncia al dramaturgo Ramón Paso por presuntos delitos sexuales]
“The Onofre guitón It is the third picaresque novel after The guide of Tormes y Guzmán de Alfarache, and it is the first time it has been brought to the theater. For us it is a real event,” concludes Viyuela, author of the adaptation along with Bernardo Sanchez. The direction is carried out by Luis d’Ors and the musical part falls on Sara Águedawho will also be on stage with Viyuela. Silvia Casausrecently incorporated into the team, will be in charge of the locker room.
‘Odacılar’ criminal organization collapsed: 34 people were caught
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In the ‘Mahzen-30’ operations in 8 provinces centered in Batman, the organized crime organization known as ‘odacılar’ was destroyed, and 34 suspects, including the organization’s managers, were caught.
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Published: 20 April 2024 – 08:14 Updated: 20 April 2024 – 08:20
Minister of Internal Affairs Ali Yerlikaya stated that the organized crime group known as “Odacılar” was collapsed with the capture of 34 suspects in the “Mahzen-30” operations carried out in 8 provinces, centered in Batman.
According to Minister Yerlikaya’s statement on his social media account, as a result of the work carried out by Batman Provincial Gendarmerie Command, under the coordination of Batman Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, Gendarmerie General Command’s Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Department, with the support of the Cyber Crimes Department, Batman-based Adana, Aydın, Mersin, Hakkari, Simultaneous “Mahzen-30” operations were organized in Van, Mardin and Izmir.
During the operations, 34 suspects, including Yonca Onat, one of the managers of the organized crime group known as “Odacılar”, whose ringleader was the fugitive Doğan Güney, were captured.
It was determined that the suspects, members of an organized crime group who committed the crime of “qualified fraud by using information systems”, committed fraud by posting fake rental bungalow house advertisements on social media.
It was determined that the suspects tried to lose track of the money by transferring the income they earned from the victims first to the accounts on legal betting platforms, then to their own bank accounts by pretending to be earned from betting, and victimized a total of 18 thousand 635 citizens.
As a result of the work carried out in coordination with MASAK, 1283 bank accounts belonging to the suspects with a transaction volume of 34 million 530 thousand liras were seized, according to initial findings within the scope of laundering of assets obtained from crime.
During the operations, an unlicensed gun, many mobile phones, SIM cards, debit and credit cards and many digital materials were seized.
Regarding the operations, Yerlikaya said, “I want our beloved nation to know that we will destroy organized crime organizations of any size and bring them to justice. Our operations will continue at dawn and at sunset. I congratulate our Batman Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office and our heroic gendarmerie and MASAK employees who carried out the operations. God bless them.” Don’t leave it unturned, our nation’s prayers are with you.” he said.
‘Odacılar’ criminal organization collapsed: 34 people were caught
AfD leader Björn Höcke is on trial for using a Nazi slogan
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A trial against AfD leader Björn Höcke started on Thursday in Halle, in eastern Germany. In the run-up to regional elections that are important for the party, the radical firebrand must answer for the use of a Nazi slogan.
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During an election meeting at the end of May 2021, in Merseburg, not far from Halle, Höcke is said to have proclaimed “Everything for our homeland, everything for Saxony-Anhalt, everything for Germany”. The Nazi paramilitary Sturmabteilung also used the slogan “Alles für Deutschland”.
His lawyers will argue that Höcke did not know that the text was banned. In an interview, Höcke, who taught history in a secondary school for 15 years, also said that he did not know the origin of the slogan. The prosecutors believe that Höcke did know the origin and meaning.
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The use of Nazi slogans or the public display of symbols of Nazi Germany is prohibited in Germany. Violations carry up to three years in prison. The process is expected to take more than a month.
During an AfD meeting in December, Höcke repeated himself. He said “Alles für”, and had the audience add “Deutschland”.
Elections
Höcke hopes to bring his party to power for the first time at state level in the elections in the neighboring state of Thuringia on September 1. The party made significant progress in the polls last summer, but a leading candidate in the European elections was recently accused of receiving money from a Russian-funded propaganda network.
At the same time as Thuringia, Saxony is also going to the polls, and later in September Brandenburg will also elect a new state parliament. The AfD is expected to become the largest party in those three eastern German states.
Due to radical positions, the AfD has been placed under surveillance by the intelligence services in Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt.