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José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, the Minister of Culture, has responded to the bullfighting sector after demanding his resignation this Thursday due to "the silence and continued discrimination against bullfighting." "If the measures taken do not work for people who depend on the bullfighting sector, the necessary corrections will be made . The idea of ​​leaving no one behind also includes bullfighting workers," he said in Ondacero.

On Wednesday, Uribes forgot about bullfighting when talking about the bill for which the culture will receive an injection of 76 million euros. For the minister, it is not an "ideological" debate, but one of protection for all vulnerable people: "I would like to know what Madrid has done with San Isidro and other communities . We must do pedagogy and distribute responsibilities."

In a letter, Victorino Martín, president of the Toro de Lidia Foundation, representing the entire industry, exposed the list of grievances that the bull has suffered from the government since the state of alarm was declared. According to the rancher, Uribes had not received them. "I have already told the president of the FTL that many of the things that they asked us are the responsibility of the Autonomous Communities and the City Councils ."

For the Foundation, it would be time to establish conversations "with a minister who understands culture in all its breadth, a minister who honors his position. The world of the bull has been discriminated against for too long, being relegated to the background, when the reality is that we are the second cultural show by number of spectators, only behind foreign cinema. The reality is that we are the second live show, only behind soccer . The reality is that 40% percent of the municipalities Spaniards organize bullfights ".

On social networks the hashtag #ministrodecensura, launched after the historic meeting of the figures on Monday, was trending topic throughout the day on Twitter. Bullfighters, ranchers, journalists and fans demanded the same treatment from Pedro Sánchez's Executive as from other artistic expressions. "Bullfighting has no ideology," wrote El Juli on Instagram .

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