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Jan 7 • 16:00 UTC • 🇪🇸 Spain • elDiario.es

Almeida defends Juanma Moreno's 'blackface' and admits he feels "a lot of envy" for embodying Baltasar

Madrid's mayor, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, defended the controversial blackface portrayal by Juanma Moreno, the president of Andalusia, during the Sevilla parade and expressed his envy for Moreno's role as Baltasar.

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