“Narcos” and an advertising controversy – Daily of The Day

The advertising of "Narcos" in the Puerta del Sol in Madrid that the chancellor of the colombian asked to remove for cause a negative image for Colombia

chancellor of colombia, María Ángela Holguín, today called for the withdrawal of an advertising poster in the emblematic Puerta del Sol in Madrid of the series "Narcos" for Netflix, with an image of the actor that gives life to drug trafficker Pablo Escobar and the slogan "Oh, a white Christmas."

The chancellor, who is accompanying the president Juan Manuel Santos on his european tour after receiving the Nobel Peace prize, referred to the controversy over the announcement at a press conference at the colombian embassy in Madrid.

Holguín said that the embassy has been in contact with the town Hall of the Spanish capital and with the platform of video on demand and Netflix to remove that sign by the negative image that, in your judgment, can generate of Colombia.

emphasized in the "efforts to turn the page" undertaken by Colombia in recent years to overcome the image linked to drug trafficking and was convinced that this perception is now different but "preconceptions exist".