Rockers Mana on How to Fight Corruption, 'The Cancer of Latin America' Carolina Moreno - HuffPost LatinoVoices
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The group is preparing to release its ninth studio album, “Cama Incendiada,” which has already had its first massive hit, “Mi Verdad.” The single, a duet with Colombian singer Shakira, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs in February. (OficialMana)

Maná may be one of the biggest rock bands you’ve never heard of - or maybe the one responsible for the soundtrack of your youth.

...The Huffington Post asked group members about their thoughts on recent events in Mexico. The country continues to deal with a lack of transparency in the case of 43 students who disappeared in September. More recently, President Enrique Peña Nieto’s administration has been accused of censoring and backing the firing of one of the country most prominent journalists, Carmen Aristegui.

“In Latin America, we’re drowning in corruption,” lead vocalist Fher Olvera told HuffPost. “It makes us very sad. We’re Mexican, but first and foremost we’re Latin Americans. We have the same language, the same dreams, the same story.

“We’re very saddened, for example, by what is happening in Venezuela,” Olvera added. The South American country has recently faced national food shortages amid political unrest. “In ‘Mi Verdad,’ I don’t know if you’ve heard, but it mentions lies and clearly talks about the lies of dictators and leaders that deceive us. And we are worried about it, we normally try not to be too political, but sometimes it's inevitable and unavoidable.”

Drummer Alex González asked fans to use social media as a tool against corruption and human rights abuses.

"We are just very concerned [about] the situation not only in Mexico, but all over Latin America,” González told reporters. “Corruption is the cancer of Latin America. We’re having a lot of issues in our country, in Mexico, but I think the important thing is that people have a voice and social media is very important to denounce all those violations, human rights or anything that they see towards the environment.

"All we can do as a band is just tell people, 'Go out there and protest,'” González added. “We have to denounce anything that we see that's happening here in the United States, Latin America, and all over the world. We all live in the same planet and that planet is like a boat, if that boat sinks, we all sink. It doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor, it doesn’t matter your religion, sex, nothing.”

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