Editing Chespirito (section)

=== Accusations of support for dictatorships ===
According to ''El Financiero'', Roberto Gómez Bolaños was severely criticized for traveling to South American nations that were under the yoke of dictators such as [[Jorge Rafael Videla]] in Argentina, and [[Augusto Pinochet]] in Chile. Eduardo Bautista wrote that "According to the comedian himself, the cast of ''El Chavo'' visited all the countries of the continent, [...] The case most criticized by the Mexican media was, perhaps; that of 1978, when Chespirito traveled to [[Santiago]], the Chilean capital, during [[Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990)|Pinochet's regime]]," appearing at the [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos|Chilean National Stadium]], where he had a record audience of 80,000. On the other hand, at the [[Quinta Vergara Amphitheater|Quinta Vergara]] stage during the [[Viña del Mar]] Festival, "thousands of fans also attended, who even had to be accommodated in the surrounding mountainous areas, as the place had exceeded its quota."<ref name="Latin American's dictatorships" />

Gómez Bolaños received negative criticism from the Mexican press for having appeared at the [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos|National Stadium]], a place that had been used as a [[Internment|concentration camp]]. Bolaños did not respond to these accusations until 2005 in the book ''Sin querer queriendo'', he clarified that "none of the actors was aware that the stadium had been a [[Internment|concentration camp]]" and that, had they known it, "we would have worked there anyway". He goes on to say that, according to that logic, "no actor should present themselves in the [[Zócalo]] where the memory of all those who were murdered during the [[Ten Tragic Days]] was muddied". The comedian also expressed his happiness for having performed at the [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos|National Stadium]]: "How can we forget the long standing ovation that they gave us while we did an Olympic lap twice, even though we ended up puffing with exhaustion? It was worth it, wasn't it?".<ref name="Latin American's dictatorships">{{cite journal |title=Chespirito y su relación con las dictaduras de AL |website=www.elfinanciero.com.mx |date=2 December 2014 |url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/after-office/chespirito-y-las-dictaduras-de-al |access-date=16 May 2021}}</ref>