Roberto Canessaone of the survivors of the Tragedy of the Andes, was accused of overdo it with two young people during an event at Mexico. In the images that went viral on social networks, you can see how he touches their tail with his handafter hugging them.
At first glance, in front of everyone in the room: it mattered little to Canessa, who was giving a conference in Mexico when he was recorded as first grabbing the waist of one of the many young women who went up on stage to take a photo with him. , and then lower his hand to the height of the tail.
His name once again became relevant with the success of the film ”The Snow Society”, which narrates the events that occurred in the accident that Canessa had along with 44 other people in the Andes Mountains, which caused the Uruguayan has been present in interviews and conferences in recent months.
A conference in Mexico, the place of controversy
”I really admired Roberto Canessa until this, terrible experience at photo time”, user @renatarmza wrote on X (formerly Twitter). In the video, Canessa is seen sitting in a chair on stage, where he subsequently proceeds to inappropriately touch the young woman.
And it was not the only video: ”More than inspired, I came away disappointed of this man who, when taking the photo, put his hand on all the girls,” commented another user, who captured the moment in which the man touches the bottom of another young woman, after hugging her.
According to the Uruguayan newspaper El País, Canessa if refused to give statements to the media arguing that users on social networks are acting in bad faith. Incidentally, he highlighted that there were ”dozens of letters and returns of gratitude” from those attending the talks in Mexico.
The images provoked a reaction from multiple users on X, where comments like “what a disgusting old man,” “what a pervert,” and “I hope they report him.”
Who is Roberto Canessa
Roberto Canessa, 71 years old, is one of the survivors of the Tragedy of the Andes, an event that occurred in 1972, leaving 29 dead and an incredible story that subsequently happened.
The 45 people traveling from Montevideo to Santiago de Chile never imagined the event they were going to experience: the plane crashed into the Andes Mountains, leaving dead and injured people who would subsequently not be able to endure the number of days trapped there.
Canessa, one of those who went in search of rescue, some time after the tragedy, became a national Rugby player, but continued with his studies in medicine and became a graduate. Today he is a pediatric cardiologist.
