The Puerto Rican Bad Bunny starred in an emblematic performance in one of the most important massive events in the United States. It was a constant broadcast of political messages and demands to Latin America, which aroused praise from Latinos and objections from the American conservative sector, with Donald Trump at the helm. Five key moments from a historic presentation.
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“The Super Bowl halftime show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst in history!” an outraged Donald Trump posted on Truth Social while the show was taking place on Sunday, February 8.
The impact generated by Bad Bunny's show at the Super Bowl continues to give something to cut. A performance that became a political cry and a Latin American demand at a time when the context is sensitive for them in the United States.
The show by the new Grammy winner generated criticism from President Donald Trump, who spoke on Truth Social. "The Super Bowl halftime show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst ever! No one understands a word this guy says, and the dancing is disgusting, especially to the little kids watching it all over America and the rest of the world," he posted.
The Puerto Rican artist has publicly questioned the ICE agency's immigration raids, prompting Donald Trump to say that he is anti-Bad Bunny.
Among the most notable moments of the Puerto Rican show was when he pronounced the popular phrase 'God bless America' ("God bless America", in its meaning in Spanish) and began to mention the countries of the entire continent, from Chile to Canada, passing through Central America and the Caribbean.
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The term 'America' is used by Americans as a synonym for the United States, without identifying the rest of the continent's inhabitants as 'Americans'.
Next, we review five other symbols that emerged from Bad Bunny's Super Bowl.
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1. Sugar cane fields
The show began with the representation of workers in sugar cane fields using machetes. This product was the economic engine of several Caribbean countries in the 19th and 20th centuries.
They also ended up becoming one of the symbols of the consequences of colonialism and regional slavery, under the rule of the Crown of Spain.
Later, in Puerto Rico, the agricultural lands were taken over by American sugar companies, which exploited the soil and made large profits at the expense of the locals. Bad Bunny's 'look' was no coincidence. He was wearing white clothes, a representation of the men of the countryside, called jíbaros.
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2. Vendor stalls
On his tour through the cane fields, the singer passed by carts of classic merchants from different places in the Caribbean: cold coconut, Mexican tacos, gold and silver cash sellers or manicurists.
He also highlighted the presence of canoes, the Puerto Rican raspados, an icon of the country. In the car, the syrup bottles had different flags, corresponding to the nations where these shaved ice are consumed: Colombia, Puerto Rico or Mexico.
There were also cold coconut stands, which are usually on the side of the road in Caribbean countries, which sell soft drinks made from the fruit.
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3. The little house
Different personalities of Latin origin such as Pedro Pascal (Chile), Jessica Alba (with a Mexican father), Karol G (Colombia) or Young Miko (Puerto Rico) appeared dancing on the porch of a pink house.
This type of housing, characteristic of Puerto Rico because it is more resistant to hurricanes, became a symbol of Bad Bunny, who has used it in different shows after his first appearance in the short film 'I should have thrown more photos', prior to the release of the album.
However, the details of the house, such as the bright colors, the windows with lattices and the carved door, are increasingly less frequent due to the real estate development that the country is going through.
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4. The Concho Toad
This character, related to Bad Bunny since the release of his last album, appeared on screen during the Super Bowl halftime show. Since his appearance in the short film that accompanied the Puerto Rican's latest album, he has been present at the singer's shows.
This toad is an endemic species of Puerto Rico that is in critical danger of extinction due to the invasion of foreign species and the destruction of its habitat due to the careless development that the island is experiencing.
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5. Electricity poles
Among the many references he makes about his Puerto Rico and its problems, the moment in which he and other 'jíbaros' climb the electric poles is also a denunciation of the island's problems.
This fragment pointed to the claim for power outages that are common in the territory, which has an obsolete supply network and which suffered extensive damage after Hurricane María in 2017 that was never repaired.
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