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Spanish advertisement angers Dominican Republic

2025-03-08
MADRID: Spain`s opposition Popular Party (PP) has removed an AI-generated attack video, dubbed `Corruption Island`, depicting a bare-chested Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez following complaints from the Dominican Republic, where it was artificially set.

The spot also features the premier`s wife, Begona Gomez, former transport minister Jose Luis Abalos and other figures with links to Sanchez`s Socialist party who are facing graft allegations.

All appear in swimwear on an idyllic beach in the video, which the right-wing PP has now removed from its account on social media platform X.

The clip mimics the opening sequence of a Spanish edition of popular reality TV show, Temptation Island, which is shot in the Dominican Republic.

It features a map of the Caribbean island nation and its flag along with the words `lust`, `ambition` and `lies`. The PP apologised and removed the video late on Thursday after the Dominican Republic`s foreign ministry `strongly rejected` what it called a `malicious and incomprehensible attack`.-AFP