{"id":2026641,"date":"2023-09-09T09:26:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T13:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sound-of-freedom-producer-announces-political-run-days-after-film-becomes-number-1-in-latin-america\/"},"modified":"2023-09-09T09:27:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T13:27:57","slug":"sound-of-freedom-producer-announces-political-run-days-after-film-becomes-number-1-in-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sound-of-freedom-producer-announces-political-run-days-after-film-becomes-number-1-in-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Sound of Freedom&#8217; Producer Enters Politics Following Film&#8217;s Latin American Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsound-of-freedom-producer-announces-political-run-days-after-film-becomes-number-1-in-latin-america%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2026641&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Blockbuster Hit &#8220;Sound of Freedom&#8221; Producer Announces\u200d Run for Mexican Presidency<\/h2>\n<p>As the blockbuster hit <strong>&#8220;Sound \u2062of Freedom&#8221;<\/strong> becomes a box-office sensation throughout \u200dLatin America, its producer has announced he wants to run for the Mexican presidency.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAfter\u200c a period of discernment, I made \u2063the most important \u200bdecision of my life: I \u200chave just registered with the \u2064INE [National Electoral Institute] my intention as an aspiring \u200dindependent candidate for the presidency of the Mexican Republic for the\u2062 elections on June 2, 2024,\u201d Eduardo Ver\u00e1stegui wrote on Instagram, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/humanevents.com\/2023\/09\/08\/breaking-sound-of-freedom-producer-eduardo-verastegui-registers-to-run-for-president-of-mexico?utm_campaign=64483\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HumanEvents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cMy fight is\u2064 for life. My fight is for freedom. It \u200cis time to remove the same old people from power. \u200bOur country needs a new way of doing politics, \u2062to eradicate\u200d corruption and impunity,\u201d<\/strong> Ver\u00e1stegui, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-lies-the-media-is-telling-about-abortion-and-pro-life-americans\/\" title=\"4\u00a0Lies The Media Is Telling About Abortion (And Pro-Life Americans)\">pro-life supporter<\/a> who will campaign as an \u2064independent, said.<\/p>\n<p>Ver\u00e1stegui said he wants to give Mexican voters a choice.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI want to change Mexico, this is\u2064 a struggle for the freedom of\u2062 Mexico and \u2062I am convinced that it will not be\u200c by the usual way, by the usual\u2063 gap, the same parties as always, the\u200c same politicians as always, the same promises as \u200calways and the same, and the same, and the same as always, where we are told that\u200d we are \u2062going to arrive, but we are going backward,\u201d Ver\u00e1stequi said, according\u200c to the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/09\/08\/eduardo-verastegui-sound-of-freedom-producer-announces-running-president-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Caller<\/a>, citing the Spanish-language website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milenio.com\/politica\/elecciones\/eduardo-verastegui-se-registra-como-candidato-a-la-presidencia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milenio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cThere is more poverty in \u2062Mexico, there is more corruption, there is more violence, Mexico is not doing well,\u201d<\/strong> Ver\u00e1stegui said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAnd we can see it, we have two candidates who are exactly the same, they dress differently, maybe they eat differently, different ages maybe, but they are \u2063the same, the same, that\u2019s the opposition,\u201d<\/strong> he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ver\u00e1stegui, 49, was formerly a pop star and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sound-of-freedom-producer-announces-political-run-days-after-film-becomes-number-1-in-latin-america\/\" title=\"'Sound of Freedom' Producer Enters Politics Following Film's Latin American Success\">soap opera actor<\/a>, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/sep\/08\/mexico-president-sound-of-freedom-film-producer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Political Analyst Skeptical of Ver\u00e1stegui&#8217;s Chances<\/h3>\n<p>Political analyst Vanessa Romero Rocha was\u2063 cool to his chances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think this is the moment for this political movement in Mexico. But the next electoral\u2062 cycle might be\u200b \u2013 \u2064especially if we don\u2019t manage to solve the problem of\u2062 violence \u200din this country,\u201d she\u200b said.<\/p>\n<p>Ver\u00e1stegui\u2019s \u200cannouncement comes after a weekend in which <strong>\u201cSound of\u200b Freedom\u201d<\/strong> was at \u200cthe top of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sound-freedom-investors-get-massive-payout-film-strikes-gold-box-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">box office<\/a> \u200d in 18 Latin American countries, according to\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.angel.com\/press\/release\/sound-of-freedom-emerges-as-1-movie-in-latin-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Angel Studios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jared\u200d Geesey, \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sound-of-freedom-dominates-in-18-latin-american-countries\/\" title=\"\u2018Sound Of Freedom\u2019 rules in 18 Latin American nations.\">chief distribution officer<\/a> at Angel Studios, noted that <strong>\u201csome industry\u200d experts have argued our film would not \u200dbe able to translate\u2063 this success overseas. \u200cWe\u2019re grateful to\u200b our fans for proving them wrong, and making us the number one movie in Latin America.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re seeing \u200dpacked theaters, standing ovations, widespread enthusiasm, and strong word-of-mouth from Buenos Aires to Mexico City to Bogota to Caracas,\u200d Lima, and beyond,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe set a \u2064goal\u200d of\u200d reaching 2 million in advance\u2062 ticket sales \u2014 which took a full week in the U.S.\u200c \u2014\u200b and reached that goal in just four days in Latin\u2063 America. This film is \u200bfast becoming a global movement for change,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-star-nfl-qb-gives-high-praise-sound-freedom-addresses-reporters-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">film<\/a> was tops\u2064 at the box office in Mexico, Guatemala,\u200d Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, \u200cCosta Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, \u200bBolivia, Belize, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, and the Dominican Republic<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, the film was at the \u200dtop of the box\u2064 office in New Zealand, second place in both Australia and South Africa, and\u200d fourth in Great Britain.<\/p>\n<p>The movie, which stars Jim Caviezel, \u2064tells the story of former U.S. \u200cDepartment of Homeland Security\u2063 agent Tim Ballard, who waged \u200dhis own war\u2064 against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-military-cancels-two-sound-freedom-screenings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">human trafficking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sound-freedom-producer-announces-political-run-days-film-becomes-number-1-latin-america\/\">&#8216;Sound of Freedom&#8217; Producer Announces Political Run Days After Film Becomes Number 1 in Latin America<\/a> appeared first \u2062on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As &#8220;Sound of Freedom&#8221; gains immense popularity in Latin America, its producer plans to run for Mexican presidency. 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