Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARASDon't expect Juanes to stay quiet when he feels attacked. The superstar took to Twitter to defend his political views on his native Colombia.
A photo of Juanes wearing a t-shirt that reads "I want peace. You? Vote 'No'" went viral. The image led people to believe that the singer didn't agree with the cease-fire agreement signed by the Colombian government and the rebel group FARC in June, according to Billboard. The peace treaty has been in negotiations in Cuba since 2012, and its mission is to end the civil war, which has caused more than 200,000 casualties.
One big problem: Juanes says he never wore that shirt, and the picture is a fake. "If you know me well, you know I would never support anything like this. This image is a blatant photoshop," Juanes tweeted.
Si tú me conocieras bien, sabrías que jamás apoyaría algo como esto. Esta imagen es un montaje descarado. pic.twitter.com/BYUooR1vhS
— JUANES (@juanes) July 26, 2016
That tweet was just one of a series of tweets from the singer. Juanes then went on to write, "My dream has always been and will always be to have an inclusive Colombia. I will do anything to have peace. I won't let anyone manipulate my feelings or opinions about my country. I've always thought that talking and having discussions is better than having a war. Haven't there been enough deaths? I am not part of any political group, and I'm nobody's puppet. I can decide on my own. No one owns peace. Peace is for everyone and everyone can have it if they want it."
But that response didn't go over so well with some of his followers. The singer continued to have followers accuse him of being bought out by a political party. Most of the angry tweets criticized the star for living not residing in Colombia. Juanes fired back tweeting, "I'm here in Medellín, and I was here last week. It's more beautiful than ever." To another follower, he tweeted, "I'm in my house in Medellín, that isn't enough for you?"
The singer moved from his native Medellín to Miami in 2000. “I didn’t speak a word of English,” he told Ocean Drive. “That was a very tough moment for me. I didn’t have a car; I didn’t have money; I was scared about my future.”
Juanes concluded by tweeting, "No one pays me a cent to say what I think of my country, this is my way of thinking, and it will always be." He clarified that he favored the agreement with FARC and that he felt it was just one more step and that it was "Way better to see them fight with Congress than out in the fields with rifles."