More than 80 entertainers, including Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Ricky Martin and Penelope Cruz have signed a statement supporting the Grammy Award-winning Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz, below, after two of his concerts in Caracas were canceled because he criticized the president of Venezuela, Hugo Ch?
? ??vez, The Associated Press reported.

The signatories said they ???  ??  believe in a Latin America where we are all free to express our views.???  ??? Last week Venezuelan organizers announced that Mr. Sanz???  ??  ?s sold-out Feb. 14 concert would be canceled because it lacked ???  ??  the appropriate conditions.???  ??? Another concert was canceled when officials withdrew permission to use a government auditorium. Mr. Sanz???  ??  ?s criticisms of Mr. Ch?
? ??vez have prompted Venezuelan officials to declare that he is not welcome in the country.

On Sunday Mr. Sanz ended a concert in the Dominican Republic by dedicating a song to his Venezuelan fans, ???  ??  a bunch of people in a country where I cannot go.???  ???